Assistant Accountant

One Playground; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Access to all One Playground locations

Team socials and partner discounts

Job summary

One Playground is expanding and seeking an Assistant Accountant in Sydney to support accounts payable, payroll, bank reconciliations and monthly close on a multi-entity team. You’ll work with the Finance Manager to ensure accurate data and timely reporting across clubs and entities.

You’ll grow into journals, workpapers, budgeting and a payroll platform transition, contributing to monthly and year-end processes in a fast-scaling business. A genuine interest in health and wellness helps.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in an accounts, bookkeeping or finance officer role (ideally across a multi-entity or multi-site business).
• Strong working knowledge of accounts payable and bank reconciliations, with experience in supporting payroll processing.
• Confident with cloud-based accounting platforms (Xero or similar) and comfortable picking up new systems quickly.

Responsibilities

• Process and code supplier invoices and prepare payment runs for Finance Manager approval.
• Maintain supplier records, onboard new vendors, reconcile statements monthly and resolve queries.
• Run the staff card program and process reimbursements in line with policy.
• Collate timesheet data, assist with payroll reconciliations and compliance across entities.
• Own bank reconciliations across all entity accounts and investigate unreconciled items.
• Support month-end and year-end close, journals, workpapers and schedules.
• Help drive the annual budget by prepping templates and gathering inputs from heads.

Skills

Accounts payable

Bank reconciliations

Payroll processing support

Xero

Weel / expense platform

Excel

Multi-entity experience

Education

Accounting/Finance qualification

CA/CPA pathway

Diploma/Cert IV in Accounting & Bookkeeping

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Xero

Weel

Excel

Job description

ONE PLAYGROUND PHILOSOPHY: “GREAT HUMANS”

We are driven by our core values, including “One Team” of “Great Humans” who “Master their Craft” and of course “Do Cool Sh*t!”. We believe that if we take care of our people, they will take care of our members.

People have been the key differentiator to One Playground's success. Today, we have a team of 450 Great Humans, a Senior Leadership team with an average tenure of 8 years, and are consistently recognised as one of Australia's best places to work.

Our human-centric awards include being rated Top 50 Places to Work in Australia, Employer of Choice Award, AFR Best Places to Work and the ABA100® Winner for Training Excellence. The brand has been named the best multi-modality gym in Australia and the best boutique gym brand in APAC, and has been mentioned alongside the likes of Six Senses hotels and Equinox.

BRAND AMBITION

At One Playground, we are committed to creating the best gyms, not just the most gyms. The spaces are unique; we invest in curated designs, with luxury finishes and experiential moments.

Our ambition is to create more than a gym. Instead, we create an ecosystem of premium lifestyle brands that Inspire Change for our members and our staff.

We do this by changing the gym environment and experience through beautifully curated spaces, quality coaching, experiential classes, premium wellness and community connection. And as we look to the future, we will do this beyond the gym with the One Coach and Destination One (retreat) brands.

THE ROLE

We are growing fast, with new clubs on the way and more entities, more transactions and more decisions than ever relying on the numbers. That makes this a rare chance to build your accounting career inside a business that is genuinely scaling.

As our Assistant Accountant, you’ll be the operational backbone of the finance team: the person who keeps everything moving and accurate. You’ll process invoices, prepare payment runs, own the bank reconciliations, and make sure the Finance Manager and wider business always have clean, reliable data to work from.

This is a hands‑on role with real responsibility. Every report, budget and decision the business makes is built on your work.

It’s also a role built for growth. If you’ve got a solid foundation in accounts or bookkeeping, you’ll broaden it here, stepping into journals, workpapers, month‑end, management reporting, budgeting and a payroll platform transition across multiple entities. Working side by side with our Finance Manager, you’ll get the exposure and mentoring to take the next step in your finance career.

If you take pride in tidy books, want to be the person everyone trusts to get it right, and want a career, not just a job, keep reading.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & EXPENSE MANAGEMENT.

• Process and code supplier invoices and prepare payment runs for Finance Manager approval.
• Maintain supplier records, onboard new vendors, reconcile statements monthly and resolve queries.
• Run the staff card program in Weel and process reimbursements in line with policy.

PAYROLL SUPPORT.

• Collate and check timesheet data each pay run, and keep employee records up to date (new starters, terminations, leave and super).
• Assist with payroll reconciliations and compliance across all entities and pay cycles.
• Play a hands‑on part in our move to a new payroll platform, including data checks and parallel pay runs.

BANK RECONCILIATIONS.

• Own bank reconciliations across all entity accounts.
• Investigate unreconciled items and elevate discrepancies clearly.
• Keep transaction records accurate and current so month‑end runs smoothly.

REPORTING & CLOSE SUPPORT.

• Support month‑end and year‑end close, journals, workpapers and schedules.
• Help drive the annual budget by prepping templates and gathering inputs from department heads.
• Contribute to financial reports, management packs and ad hoc analysis.

OPERATIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

• Keep financial records, filing and documentation organised across the function.
• Help document, systematise and continuously improve key finance processes.
• Get involved in finance projects and day‑to‑day team priorities.

ABOUT YOU

To excel in this role:

• You have a genuine interest in health, fitness & wellness.
• You take pride in clean, accurate work, and people trust your numbers because of it.
• You're a proactive problem solver who takes ownership and follows through without needing to be chased.
• You communicate clearly and professionally with suppliers, staff and the wider team.
• You enjoy bringing order to messy data and finding better ways to do things.
• You're motivated by growth, both in your technical capability and as part of a fast‑scaling business.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 2+ years of hands‑on experience in an accounts, bookkeeping or finance officer role (ideally across a multi‑entity or multi‑site business).
• Strong working knowledge of accounts payable and bank reconciliations, with experience in supporting payroll processing.
• Confident with cloud‑based accounting platforms (Xero or similar) and comfortable picking up new systems quickly. Experience with Weel or a similar expense platform is a plus.
• Solid Excel skills, skills for reconciling data and preparing workpapers and reporting templates.
• Studying towards or holding a relevant qualification (Cert IV in Accounting & Bookkeeping, Diploma, Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance, or progressing through CA/CPA) is highly regarded.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU:

• A Defined Career Pathway. Broaden your skills from transactional finance into month‑end, reporting and budgeting, with mentoring from our Finance Manager and room to grow as the finance function scales.
• Join a Company Going Through Rapid Growth. More clubs, more entities and more complexity mean more opportunity to learn and take on responsibility quickly.
• Work With Great Humans. Join a team that genuinely cares about doing things well, and about each other, at a company rated in the top 50 Places to Work in Australia.
• World‑Class Facilities. Work alongside some of the best gym environments in the country.
• The Benefits. Free gym membership and access to every One Playground location, plus team socials and partner discounts.
• The World’s Best Industry. Work in an industry that makes people happier, healthier and more connected.

Application closes on 9th November.

For us it doesn’t matter if you have less experience or more; what matters is alignment with our culture, having a passion for what you do and growing with the business in a meaningful and impactful industry. You can also take a tour on our websites here: https://oneplayground.com.au/careers/ and one.coach