Senior Finance Accountant

Location: North Sydney, NSW
Salary Package: Be rewarded - $135k - $150k package + bonus
Role Highlights: Career-defining opportunity to join a growing property business. Broaden your exposure across technical accounting, governance, tax, systems and senior stakeholder partnering with a clear pathway towards Finance Manager. 

Role Overview

This Senior Financial Accountant will play a key role in strengthening the financial control environment while supporting a broader uplift of the finance function. Combining hands-on financial accounting with technical accounting, governance and business partnering, you will take ownership across month-end, statutory reporting, audit and complex accounting matters while providing guidance to more junior members of the team.

This role is much more than BAU. You will be instrumental in delivering several high-impact initiatives across systems optimisation, tax governance, sustainability reporting, process improvement and financial control enhancements. Working closely with senior finance leadership and ELT team, you'll have the opportunity to build your profile as a trusted finance adviser while developing towards future Finance Manager step up.

Responsibilities

• Own and review month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations and complex accounting entries
• Support statutory reporting, annual financial statements and year-end processes
• Prepare technical accounting papers and position papers across complex accounting matters
• Provide technical accounting guidance and practical recommendations to Finance leadership and business stakeholders
• Support external audit requirements and strengthen overall audit readiness
• Partner with external advisers across tax governance, BAS, FBT and broader compliance matters
• Support accounting across areas including leases, fixed assets, revenue recognition, capex and project accounting
• Support ERP optimisation and future finance systems enhancement projects
• Contribute to sustainability reporting, governance and broader finance transformation initiatives
• Partner with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders to explain the financial implications of business decisions
  
  

Candidate Profile
You are a CA/CPA qualified Senior Financial Accountant with a strong technical accounting foundation and the confidence to operate beyond traditional month-end responsibilities. With experience gained within a complex commercial environment, professional services firm or a combination of both, you are comfortable working through accounting issues, researching the appropriate treatment and presenting clear, practical recommendations.

You are a confident communicator who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and can simplify complex financial matters for non-finance audiences. You bring energy, curiosity and a proactive mindset, naturally asking questions and looking for opportunities to improve processes rather than simply maintaining the status quo. Exposure to statutory reporting, audit, tax, BAS, FBT and accounting standards is important, while experience across JDE,  property, lease accounting or project accounting will be highly regarded.

Culture & Benefits
This is an opportunity to join a growing business during an exciting period of leadership and finance transformation. You'll work alongside an evolving executive team who are focused on building a more future-focused, proactive finance function and creating genuine development opportunities for strong performers.

• Gain broad exposure across technical accounting, governance, tax and transformation projects
• Partner closely with senior finance leadership and ELT
• Strong future career pathway 

Apply
If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking the “apply” link below. The reference number for this role is EI77455. Please allow for 3 - 5 working days for us to process all the applications. All applicants will receive feedback from us, either via email or a telephone call.