Management Accountant - Sunshine Coast

Increase Construction; Maroochydore; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Sunshine Coast location

Job summary

Increase Construction is seeking a Management Accountant to turn numbers into decisions and partner with the CFO on board-level reporting. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the role focuses on driving profitability analysis, budgets, forecasts and robust financial controls rather than routine transactions.

You will own and explain monthly results, investigate variances, track cash flow and support strategic decisions with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years' accounting experience, including management or commercial accounting.
• Solid grasp of P&L and balance sheet accounting.
• Experience with monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• CPA or CA qualified, or part-way through.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly management reporting: P&L, budget vs actual, prior year comparisons, EBITDA and NPAT, with clear commentary
• Investigate variances and explain what is driving them
• Build and maintain budgets, rolling forecasts and 13-week cash-flow forecasts
• Analyse customer and contract profitability, and flag margin deterioration early
• Report on labour, subcontractor and fleet costs, including vehicle utilisation and lease vs buy decisions
• Track capex, working capital, debtor days and collections
• Run key parts of month-end: journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare supporting schedules for the monthly Board pack
• Improve reporting, automate manual tasks and strengthen financial controls

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

P&L accounting

Balance sheet

Financial reporting

Analytical thinking

Communication to non-finance managers

Education

CPA or CA (part-qualified)

Tools

Xero

Power BI

Job description

Turn the numbers into decisions. Not just reports.

Our client is a well-established Australian traffic management business with a large operational workforce, a major vehicle and equipment fleet, and long-term customer relationships. They are growing, and the CFO needs a Management Accountant who wants to understand how the business actually makes money.

This is not a transactional accounting role. You will explain why results changed, spot margin problems early, and help management decide what to do next.

The role

You will be one of three people in the finance team, working with the CFO and an Accounts Officer. Day to day, you will:

Own monthly management reporting: P&L, budget vs actual, prior year comparisons, EBITDA and NPAT, with clear commentary

Investigate variances and explain what is driving them

Build and maintain budgets, rolling forecasts and 13-week cash-flow forecasts

Analyse customer and contract profitability, and flag margin deterioration early

Report on labour, subcontractor and fleet costs, including vehicle utilisation and lease vs buy decisions

Track capex, working capital, debtor days and collections

Run key parts of month-end: journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and balance sheet reconciliations

Prepare supporting schedules for the monthly Board pack

Improve reporting, automate manual tasks and strengthen financial controls

About you

3 to 6 years' accounting experience, including management or commercial accounting

Solid grasp of P&L and balance sheet accounting

Experience with monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting

Sharp analytical skills, with the confidence to challenge numbers that look wrong

Able to explain finance to managers who are not accountants

High attention to detail and strong organisation

Highly regarded

CPA or CA qualified, or part-way through

Xero and Power BI

Job costing and contract profitability analysis

Multi-branch, asset-intensive or operationally heavy industries (construction, traffic management, labour hire, infrastructure, transport)

Experience preparing Board reporting

What is on offer

$105,000 to $120,000 plus superannuation, based on skills and experience

Direct reporting line to the CFO

Exposure to senior management and Board-level reporting

Broad commercial and operational experience, not a narrow finance seat

Real scope to shape how the business measures and manages performance

Sunshine Coast based

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If you enjoy getting into the detail of the numbers and finding out what drives profitability, we would like to hear from you.