Accountant

Your Role as an Accountant

In this role you will provided high‑quality financial support across a range of portfolios, ensuring accurate financial processing, analysis, budgeting support, and revenue and funding compliance. The role plays a key part in supporting month‑end processes, maintaining data integrity, strengthening financial governance, and improving financial literacy across operational teams. Working closely with the Lead – Finance Business Partner and operational leaders, the position supports informed decision‑making through effective stakeholder engagement and reliable financial insights.

You’ll deliver this role by:

• Prepare and post journals, accruals, prepayments and cost reallocations for multiple portfolios.
• Complete month-end reconciliations and support timely financial close processes.
• Maintain accurate cost centre, funding stream and program-level financial data.
• Provide financial support to service managers, including expenditure tracking and revenue analysis.
• Ensure correct coding of income and expenditure grants, client funding and service lines.
• Assist with annual budgets, rolling forecasts and financial modelling.
• Produce variance analysis, workforce cost analysis and financial insights.
• Support revenue recognition, claiming validation and reconciliation of program income.
• Monitor unclaimed revenue, billing exceptions and system data integrity.
• Maintain accurate coding for minor assets and support capitalisation/depreciation processes.
• Ensure expenditure complies with procurement policies and Delegations of Authority.

What We Offer

• Attractive Remuneration plus packaging benefits – Boost your take-home pay by up to $18,550 annually through not-for-profit tax concessions
• Flexibility and Balance: We offer a range of flexible work options to help you achieve the balance that works for you, hybrid work arrangements, purchased leave and flexible working hours.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance.
• Experience in financial analysis, accounting support or management reporting.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational data for decision making.
• Advanced proficiency with ERP systems and analytics/reporting tools (eg. Power BI).
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Well-developed verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly.
• Strong organisation and time management skills, with the demonstrated ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Competency in the Microsoft Office Suite including advanced excel skills.

A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!

• CPA of CA accreditation, or equivalent Australian recognition.
• Experience with TechnologyOne or similar accounting systems.

Essential Requirements

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy)
• Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy.
• Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel for work

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