Accountant

CPB Contractors Pty; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing program

Discount portal

Company-funded salary continuance

Flexible work arrangements

Training and career development

Job summary

CPB Contractors Pty is seeking an experienced Project Accountant to join our delivery team on a large infrastructure project in South Brisbane.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will manage monthly reporting, month-end activities, forecasting, cost control, and financial reconciliations, while supporting audits and ensuring governance standards. CPA/CA qualification and Excel/JD Edwards experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified or currently working towards completion.
• Proven experience in project accounting or similar finance roles.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and cost control.
• Experience with ERP systems (JD Edwards preferred).
• Advanced Excel and proficiency across MS Office.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reconciliation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced project environment.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication across project and finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Monthly and ad hoc reporting for the project in a timely and accurate manner.
• Processing month-end activities, including journals and accruals.
• Manage project forecasting, including overhead forecasts and consolidation of direct cost forecasts.
• Support payment claim preparation and financial reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audit requirements, ensuring compliance with project and corporate governance standards.
• Maintenance of project accounting systems, chart of accounts and budget information.
• Development and support of automated and systems-driven reporting.
• Provide financial support and insights to project and commercial teams.
• Liaise with Project teams and wider Finance Teams to build effective working relationships.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Reconciliation skills

Advanced Excel

ERP experience

Stakeholder engagement

Forecasting & budgeting

Education

CA or CPA qualified

Tools

JD Edwards

Microsoft Office

Job description

CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients.

We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.

The Project

CPB is working on a large infrastructure project as part of building Queensland’s future. We are currently seeking an experienced Accountant to join our project delivery team on a project based in South Brisbane.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, we have an opportunity for a Project Accountant to partner with the business in all financial matters, providing information and advice to our project stakeholders.

You will be responsible for:

• Monthly and ad hoc reporting for the project in a timely and accurate manner;
• Processing month-end activities, including journals and accruals.
• Manage project forecasting, including overhead forecasts and consolidation of direct cost forecasts.
• Supporting payment claim preparation and financial reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audit requirements, ensuring compliance with project and corporate governance standards.
• Maintenance of project accounting systems, (e.g. chart of accounts, budget information, etc);
• Development & support of automated and systems-driven reporting;
• Providing financial support and insights to project and commercial team.
• Liaise and build working relationships with Project teams, other members of the wider Finance Teams

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• CA or CPA qualified or currently working towards completion.
• Proven experience in project accounting, management accounting or a similar finance role.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and cost control.
• Experience with ERP systems, with JD Edwards experience highly regarded.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reconciliation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced project environment.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across project and finance teams.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, Veterans and active-duty armed forces, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

We’re always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:

• A rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.
• Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.
• Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.