The Role
Own month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities across multiple entities and currencies. Prepare journals, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting, consolidation, payroll reconciliations, tax filings, audit support, and compliance documentation. The role partners with external advisers and payroll providers across six countries, strengthens financial controls, improves processes, and applies automation and AI tools to finance operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
As we scale across multiple countries, we’re looking for a Senior Accountant to keep our month-end close, balance sheet and statutory reporting accurate and on time. You’ll work closely with the Financial Controller, our external advisers and our payroll providers, and you’ll help shape how our finance function runs as we grow.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys ownership, is comfortable working across jurisdictions and time zones, and likes improving processes as well as running them. Payroll experience is highly regarded, as you’ll support our payroll operations across six countries.
Key Responsibilities:
Accounting & Reporting
- Lead the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close activities including the preparation of month-end journals and manage balance sheet reconciliations across multiple entities.
- Review and analyse monthly results, explaining variances and delivering insight to the Financial Controller and senior management.
- Support day-to-day financial performance management, including intercompany accounting, multi-currency accounting and consolidation.
- Prepare analysis for ad-hoc projects and strategic initiatives.
Payroll Support & Compliance
- Support payroll operations across six countries (Australia, USA, France, UK, Ireland, India), working with external payroll vendors to keep pay accurate, on time and compliant.
- Review payroll reports and reconcile payroll to the general ledger each month.
- Prepare and lodge monthly and annual payroll tax reconciliations including Australian payroll tax, STP and Payday Super requirements. Full training is provided on our payroll processes.
Tax, Audit & Governance
- Work with external advisers to ensure adherence to local compliance and regulations including the filing of financial statements and tax returns for subsidiaries within the global Group..
- Support internal and external audits and continuously strengthening our controls and governance framework.
- Develop, implement and maintain financial policies and procedures that improve controls and streamline processes.
- Identify opportunities to use automation and AI tools to streamline finance processes.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:
Essential
- CA or CPA qualified, or well progressed towards qualification, with 3+ years’ experience in accounting or finance.
- Experience as a Senior Accountant, Financial Accountant or similar, with hands-on month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Hands-on Xero experience, ideally across multiple entities and currencies.
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, tax and compliance requirements.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to analyse data and make sound decisions.
- Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work with colleagues and advisers across cultures and time zones.
- Strong ownership: you work autonomously, meet tight deadlines and raise issues early.
- Full right to work in Australia.
Preferred
- Payroll experience, ideally across more than one country or with external payroll providers.
- Experience with Mayday.
- Experience in a SaaS or technology company.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- A mindset to embrace AI and automation, using new tools to work smarter and improve finance processes.
Job Benefits:
- We value flexibility:
- Hybrid working, with 3 days in our Sydney office and flexibility around the rest.
- Centrally located tech office (SYDNEY ONLY):
- Located in The Rocks, Sydney, we have a fun new office space with outdoor terrace and views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
- Flexible and supportive leave policies:
- Including generous paid parental leave and paid leave for your birthday so you can celebrate you.
- Culture is key:
- We have a great team and enjoy regular social events to foster a collaborative, supportive and fun work environment.
- Bring your whole self to work:
- At Fluent, we strive to create and nurture a culture where every employee can bring their whole self to work, feel inspired, and empowered to do your life’s work (or be your best self).
About
Working with some of the world’s leading brands and retailers, we’ve created a powerful and exciting cloud-native Order Management platform designed to reinvent how businesses serve their customers’ needs efficiently and cost effectively. We’re disrupting the status quo to help our clients adapt quickly to their ever-changing needs. It’s a huge opportunity and we’re proud to be at the heart of it.Globally headquartered in Sydney, Australia and with teams across Europe, U.S and APAC. We’re growing quickly with new opportunities both nationwide and internationally. Are you ready to change the world of commerce? Then we’d love to hear from you!At Fluent Commerce, we are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued. We believe our culture & competences are stronger with diverse experiences and perspectives.That's why Flexy is one of our core values, we embrace flexibility around hybrid working and working hours. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box; we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their own experiences. We value your uniqueness so that you can be your authentic self at work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, family, gender identity, marital status, physical or mental disability, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Skills Required
- CA or CPA qualified, or well progressed toward qualification
- 3+ years of accounting or finance experience
- Experience as a Senior Accountant, Financial Accountant, or similar
- Hands-on month-end close and balance sheet reconciliation experience
- Hands-on Xero experience across multiple entities and currencies
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, tax, and compliance requirements
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work across cultures and time zones
- Ability to work autonomously, meet tight deadlines, and raise issues early
- Full right to work in Australia
- Payroll experience across multiple countries or with external payroll providers
- Experience with Mayday
- Experience in a SaaS or technology company
- Advanced Excel skills
- Interest in using AI and automation to improve finance processes
Fluent Commerce Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fluent Commerce and has not been reviewed or approved by Fluent Commerce.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Birthday Leave, end-of-year “Thank You” leave, and paid volunteer “Empowerment Leave” expand time-off options beyond standard allowances. Flexible working norms complement these additional leave types to support time away when needed.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave and “Stay in Touch” provisions are explicitly highlighted. Family-focused policies are positioned as part of a supportive and inclusive approach.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — An Employee Assistance Program and a home-office setup allowance indicate attention to practical and mental wellbeing. Community engagement and learning opportunities add lifestyle value alongside day-to-day flexibility.
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The Company
What We Do
Our goal is to be the engine that powers global commerce. So, we’ve built a distributed order management system in the cloud that stands apart from the rest. It’s not rigid, but flexible at scale. Something clients and partners love. Why? Because they can build customer experiences that are unique. Never boring. And as customer preferences change, our clients can adapt. Quickly. We’re a techie company at heart. We’re passionate about changing the landscape of order management. Some of our tech is actually pretty cool. And we’re a cheeky challenger brand. Our competitors are big. Enterprise. And a bit dull. So, we lead with purple to stand out and like to have some fun.
