Financial Accountant

Fitzgerald Jenkins Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fitzgerald Jenkins Recruitment partners with a leading investment manager in Sydney to recruit a Financial Accountant. You will own financial and statutory reporting, trust accounting and fund accounting across a diverse portfolio of funds and complex financial products.

You’ll collaborate with the Financial Controller, challenge processes, and implement smarter ways of working through AI and automation while maintaining strong financial controls.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or Finance with CA/CPA qualification.
• 5 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Experience in trust accounting and fund accounting, ideally within investment management.
• Solid understanding of financial instruments and financial reporting.
• Strong Excel skills and analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare management and statutory financial reporting across the organisation and its investment funds.
• Undertake trust accounting and fund accounting activities, ensuring accurate financial records and reporting.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements across multiple investment funds.
• Review listed and unlisted investment valuations, ensuring compliance with relevant policies.
• Work closely with outsourced fund administrators to maintain reporting accuracy and effective controls.
• Manage month-end activities, financial controls and external reporting requirements.
• Coordinate external audits and liaise with auditors, custodians, investors and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve reporting and strengthen financial controls.
• Explore the use of AI, automation and emerging technologies to reduce manual processes and improve efficiency.
• Contribute to projects that enhance fund oversight, systems and broader finance operations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

AI/automation interest

Technical accounting fundamentals

Education

Degree in Accounting/Finance

CA or CPA qualification

Job description

Financial Accountant - Investment Management

Join a leading investment manager as a Financial Accountant, working across a diverse portfolio of investment funds and complex financial products.

This is more than a traditional financial accounting role. Working closely with the Financial Controller, you’ll take ownership of financial and statutory reporting, trust accounting and fund accounting, while having the opportunity to challenge existing processes and introduce smarter ways of working.

The team is looking for someone with strong technical accounting fundamentals and a forward-thinking mindset — someone who questions the status quo, embraces technology and sees opportunities to improve processes through AI, automation and innovation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Prepare management and statutory financial reporting across the organisation and its investment funds.
• Undertake trust accounting and fund accounting activities, ensuring accurate financial records and reporting.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements across multiple investment funds.
• Review listed and unlisted investment valuations, ensuring compliance with relevant policies.
• Work closely with outsourced fund administrators to maintain reporting accuracy and effective controls.
• Manage month-end activities, financial controls and external reporting requirements.
• Coordinate external audits and liaise with auditors, custodians, investors and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve reporting and strengthen financial controls.
• Explore the use of AI, automation and emerging technologies to reduce manual processes and improve efficiency.
• Contribute to projects that enhance fund oversight, systems and broader finance operations.

Join a leading investment manager as a Financial Accountant, working across a diverse portfolio of investment funds and complex financial products.

This is more than a traditional financial accounting role. Working closely with the Financial Controller, you’ll take ownership of financial and statutory reporting, trust accounting and fund accounting, while having the opportunity to challenge existing processes and introduce smarter ways of working.

The team is looking for someone with strong technical accounting fundamentals and a forward-thinking mindset — someone who questions the status quo, embraces technology and sees opportunities to improve processes through AI, automation and innovation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Prepare management and statutory financial reporting across the organisation and its investment funds.
• Undertake trust accounting and fund accounting activities, ensuring accurate financial records and reporting.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements across multiple investment funds.
• Review listed and unlisted investment valuations, ensuring compliance with relevant policies.
• Work closely with outsourced fund administrators to maintain reporting accuracy and effective controls.
• Manage month-end activities, financial controls and external reporting requirements.
• Coordinate external audits and liaise with auditors, custodians, investors and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve reporting and strengthen financial controls.
• Explore the use of AI, automation and emerging technologies to reduce manual processes and improve efficiency.
• Contribute to projects that enhance fund oversight, systems and broader finance operations.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, together with a CA or CPA qualification.
• 5 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Experience in trust accounting and fund accounting, ideally within investment management or financial services.
• A solid understanding of financial instruments, investment structures and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of statutory reporting, consolidation accounting and financial controls.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel capability.
• An interest in AI, automation and emerging technologies, with ideas on how they can improve finance processes.
• A continuous improvement mindset and the confidence to question existing processes constructively.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Full Australian working rights