Precise Financial Accountant | Month-End Mastery

CQ Field Mining Services; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Monthly RDO

Weekly pays

Employee Referral Program

Salary packaging options

GEM Awards

Private Health discounts

Length of Service Recognition

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

A supportive leadership team

Job summary

FMS Group is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to support day-to-day financial accounting across the Group, maintain GL records, post journals, and assist with month-end and financial reporting.

You will bring a tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance, CPA/CA in progress, strong Excel and ERP skills, and proven ability to work with stakeholders in mining services and related sectors.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• CPA or CA qualification completed or in progress.
• Experience in financial accounting, general ledger maintenance and reconciliations.
• Strong month-end close experience.
• Sound knowledge of journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany and GST.
• Experience supporting AP and AR teams with accounting and transactional issues.
• Strong Excel and ERP systems skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with Finance and operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate and complete general ledger records.
• Preparing and posting journals, accruals, prepayments, allocations and reclassifications.
• Supporting month-end close and financial reporting processes.
• Preparing and maintaining balance sheet reconciliations.
• Investigating accounting anomalies, coding issues and unreconciled balances.
• Supporting Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable with accounting and system issues.
• Maintaining fixed asset records and depreciation.
• Preparing and reconciling intercompany accounts.
• Supporting BAS/GST, audit and statutory reporting requirements.
• Managing day-to-day cashbook and bank reconciliation activities.
• Preparing and maintaining short- and medium-term cashflow forecasts.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Finance processes, systems and controls.
• Providing financial accounting support to the Financial Controller and broader Finance team.

Skills

Financial accounting

General ledger

Month-end close

ERP systems

Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

FMS Group is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to support day-to-day financial accounting across the Group, maintain GL records, post journals, and assist with month-end and financial reporting.

You will bring a tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance, CPA/CA in progress, strong Excel and ERP skills, and proven ability to work with stakeholders in mining services and related sectors.