Assistant Financial Accountant

Sharp & Carter; South Burnett Regional; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is partnering with a privately-owned food processing and export business to recruit an Assistant Financial Accountant. This role offers broad exposure to financial accounting, reconciliations and reporting within a fast-paced, high-volume finance function.

You will support month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset accounting and statutory compliance while gaining real responsibility early in your career.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce.
• CA/CPA studying or planning to commence.
• Experience in high-volume, transactional or manufacturing environment preferred.
• Strong technical accounting fundamentals with solid Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with month-end close, including journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies.
• Support the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reporting schedules.
• Assist with fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals and depreciation.
• Support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reconciliations.
• Assist BAS/GST preparation and other statutory compliance requirements.
• Support the year-end audit process, including preparation of workpapers and schedules.
• Contribute to process improvement and system initiatives within a high-volume finance function.
• Build strong relationships across finance and operations, and communicate with stakeholders at all levels.

Skills

Financial accounting

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Tertiary qualification in Accounting/Finance/Commerce

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

The Company

Sharp & Carter is partnering exclusively with a well-established, privately-owned food processing and export business with a significant national and international footprint. With processing facilities across multiple states, our client supplies premium products to customers locally and abroad. The numbers tell the story, this is a business with genuinely massive turnover, high transaction volume and a finance function to match.

The Role

Reporting to the Financial Controller and working within a finance team of 12-15, this is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Financial Accountant.

You'll get broad, hands-on exposure to financial accounting, reconciliations and reporting within a business where the pace never really slows down, ideal for someone who wants to learn fast and be trusted with real responsibility early.

Key responsibilities include

• Assisting with month-end close, including preparation of journals, accruals and prepayments


• Preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies


• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reporting schedules


• Assisting with fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals and depreciation


• Supporting Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reconciliations


• Assisting with BAS/GST preparation and other statutory compliance requirements


• Supporting the year-end audit process, including preparation of workpapers and schedules


• Contributing to process improvement and system initiatives within a high-volume finance function


• Building strong working relationships across finance and operations, and communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce


• CA/CPA studying or intending to commence


• ideally experience with exposure to a high-volume, transactional or manufacturing environment


• Strong technical accounting fundamentals, with solid Excel skills


• A natural self-starter who takes initiative rather than waiting to be told what's next


• Excellent communication skills, comfortable liaising with both finance and non-finance stakeholders


• A genuine team player who will thrive in a close-knit, high-performing team


• Resilient, adaptable and comfortable working at pace in a dynamic, fast-moving business

What's on Offer

• The opportunity to build your career in a billion dollar manufacturing organisation


• Direct mentorship from an experienced Financial Controller


• Genuine scope to develop technically and take on responsibility quickly


• A close-knit, supportive team culture within a business that’s anything …

Client details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.