Financial Accountant

Employer Sponsored Jobs; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Employer Sponsored Jobs in Melbourne seeks a Financial Accountant to own month-end and ensure statutory compliance across group entities. It is framed as a temporary-to-permanent role with visa sponsorship available for eligible Working Holiday visa holders already in Australia.

The role reports to the Financial Controller, aligns with the CFO, and focuses on maintaining balance sheet integrity and cash budgeting. The team is lean and directly interfaces with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA status or equivalent international qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), either finished or underway.
• Experience in financial accounting, month-end ledger ownership and statutory compliance.
• Experience in Australia or a comparable jurisdiction.
• Applications encouraged from Working Holiday Visa holders with full Australian work rights.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end and period-end close in Xero across the group's operating entities, from journals to consolidated trial balances.
• Deliver statutory and tax compliance for each entity, liaising with external tax advisors on BAS/GST lodgements and payroll tax reconciliations.
• Supervise the offshore Assistant Accountant, reviewing invoices and routine payroll processing.
• Run intercompany loan accounts, recharges and eliminations across subsidiaries to keep balance sheets audit-ready.
• Support FP&A with short-term cash flow tracking, budget vs actuals, and ad-hoc schedules for group structure.

Skills

Month-end close ownership

Statutory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce

CA/CPA status or equivalent (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Xero

Job description

Melbourne, VIC, Australia Contract basis Posted 31 Oct 2026

$90,000 - $120,000 per year Visa sponsorship

About the role

What this Melbourne employer needs is a Financial Accountant who will take firm ownership of month-end and of compliance across its group entities. The business is an established digital marketplace in Australia's platform and technology sector, growing quickly, and it has framed the position as temporary-to-permanent: steady support for operations now, followed by a defined move into permanent full-time employment.

The employer wants someone hands-on who reports to the Financial Controller, stays operationally aligned with the CFO and treats balance sheet integrity as non-negotiable. Transactional processing sits with an assistant accountant, so this hire reviews the core ledgers and steadies cash and budgeting routines. Complex commercial modelling is not the brief; the team is lean, transparent and free of bureaucracy, with direct access to senior leadership.

The employer makes full visa sponsorship available to eligible Working Holiday visa holders already in Australia who bring proven accounting capability.

• Own month-end and period-end close in Xero across the group's operating entities, from journals and balance sheet reconciliations through to consolidated trial balances
• Deliver statutory and tax compliance for each entity, working with external tax advisors on BAS/GST lodgements, payroll tax reconciliations, leave provisions and FBT returns
• Supervise the offshore Assistant Accountant, reviewing invoices, accounts receivable follow-ups, routine payroll and other daily processing
• Run intercompany loan accounts, recharges and eliminations across subsidiaries to keep balance sheets audit-ready, and apply the group's enterprise AI and automation platforms to recurring reconciliations
• Back the FP&A function with the short-term cash flow tracker, budget-versus-actual expense variances and data for annual budget roll-forwards, and help executives with ad-hoc schedules for group structuring and entity setups

Requirements & eligibility

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
• CA/CPA status or an equivalent international qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), either finished or underway
• Demonstrated experience across financial accounting, month-end ledger ownership and statutory compliance, gained in Australia or a comparable jurisdiction
• Applications are strongly encouraged from Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417 or 462) holders with full Australian work rights
• Strong personal accountability, a high level of attention to detail and the adaptability to maintain structure in a dynamic scale-up
• Clear, concise communication in writing and in person, with the confidence to collaborate directly with executive stakeholders