Senior Accountant (Australia)

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

COMPETITIVE SALARY

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Oct 7, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

ROLE SUMMARY

Senior hands-on accounting role responsible for multi-entity financial control, month-end close, management reporting, cash flow and working capital, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and process improvement. Works across transactional accounting through to consolidated and executive reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Deliver a four-business-day month-end close covering journals, accruals, prepayments, AP, AR, cash, payroll accounts, fixed assets, provisions, cutoff, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare entity-level and consolidated management accounts, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, P&L, balance sheet, and cash-flow reporting.
- Perform P&L, balance-sheet, budget, and forecast variance analysis across revenue, expenses, etc.
- Build and maintain short-term and 13-week cash-flow forecasts.
- Manage working capital, including AR aging, collections, AP payment timing, etc.
- Coordinate AP and AR activities to ensure transactional work supports month-end and reporting deadlines.
- Prepare budgets, rolling forecasts, scenario models, KPIs, dashboards, and management reports with clear financial commentary.
- Analyze the financial impact of pricing, hiring, inventory, capex, investment, and growth decisions.
- Maintain fixed assets, including capitalization, depreciation, disposals, GL reconciliation, and audit support; review expenditure for capex versus opex classification.
- Support multi-currency accounting, period-end remeasurement, FX gains/losses, and group reporting.
- Reconcile billing and payment activity to customer balances, revenue, cash receipts, and the general ledger.
- Improve high-volume accounting and reconciliation processes using automation, electronic matching, Power Query, and exception-based review.
- BIG PLUS: Use AI tools for financial modelling, analysis, reporting, and visualisation while independently validating outputs.

REQUIREMENTS

- Accounting or Finance degree; CPA qualification/licence required.
- Strong management accounting, month-end close, multi-entity consolidation, and financial reporting experience.
- Strong cash-flow forecasting, working-capital management, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling skills.
- Strong knowledge of AP, AR, collections, banking, reconciliations, fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, provisions, and multi-currency accounting.
- Advanced Excel and Power Query; strong MYOB and Xero experience.
- Comfortable using ChatGPT, Claude, or similar AI tools for financial analysis and reporting.
- Strong English communication, analytical judgment, and ability to independently investigate financial issues and provide practical recommendations.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

- Independent Contractor (no payroll deductions)
- 100% reimbursed government contributions (SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG) — you pay your contributions directly, and you will be reimbursed the full amount, so there is no deduction from your salary
- 13th-month pay
- HMO coverage
- Paid leaves and paid holidays
- Fully remote setup

HOW TO APPLY

Send a short cover letter highlighting your relevant experience.
IMPORTANT: Include a Google Drive link to your résumé and ensure the file is set to “Anyone with the link can view.”

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