Group Accountant: Path to Financial Controller (Warwick)

Wickham Freight Lines; Warwick; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance program

Family-owned business

Career progression

Employee discounts

Job summary

Wickhams Group is seeking a technically strong Group Accountant to join our growing finance team across transport and agriculture sectors in Warwick and Killarney, QLD. You will lead month-end, improve reporting accuracy, and drive process improvements.

Reporting to the GM Finance, you will oversee balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets, project and hire-purchase accounting, and coordinate statutory and tax work papers while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• CPA/CA/IPA or equivalent qualification completed or substantially completed.
• Strong experience in financial accounting, month-end reporting, and reconciliations.
• Experience with multi-entity reporting and statutory reporting is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Group month-end close and financial control activities.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals, and intercompany accounts.
• Manage fixed assets, capital projects, inventory/WIP, and hire-purchase accounting.
• Prepare and review BAS, Fuel Tax Credits, payroll tax, Work Cover, and year-end workpapers.
• Assist with budgets, forecasts, cash flow reporting, and Board reporting.
• Develop and support Finance team members.

Skills

Financial accounting

Month-end reporting

Reconciliations

Excel

ERP experience

Education

CPA/CA/IPA or equivalent

Tools

Pronto ERP

Job description

Wickhams Group is seeking a technically strong Group Accountant to join our growing finance team across transport and agriculture sectors in Warwick and Killarney, QLD. You will lead month-end, improve reporting accuracy, and drive process improvements.

Reporting to the GM Finance, you will oversee balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets, project and hire-purchase accounting, and coordinate statutory and tax work papers while mentoring junior staff.