Management Accountant

Fulton Hogan; Canning; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulton Hogan is recruiting a Management Accountant for the Western Region Infrastructure Services team, based in Welshpool. You will support day-to-day accounting, provide insights to operational and management teams, and help drive strategic objectives.

Ideal candidates have intermediate accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and a tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance, with CA/CPA designation highly regarded. A collaborative, results-focused mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Intermediate experience in an accountancy role.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Advanced Excel skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Month end and year end reporting, journal entries and P&L prep.
• Assist project teams with financial reporting activities.
• Prepare Fringe Benefits Tax return and regional KPI reporting.
• Provide coaching and training to team members and managers.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Time management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

CA/CPA designation preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Life at Fulton Hogan is about making the most of opportunities, taking responsibility, and making it happen. We appreciate our peoples’ courage, curiosity and unique perspectives, and look to collaborate as much as possible to explore safer, smarter and more efficient ways of working in this rapidly changing world. We don’t stand still – there are always opportunities to do more and do better.

• Keen to progress your career? Take full advantage of our tailored training, leadership, and mentoring programs; or leverage our partnerships with industry association such as Engineers Australia, Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, The National Association of Women in Construction, plus many more.
• Looking to enhance your wellbeing? We will encourage you to explore flexible working arrangements where possible. We offer great benefits, including corporate health and fitness programs, health insurance discounts, personal banking support, a range of retailer discounts, up to 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave and up to 10 days paid secondary carers leave, access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family), and the option to take more time for yourself throughout the year with our Purchase Leave Policy.

• Want to help us better the communities we live and work in? Our purpose of creating, connecting, and caring for communities is more than a saying to us – it’s a way of thinking, working, and living because we’re locals too, and seek to give back in ways that strengthen and build resilient communities. We do this because we genuinely care, enjoy what we do, and even manage to have some fun along the way! You’ll find us partnering with local and national community groups, like Clontarf Foundation, Black Dog Institute, and Soldier On, in addition to indigenous groups and social enterprises, to ensure that our good work positively impacts and brings about sustainable change within our industry.
• Do we offer a ‘competitive’ salary package? Of course!

What’s on offer?

Due to internal promotions, a fantastic opportunity has presented for a Management Accountant to complement our Western Region Infrastructure Services team, based in Welshpool.

Reporting to the Regional Finance Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the region with the day-to-day accounting, and reporting functions, as well as providing advice, insight, and analysis to the operational, and management teams to achieve strategic objectives.

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Month end and year end reporting including processing journal entries, joint venture entries and preparing profit and loss.
• Assisting project teams with financial reporting activities.
• Assisting with the region’s Fringe Benefits Tax return preparation.
• Assisting with reporting on regional financial performance against KPIs.
• Providing coaching and training to team members, Engineers, and Managers.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies, statutory and regulatory requirements.

To be successful, you will thrive working in a team environment, and understand that it’s a great team that delivers great outcomes. You will have sound communication skills with the ability to engage well at all levels. You will demonstrate your ability to use your initiative, and confidence in challenging the norm in establishing best practice systems, and procedures. You will bring commercial awareness, and financial acumen with the ability to balance strategic, and operational activities. You will be ambitious, driven, ready to take on a new challenge. In addition, you will have:

• Intermediate experience in an accountancy role, preferably within the Construction, Infrastructure, Engineering industry sectors and/or professional services firm.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to review and critique financial information, well-developed problem-solving skills, and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong stakeholders focus, and ability to communicate professionally, and effectively at various levels, building strong relationships both externally, and internally.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks, and meet tight deadlines, including attention to detail.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance.
• CA/CPA qualification highly regarded.

Our people share the same set of values that keep us REAL. Respect, Energy and Effort, Attitude and Leadership encapsulate what we stand for at Fulton Hogan and encourage us to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where we listen to, care for, celebrate, and respect everyone.

We are committed to reconciliation and building and nurturing respectful relationships with First Nations peoples. Through our First Nations Engagement Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), we aim to promote opportunities, cultural understanding and partnerships that celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous communities.

For over 90 years, Fulton Hogan has been delivering high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people every day. Our 10,000+ team works in every kind of weather and environment, creating, connecting, and caring for communities across Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.