Financial Accountant

Job Purpose

As our Financial Accountant, you’ll be responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial accounting across the group. From managing month-end reporting and balance sheet reconciliations through to statutory compliance, audit support and process improvement initiatives, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of our finance function.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage financial accounting across multiple entities within the group.
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Process month-end journals and support month-end close activities.
• Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, including additions, disposals and depreciation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly financial and operational reporting.
• Assist with management reporting, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
• Support BAS preparation and lodgement requirements.
• Assist with year-end reporting and statutory financial statement preparation.
• Support external audit requirements, including preparation of workpapers and audit responses.
• Source, analyse and validate financial and operational data from multiple systems.
• Calculate and reconcile client charges, fuel rebates and rise-and-fall adjustments using EXCEL.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external accountants.
• Contribute to finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Utilise AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Kimi and Qwen in day-to-day work to drive greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Use EXCEL and AI LLM tools to streamline and add efficiency to manual finance processes.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• CPA or CA qualification, or be actively working towards completion.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in accounting or financial accounting roles.
• Strong understanding of Australian accounting principles and tax compliance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including dynamic-array functions (XLOOKUP, FILTER, UNIQUE, GROUPBY, PIVOTBY, TRIMRANGE), advanced formulas (SUMIFS, AGGREGATE, INDIRECT) and modern functions (LAMBDA, LET).
• Experience preparing financial reports and reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• A proactive and solutions-focused mindset.
• Confident adopting AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Kimi and Qwen to work smarter and drive process improvement.
• Experience with Xero, MYOB AccountRight or Acumatica (desirable).

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