Assistant Accountant

KFC South Pacific (Yum! Brands Subsidiary); Northern Beaches Council; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

KFC South Pacific (Yum! Brands Subsidiary) is seeking an Assistant Accountant on a 12 Month contract to support end-to-end purchase orders, invoicing, and month-end processes within a fast-paced, iconic brand.

You'll partner with Finance and Marketing teams, raise POs, code supplier invoices, monitor payments, and contribute to reconciliations and reporting while developing your accounting experience across a broad range of activities.

Qualifications

• Accounting qualification essential, with CPA studies highly regarded.
• Experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Administration or an Assistant Accountant role, ideally within a large corporate environment.
• Good understanding of GST and tax invoice requirements, with experience using ERP financial systems.
• Intermediate Excel skills and strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage competing priorities and resolve invoice and payment issues.
• A collaborative communicator who builds strong relationships across teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset, always looking for simpler and more efficient ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Raise and maintain purchase orders across business expenditure.
• Review, code and process supplier invoices, ensuring the correct accounts, cost centres, projects and tax treatments are applied.
• Monitor invoices through to payment and investigate discrepancies, unmatched purchase orders and payment issues.
• Partner with our Shared Services team, budget owners and suppliers to resolve queries and keep payments moving.
• Support month-end activities including accruals, prepayments, journals and reconciliations.
• Help ensure expenditure is captured accurately in the correct accounting period.
• Maintain accurate financial records, supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support ad hoc financial reporting, analysis and audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency and strengthen financial controls.

Skills

Accounting qualification

Accounts payable experience

GST / tax invoice understanding

Excel skills

Organised / proactive

Collaborative communication

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Accounting qualification (CPA studies)

Job description

• Build your accounting experience across a broad range of finance activities
• Gain exposure to accounts payable, month-end, reconciliations and financial controls

It’s not just what you do at KFC. It’s the way we do it.

Join a people-first culture where you’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute and work alongside teams across one of Australia’s most iconic brands.

As our Assistant Accountant on a 12 Month contract, you'll work closely with our Finance and Marketing teams to coordinate the end-to-end purchase order and invoice process, help ensure expenditure is accurately recorded and support month-end activities, reconciliations and reporting.

This is a great opportunity to build your accounting experience within a large, fast-paced organisation while working with a broad range of stakeholders across the business.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Raise and maintain purchase orders across business expenditure.
• Review, code and process supplier invoices, ensuring the correct accounts, cost centres, projects and tax treatments are applied.
• Monitor invoices through to payment and investigate discrepancies, unmatched purchase orders and payment issues.
• Partner with our Shared Services team, budget owners and suppliers to resolve queries and keep payments moving.
• Support month-end activities including accruals, prepayments, journals and reconciliations.
• Help ensure expenditure is captured accurately in the correct accounting period.
• Maintain accurate financial records, supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support ad hoc financial reporting, analysis and audit requests.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency and strengthen financial controls.

ABOUT YOU

• Accounting qualification essential, with CPA studies highly regarded.
• Experience in Accounts Payable, Finance Administration or an Assistant Accountant role, ideally within a large corporate environment.
• Good understanding of GST and tax invoice requirements, with experience using ERP financial systems.
• Intermediate Excel skills and strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage competing priorities and resolve invoice and payment issues.
• A collaborative communicator who builds strong relationships across teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset, always looking for simpler and more efficient ways of working.

WHY KFC?

At KFC, everyone has a seat at our table. We’re committed to creating an environment where our people can be their best selves, make a difference and have fun along the way. In return, we offer:

• Half-day Fridays – get some time back in your week
• Additional wellbeing leave each year
• Monthly mobile phone and home internet contributions
• Employee discounts at KFC restaurants
• Corporate Culture Club initiatives and team experiences
• Free onsite secure parking at Frenchs Forest
• A supportive, collaborative and people-first culture focused on growth and development

WHO WE ARE

Take one man with a big idea, add 11 herbs and spices, grit, ambition and buckets of heart – you’ve got KFC. Since 1952, we’ve been bringing finger lickin’ good chicken to the world. But without our people, The Originals, none of it would be possible. Everyone at KFC is different. Unique. It’s what makes us special. We’ll always be original, and we welcome you to join us. Lead the charge, bring the spice and taste more out of life!

JOIN KFC: CHOOSE A FINGER LICKIN' GOOD LIFE

If you’re looking to build your finance career in a role that combines hands-on accounting experience with exposure across Finance and Marketing, we’d love to hear from you.

Here at KFC, we see ourselves as an equal opportunity employer. This means it’s a level playing field for all. Our work environment is fully inclusive and we strive for a workplace where diversity of thought and perspective is welcomed, sought out and developed. No matter who you are or where you’re from, people from all walks of life are encouraged to apply to join the KFC family. This means no matter your gender identity, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, disability, life stage or other legally protected status – you’ve always got a seat at our table.