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About the Role
The Finance team provides comprehensive financial support and guidance across the entire business. We service both client-facing teams and other shared services teams, ensuring that all financial aspects are managed efficiently and effectively with the appropriate level of controls.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our internal finance team as a Senior Accountant in a full-time, permanent position.
As a Senior Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the finance team nationally, contributing to month-end processes, reporting and various accounting projects. This position offers you the opportunity to see a firm undergoing a new system implementation, internal process reviews and the opportunity to contribute to process improvements and automation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Complete month end activities, including balance sheet reconciliations and processing journal entries
Preparation of P&L and balance sheet variance analysis, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to management
Preparation of statutory financial statements, reports and accounting workpapers
Proactively identify and resolve financial risks including transactional, reporting and account reconciliation issues, and implement improvements to our internal processes and workpapers
Implement and undertake accounting functions and projects as required
Working collaboratively with the team to meet deadlines and continually improve our processes
About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical accounting skills and have experience in a similar role ideally within a professional services firm.
Combined with
A Bachelor of Business/ Accounting (or other relevant tertiary qualifications)
CA/CPA Qualified
Experience with Caseware/Accurri (preferred) and Workday (preferred but not essential)
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with Power Query experience
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with team members and stakeholders
Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy
Why BDO?
Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.
Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.
Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.
With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).
We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Business or Accounting (or relevant tertiary qualification)
- CA/CPA qualified
- Experience in a similar accounting role
- Experience within a professional services firm
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Power Query experience
- Experience with Caseware or Accurri
- Experience with Workday
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent attention to detail
What We Do
BDO is a trusted adviser to clients seeking audit, tax and advisory services. As one of the world’s leading audit and accounting organisations, we have clients of all types and sizes from large corporate organisations to private businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals across an array of industry sectors. At BDO, we are guided by our values that are the foundation of what we deliver: IDEAS | PEOPLE | TRUST. This is about delivering ideas and advice that create value; quality-driven people who are motivated by providing exceptional client service; and being trusted to get the job done. Talk to us today.
