Financial Accounting Lead - Month/Year-End & Audit Readiness

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 149,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 weeks parental leave

Salary packaging up to AU$15,900 for生活

Employee assistance program Sonder

Job summary

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is seeking a Financial Accounting Lead to oversee the organisation's financial accounting, month-end and year-end reporting, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant outcomes. Reporting to the Financial Governance Manager, you will provide technical accounting leadership across complex matters and balance sheet integrity.

Leading and developing a Senior Financial Accountant, you will set clear expectations, provide technical guidance and support high-quality

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• A completed CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification
• Demonstrated experience leading financial accounting, month-end and year-end reporting processes within a complex organisation
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, financial reporting requirements, general ledger processes and balance sheet management
• Experience managing audit deliverables, resolving audit queries and supporting the preparation of statutory financial statements
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and technical accounting capability, with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear advice
• Experience maintaining internal controls, enhancing accounting processes and protecting reporting integrity
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Demonstrated people leadership capability, including the ability to coach and develop team members.
• Experience within a highly regulated environment such as healthcare, NFP or government, and exposure to Oracle or a similar ERP system, would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead accurate and timely month-end, year-end and financial accounting processes, including journals, accruals and analysis
• Oversee general ledger integrity and financial reporting outputs
• Support preparation of statutory financial statements and provide technical accounting judgments
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and uphold strong financial controls
• Coordinate financial accounting inputs for internal and external audits
• Lead, coach and develop the Senior Financial Accountant during peak reporting
• Provide technical guidance to finance stakeholders on accounting practices
• Drive improvements to simplify processes and enhance reporting quality
• Contribute to Financial Governance and finance transformation initiatives

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Technical accounting

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Coaching and development

Education

Tertiary qualification in Accounting/Finance/Commerce

CA/CPA or equivalent

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is seeking a Financial Accounting Lead to oversee the organisation's financial accounting, month-end and year-end reporting, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant outcomes. Reporting to the Financial Governance Manager, you will provide technical accounting leadership across complex matters and balance sheet integrity.

Leading and developing a Senior Financial Accountant, you will set clear expectations, provide technical guidance and support high-quality