Financial Accountant

Piling & Concreting Australia; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PCA Ground Engineering is seeking a Financial Accountant at our Arundel head office. You will own balance sheet reconciliations, keep the general ledger honest, and ensure a smooth month-end close cycle while supporting statutory compliance (BAS, FBT, payroll tax workpapers).

You'll work closely with the Senior Financial Controller and Finance Manager, help shape the Business Central rebuild, and gain exposure to multi-entity reporting in a growing civil and ground engineering group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce or Finance.
• 3+ years in a financial or management accounting role.
• Strong Excel skills across reconciliations, schedules and variance analysis.
• Working knowledge of accounting standards relevant to a trading entity.
• Someone who hits monthly close deadlines without being chased, and flags issues early rather than sitting on them.
• CA or CPA, completed or well underway.
• Big 4 or mid-tier firm background, particularly audit.
• Exposure to construction, civil or another project-based industry.
• Multi-entity or group reporting and consolidation experience.
• ERP experience, especially Microsoft Dynamics Business Central.

Responsibilities

• Own designated balance sheet reconciliations and keep the general ledger honest.
• Manage month-end close cycle to run like clockwork.
• Support statutory compliance (BAS, FBT, payroll tax workpapers).
• Get a genuine seat at the table as we rebuild our finance system from the ground up.
• Collaborate with Senior Financial Controller and Finance Manager.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Reconcilations & variance analysis

Attention to deadlines

Accounting standards knowledge

Multi-entity reporting

Project-based industry exposure

Big 4/mid-tier audit background

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce or Finance

CA or CPA

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Job description

Some people dread month-end. You're the one who makes it boring, on purpose, because you'd spot a typo in a spreadsheet from across the room

We're after a Financial Accountant who gets genuine satisfaction from a reconciliation that closes clean, first go, every month. You'll own designated balance sheet reconciliations, keep our general ledger honest, and make sure our month-end close cycle runs like clockwork, not like a fire drill.

Based at our Arundel head office, you'll work closely with our Senior Financial Controller and Finance Manager, support statutory compliance (BAS, FBT, payroll tax workpapers), and get a genuine seat at the table as we rebuild our finance system from the ground up.

Some of the must-haves:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce or Finance
• 3+ years in a financial or management accounting role
• Strong Excel skills across reconciliations, schedules and variance analysis
• Working knowledge of accounting standards relevant to a trading entity
• Someone who hits monthly close deadlines without being chased, and flags issues early rather than sitting on them
• CA or CPA, completed or well underway
• Big 4 or mid-tier firm background, particularly audit
• Exposure to construction, civil or another project-based industry
• Multi-entity or group reporting and consolidation experience
• ERP experience, especially Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

What's in it for you:

• Genuine multi-entity exposure, not a single ledger you'll know inside out by month three
• Direct involvement in our Business Central rebuild: you'll help shape how the system works, not just live with what you're given
• A real progression path as our finance team scales
• A close-knit finance team that backs each other through the crunch weeks

Get to know us:

PCA Ground Engineering is a specialist ground engineering and civil construction contractor with 150+ people across Queensland and New South Wales. We tackle the technically hard stuff, ground improvement, piling, retention systems, and we back our people with the same rigour we bring to our projects. We're proud of the work we do and the people who do it, and we're building a workplace where everyone, whatever their background, can do their best work.