Management Accountant/Business Partner

Assurant; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Truganina office presence

ANZ operations exposure

Job summary

Assurant Reverse Logistics, part of Assurant's post-purchase and circular economy business in Australia and New Zealand, is seeking a Management Accountant/Business Partner on a 10-month fixed-term contract. This hands-on role supports revenue, month-end, budgeting, forecasting and stakeholder partnering across ANZ operations.

You’ll work with finance and non-finance teams, dig into variances, and provide practical financial insights to guide business decisions.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce.
• Experience in month-end, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Experience preparing journals, accruals, reconciliations and variance commentary.
• Understanding of revenue recognition, invoicing and receivables.
• Strong Excel skills, PivotTables, lookups and SUMIFS.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Attention to detail and deadline management.
• Confidence working with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities

• Month-end activities: journals, accruals, reconciliations and supporting workpapers.
• Prepare monthly financial results, customer and brand reporting and variance analysis.
• Manage project revenue estimates, accruals, revenue recognition and invoicing.
• Support budgeting and forecasting, including workforce costs and other expenses.
• Monitor receivables and resolve overdue invoices and customer queries.
• Partner with internal teams and external retail stakeholders to translate financial information into insights.
• Support financial activities across Australia and New Zealand operations.
• Coordinate with shared-services and review outputs across locations/time zones.
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes and reporting.

Skills

Month-end accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Revenue recognition

Receivables

Excel (PivotTables)

Analytical thinking

Deadline management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Accounting, Finance or Commerce degree

Tools

Excel

NetSuite

Job description

Assurant Reverse Logistics is part of Assurant’s growing post-purchase and circular economy business across Australia and New Zealand. We partner with some of Australia’s leading retailers to deliver solutions across returns management, asset recovery, trade-in programs, product protection and circular economy services.

As part of global organisation Assurant, our Reverse Logistics business brings together technology, finance and operations to help retailers better manage products throughout the post-purchase lifecycle.

Assurant Reverse Logistics is part of Assurant’s growing post-purchase and circular economy business across Australia and New Zealand. We partner with some of Australia’s leading retailers to deliver solutions across returns management, asset recovery, trade-in programs, product protection and circular economy services.

As part of global organisation Assurant, our Reverse Logistics business brings together technology, finance and operations to help retailers better manage products throughout the post-purchase lifecycle.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Management Accountant/Business Partner to join our Finance team on a 10-month fixed-term contract.

This is a hands-on role supporting our Assurant Reverse Logistics operations across Australia and New Zealand, combining management accounting, commercial analysis and stakeholder partnering.

You’ll play an important role across month-end, customer reporting, revenue and receivables, budgeting and forecasting, while providing practical financial insights to support business decisions.

This role would suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail, can investigate variances and confidently partner with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage key month-end activities, including journals, accruals, reconciliations and supporting workpapers
• Prepare monthly financial results, customer and brand reporting, performance commentary and variance analysis
• Manage project revenue estimates, accruals, revenue recognition and customer invoicing
• Support budgeting and forecasting, including analysis of workforce costs and other business expenses
• Monitor receivables and support the resolution of overdue invoices and customer queries
• Partner with internal teams and external retail stakeholders, translating financial information into practical insights
• Support financial activities across our Australia and New Zealand operations
• Coordinate with shared-services teams and review outputs across different locations and time zones
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, controls and reporting

About you

You’ll be a commercially minded accountant who can work autonomously, meet deadlines and communicate confidently with stakeholders.

You’ll bring:

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
• Management accounting experience across month-end, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis
• Experience preparing journals, accruals, reconciliations and variance commentary
• An understanding of revenue recognition, invoicing and receivables
• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookups and SUMIFS
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent attention to detail and deadline management
• Confidence working with finance and non-finance stakeholders
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams

Highly regarded

• CPA/CA qualified or currently working towards your qualification
• Experience using NetSuite

What’s on offer

• 10-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension
• Competitive base salary on offer
• Hybrid working, with 3 days in our Truganina office and 2 days from home
• Broad exposure across our Assurant Reverse Logistics Australia and New Zealand operations
• The opportunity to work in a role that combines technical accounting with genuine commercial and stakeholder exposure

Interested?

If you’re looking for your next Management Accountant opportunity and want a role where you can own your work, build strong stakeholder relationships and make an impact beyond the numbers, we’d love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will be subject to relevant background checks such as reference checks and a police check.

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