Financial Accounting Manager

Perigon Group; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Direct exposure to CFO and executive

Job summary

The Perigon Group is partnering with a Melbourne-based organisation to appoint a Financial Accounting Manager. You will lead a capable team, own the statutory accounts for a multi-entity group, and partner with senior finance leadership, including the CFO, to shape the function.

With a background in external audit at Senior Manager level or above, you will drive improvements in consolidations and reporting, and oversee OneStream to support financial reporting and automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified is required.
• Manager level+ external audit experience at Big 4 or mid-tier with complex multi-entity clients is preferred.
• Strong depth in consolidations, statutory reporting and accounting standards.
• Solid knowledge of tax effect accounting and deferred tax.
• Experience leading and developing junior staff and presenting complex issues to CFO and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Financial Accountants and oversee consolidated statutory accounts for a complex multi-entity group.
• Provide technical accounting advice on tax and accounting implications of investments and transactions.
• Own the group's performance management platform (OneStream) for reporting and consolidations.
• Drive process improvements using AI and automation.
• Manage tax effect accounting and deferred tax calculations; prepare CFO-level papers on deferred tax balances.
• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders across the group.

Skills

Audit leadership

Consolidations

Statutory reporting

Education

CA or CPA qualified

Job description

About The Role

We're partnering with a well-established, multi-entity Melbourne organisation to appoint a Financial Accounting Manager. This is a career-defining move for an audit professional at Manager level or above who's ready to stop reviewing other people's numbers and start owning them. You'll lead a capable team, report directly into senior finance leadership, and have the scope to shape how the function runs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Financial Accountants, and oversee delivery of consolidated statutory accounts for a complex, multi-entity, multi-structure group
• Provide technical accounting advice on the tax and accounting impact of the group's investments and transactions
• Own the group's performance management platform, OneStream, which is used for financial reporting and consolidations
• Drive continuous improvement by finding opportunities to streamline processes through effective use of AI and automation
• Manage tax effect accounting, including preparing and analysing deferred tax calculations and writing CFO-level papers on deferred tax balances
• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders across the group

Skills

• CA or CPA qualified
• Experience at Manager level or above in external audit at a Big 4 or mid-tier firm, ideally across complex group or multi-entity clients
• Strong technical depth in consolidations, statutory reporting and accounting standards
• Solid working knowledge of tax effect accounting and deferred tax
• Experience leading and developing junior staff, and the confidence to present complex issues clearly to the CFO and non-finance stakeholders

Benefits

• A genuine launchpad from audit into in-house leadership, with scope to grow your remit
• A more sustainable rhythm than busy season, with hybrid flexibility
• Direct exposure to the CFO and executive team
• The chance to shape a modernising finance function through systems, AI and automation