Assistant Accountant

PICA Group; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts

Wellbeing programs

Hybrid work options

Job summary

PICA Group in Australia is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join a structured finance team focused on accurate reporting, reconciliations, and compliance for strata clients. You will prepare monthly and year-end statements, support BAS and tax obligations, and provide reliable financial information to Strata Managers.

With 1–2 years’ experience, you’ll handle reconciliations, cash vs accrual, and simple accounts receivable tasks while maintaining strict accuracy and meeting recurring

Qualifications

• Around 1–2 years' experience in an accounting, bookkeeping, or finance role.
• Exposure to reconciliations, financial reporting, or transactional accounting.
• A sound understanding of basic accounting principles (cash vs. accrual).
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with financial data.
• The ability to manage recurring deadlines without losing accuracy.
• Clear communication skills when explaining financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, interim, and year-end financial statements for strata clients.
• Produce balance sheets, income and expenditure reports, cash payment reports, and debtor statements.
• Reconcile financial accounts using both cash and accrual-based accounting.
• Produce accounts receivable invoices and maintain accurate financial records.
• Support BAS preparation, annual tax return work, and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate audit requirements and respond to financial enquiries from Strata Managers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Financial reporting

Reconciliations

Tools

TechnologyOne

Job description

Where accuracy matters for our business and our clients

• Build your accounting career with real reporting and reconciliations
• Learn across tax, audits, and multi-entity accounts
• Work in a structured, detail-focused finance environment

The impact you'll have:

Behind every well-managed strata scheme is a finance team making sure the numbers are accurate, compliant, and ready when clients need them. As an Assistant Accountant, you'll help prepare financial statements, reconcile accounts, support tax obligations, and provide reliable information to Strata Managers and clients.

What you'll do:

• Prepare monthly, interim, and year-end financial statements for strata clients.
• Produce balance sheets, income and expenditure reports, cash payment reports, and debtor statements.
• Reconcile financial accounts using both cash and accrual-based accounting.
• Produce accounts receivable invoices and maintain accurate financial records.
• Support BAS preparation, annual tax return work, and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate audit requirements and respond to financial enquiries from Strata Managers.

What you'll bring:

• Around 1 - 2 years' experience in an accounting, bookkeeping, or finance role.
• Exposure to reconciliations, financial reporting, or transactional accounting.
• A sound understanding of basic accounting principles (cash vs. accrual).
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with financial data.
• The ability to manage recurring deadlines without losing accuracy.
• Clear communication skills when explaining financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

Helpful, but not essential:

• Experience in strata, property, or multi-entity accounting.
• Exposure to BAS or tax processes.
• Experience with accounting systems such as TechnologyOne.

What's in it for you:

• Growth: Build real experience across reporting, reconciliations, tax support, and audits - not just processing.
• Flexibility: Balance work and life with structured shifts and 50/50 hybrid options.
• Challenge: Work across multiple client accounts where accuracy and problem-solving matter.
• Belonging: Work with a team that values reliability, clear communication, and supporting each other.
• Giving Back: Help improve community living. Your work has an impact where people leave.
• PICA Perks: Discounts and wellbeing programs that support life inside and outside of work.

Who is PICA Group?

We're Australia's leading strata and property services provider, with a trusted network of specialists in strata and facilities management, property development, debt recovery and legal services. For more than 70 years, we've enhanced community living by caring for one of our customers' most valuable assets, their home.

We're also proud to be officially recognised as a great place to work. Our employees recently participated in an external survey, and 91% of our employees said that PICA Group is a Great Place to Work ™!If you're looking for a workplace where you can grow, feel supported, deliver real value to customers, and help create a great place to work, then this could be the perfect role for you.

Everything we do is guided by our values: Say is Straight | Collaborate | Simplicity | Focus on Solutions | Delight the Customer| Get Things Done

At PICA we value diversity and encourage a speak up culture where our people bring their whole selves to work to enhance community living for all.

For up-to-date information about PICA Group, visit us:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/prudential-investment-company-of-australia/mycompany/

https://picagroup.com.au/

You must have the right to live and work in this location to be considered for this opportunity.

It is PICA Group's policy not to accept speculative CV's from Agencies, unless the role has been released directly to the agency. Should we require any assistance from agencies on any roles a member of the Talent Acquisition team will contact agencies directly.