What You’ll Be Doing
- Manage high-volume Accounts Payable (invoice processing, approvals, payments)
- Manage Accounts Receivable (billing, collections, ad-hoc invoicing)
- Perform bank & cash reconciliations and support cashflow forecasting
- Contribute to and progressively own month-end close processes
- Prepare journals and balance sheet reconciliations (including intercompany)
- Assist with management reporting and financial statements
- Support BAS, GST, and statutory reporting
- Maintain fixed asset registers
- Work with auditors and external accountants to resolve queries
- Support budgets and forecasting
- Identify and drive process improvements and efficiencies
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3+ years’ experience in accounting/finance
- CPA qualified (or near completion)
- Strong Excel skills
- Solid understanding of accounting principles (IFRS/GAAP)
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and take ownership
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Enjoy working collaboratively in an in-office environment (full-time, Preston location)
Bonus Points For
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Exposure to ERP systems
- Experience with intercompany accounting or international entities
- Knowledge of Power BI, SharePoint, or automation tools (e.g., Copilot)
- Background in tax, audit, or cost accounting
Why Join Us?
- Broad exposure across finance – not just a transactional role
- Opportunity to step up and own processes
- Supportive and collaborative team culture
- Focus on continuous improvement and innovation
- Career growth and development opportunities
Apply Now
If you’re a motivated accountant looking to grow your career and make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3+ years' experience in accounting/finance
- CPA qualified (or near completion)
- Strong Excel skills
- Solid understanding of accounting principles (IFRS/GAAP)
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and take ownership
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Work full-time in-office at Preston location
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Exposure to ERP systems
- Experience with intercompany accounting or international entities
- Knowledge of Power BI, SharePoint, or automation tools (e.g., Copilot)
- Background in tax, audit, or cost accounting
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) and has not been reviewed or approved by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL).
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as comprehensive, with the employer covering a significant share of premiums. Feedback suggests on-site clinics, EAP, and wellness programs further strengthen day-to-day health support at major campuses.
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Retirement Support — Employee ownership through an ESOP is positioned as a meaningful long-term benefit for full-time employees. Feedback suggests many view the ownership model and retirement programs as strong components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation and sick time are characterized as generous alongside company holidays and special leave options. Feedback suggests time off begins accruing immediately and supports key life events.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Insights
What We Do
SEL serves the power industry worldwide through the design, manufacture, supply and support of products and services for power system protection, monitoring, control, automation, communications and metering. For more than 30 years, SEL has offered unmatched local technical support, a 10‐year, worldwide warranty and a commitment to making electric power safer, more reliable and more economical.





