Accountant

McNab; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Bank and Employee Discounts

Social Club and team events

Annual health and fitness subsidy

Fitness passport membership

Parental leave program

Employee Assistance Program

Tailored development opportunities

Job summary

McNab is looking for an experienced Accountant to join their Group Finance team in Brisbane, Queensland. This position offers a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you can influence outcomes significantly.

Responsibilities include month-end reporting, reconciliations, and assisting with financial analysis. The ideal candidate should have a degree in accounting or finance, advanced Excel skills, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Join us to excel in a rewarding career with a reputable construction company that genuinely values its staff.

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Working towards or completed CPA or CA qualification.
• Have strong financial reporting, reconciliation, and compliance capability.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Able to prioritise workload effectively and work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare management accounts and financial analysis for monthly review.
• Complete balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations.
• Support BAS and IAS preparation and lodgements.
• Assist with cash flow forecasting and overhead forecasting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Financial reporting

Reconciliation

Compliance capability

Advanced Excel skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

CPA or CA qualification (working towards or completed)

Tools

Power BI

Jobpac (construction-focused ERP)

Job description

We're looking for not-so-ordinary people.

At McNab we recruit people who want more than just the average job. The people who thrive are the ones who love a dynamic, fast-moving environment where they can take ownership and genuinely influence outcomes.

About the Role

Due to continued growth, we are currently looking for an experienced Accountant to join our Group Finance team in Brisbane.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role offers exposure across multiple entities and business divisions within the McNab Group. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys both technical detail and broader commercial impact, and is looking to continue developing their career within a high-performing and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities are varied and include month-end reporting, reconciliations, compliance, financial analysis and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the finance function.

Additional duties will include:

• Prepare management accounts and financial analysis for monthly review.
• Complete mid-month and end-of-month balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare and post payroll costing journals and month-end accruals.
• Support BAS and IAS preparation and lodgements across multiple entities.
• Assist with cash flow forecasting, overhead forecasting and job costing reporting.
• Review debtor reporting, accounts payable ageing and financial commitments.
• Maintain fixed asset records and support broader compliance activities across the Group.
• Support corporate expense and credit card platform administration and reconciliations.
• Assist with FBT reporting and year-end compliance requirements.
• Build strong working relationships across finance and operational teams to support compliance and value-adding reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including process automation, reporting enhancements and workflow efficiencies.

About you

Your attention to detail, sense of urgency and motivation to succeed will see you thrive in this role. You are commercially minded, proactive in your approach and enjoy working within a fast-paced business environment.

As well as this you will:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Be working towards or have completed your CPA or CA qualification.
• Have strong financial reporting, reconciliation and compliance capability.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Be able to prioritise workload effectively and work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Have a proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Experience within the construction industry and exposure to construction-focused ERPs such as Jobpac will be highly regarded.
• Exposure to multi-entity environments, Power BI or process automation initiatives will be highly regarded.

A bit about us

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development and Property groups in Australia, with turnover now exceeding $1bn each year. Despite our growth and size, we've never lost our small company DNA - which centres around genuine care for our staff, customers and all our stakeholders. Success for us isn't about awards or growth, it's when we deliver so well that our customers are proud to wear a McNab T-Shirt on weekends!

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise - to our clients, and everyone we deal with. Delivering on these three things really, really well is what drives us at McNab. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to performance and promotion, centres around this promise.

We leverage the entire McNab Group to deliver certainty for our clients at a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry. And our approach works. From delivering our own property developments, to manufacturing our own building products, and a plethora of aligned businesses, your career at McNab goes well beyond traditional construction roles.

• Birthday leave - Celebrate your special day on us!
• Bank and Employee Discounts - Access a range of exclusive savings and offers.
• Social Club and team events - Work hard, play hard with regular team events.
• Annual health and fitness subsidy - Stay fit and healthy with our health benefits
• Fitness passport membership - Access to a wide range of gyms and fitness facilities
• Parental leave program - Supporting you through life’s important milestones with tailored options to you and your family
• Employee Assistance Program - We’ve got your back when you need it
• Tailored development opportunities - We invest in your growth

This is an outstanding opportunity to build a strong career with a reputable construction company that genuinely cares about the development of its people. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, APPLY NOW!