Financial Accountant (Contract)

The Finance team’s goal is to be a trusted and collaborative partner to all the businesses and functional teams that we work with, bringing business acumen, financial expertise and insights to aid decision-making and deliver value to our stakeholders. We strive to generate value through providing specialist advice and making recommendations to optimize decision making, delivering transparent processes and implementing governance and controls to mitigate risk.

Let’s talk about the team:

The primary role of Accounting & Reporting function is to apply principles of accounting to prepare journals, analyze financial information and support the preparation of financial reports. Key deliverables include compiling and analyzing financial information, preparing journals and balance sheet reconciliations (bank accounts, prepayments, deposits, and employee stock programs).  Assist in preparation and accurate completion of periodic internal & external financial regulatory & statutory reports.  Ensure proper controls for financial risk mitigations (SOX compliance). Some of the roles within this function may oversee treasury team's activities in relation to cash, funding, and foreign currency accounting. The position ensures accuracy, compliance, and timely completion of month-end and quarter-end financial tasks, supporting broader finance operations.

*This will be a 3 months' contract role*

This role follows Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), candidates must be comfortable working within Australian business hours.

Let’s talk about Responsibilities:

• Upload bank statements to Oracle and run auto-matching reports.
• Reconcile bank statement lines against Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable subledger transactions.
• Prepare manual journals for miscellaneous receipts and payments including payroll, FX, bank fees, and intercompany loans.
• Match cash journal transactions in Oracle Cash Management.
• Investigate unknown transactions and resolve discrepancies between general ledger and bank balances.
• Post FX revaluation journals for foreign currency accounts.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations in ARCS and update bank credit ratings quarterly.
• Manage prepayments and accruals including journal postings, reclassifications, amortizations, and reconciliations.
• Handle deposit inventory FX revaluations and quarterly reconciliations.
• Reconcile ESPP accounts and resolve payroll variances.
• Run and distribute Open PO reports monthly and quarterly, ensuring valid commitments are tracked.
• Complete monthly tax tasks (e.g. GST, PAYG) and annual surveys (e.g. ABS Water & Energy).
• Working to strict internal and external reporting deadlines.
• Support ad hoc requests for financial information and analysis.

Let’s talk about you:

Required

• • Strong experience in financial reconciliations and journal preparation.
  • Understanding of FX revaluation and intercompany transactions.
  • Ability to investigate and resolve financial discrepancies independently.
  • Ability to communicate accounting matters in a simple manner to non-accounting professionals as well as excellent written communication skills.
  • Ability to appropriately prioritise and execute tasks to ensure timelines are met.
  • Advanced Excel and reporting skills.
  • Requires a minimum Bachelor in Accounting or related field.
  • Requires a current ACA/ACPA certification.
  • Minimum of 3 years of professional experience.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Preferred

• Prior experience with Oracle or strong aptitude with systems.
• Prior experience with large organisations.
• Advanced Excel and reporting skills.

Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.