Hybrid Senior Accountant: Build Finance Ops & Path to Manager

People2people - Brisbane; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

People2people - Brisbane is seeking a technically strong accountant ready to progress to Finance Manager, reporting to the Financial Controller and partnering with the CFO to build the finance function.

You will own core accounting activities, lead month-end close, assist budgeting and forecasting, and drive process improvements across finance, with a hybrid CBD Brisbane work arrangement and exposure to stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualification (or close to completion).
• Strong financial accounting and month-end experience.
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong Excel capability and systems proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process with accuracy and timeliness.
• Conduct bank, balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations.
• Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting.
• Analyze financial performance and explain variances.
• Partner with site-based stakeholders to support decisions.
• Oversee outsourced accounts payable and ensure process compliance.
• Support audit, tax and statutory reporting requirements.
• Identify and implement finance process improvements.

Skills

Financial accounting

Month-end close

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Excel

ERP systems

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

People2people - Brisbane is seeking a technically strong accountant ready to progress to Finance Manager, reporting to the Financial Controller and partnering with the CFO to build the finance function.

You will own core accounting activities, lead month-end close, assist budgeting and forecasting, and drive process improvements across finance, with a hybrid CBD Brisbane work arrangement and exposure to stakeholder management.