Internal Accountant - Scale Finances for Growth

Morning Made; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Morning Made is seeking an Internal Accountant to own the day-to-day finance function as the first full-time finance hire. You’ll work with the vCFO and leadership to build scalable processes as we scale globally.

You’ll own month-end close, inventory accounting, and cash forecasting, while helping establish systems and controls to support rapid growth. This role suits someone who enjoys hands-on problem solving and building robust finance foundations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in accounting or finance, ideally inside a high-growth consumer business
• Fluent in Xero
• Real experience with inventory and COGS accounting, not just AP/AR and payroll
• Comfortable supporting forecasts and budgets, not just processing existing work
• Experience across multiple entities or currencies and clean consolidation
• Familiarity with retail complexities like chargebacks and broker/distributor challenges
• CA/CPA (or equivalent) is a strong plus, not strictly required if experience is solid

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day bookkeeping - accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payment runs across the Morning Made group
• Month-end close - reconciliations, journals, and accruals to close out each month, providing monthly reporting to the leadership team
• Inventory and COGS accounting - landed cost, co-manufacturing spend, and 3PL charges reconciled against inventory movements
• Cash flow visibility - work closely with our vCFO on the cash flow forecast, ensuring current numbers so cash decisions get made on real data
• Compliance - BAS, GST, and tax filings run on time, working alongside our external accountants
• Support the vCFO on gross margin analysis by channel, product, and customer
• Support the vCFO on annual budgets and rolling forecasts

Skills

Forecasting & budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial analysis

Education

CA/CPA qualification (or in progress)

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Xero

Excel

Job description

Morning Made is seeking an Internal Accountant to own the day-to-day finance function as the first full-time finance hire. You’ll work with the vCFO and leadership to build scalable processes as we scale globally.

You’ll own month-end close, inventory accounting, and cash forecasting, while helping establish systems and controls to support rapid growth. This role suits someone who enjoys hands-on problem solving and building robust finance foundations.