Project Accountant - Curragh North

Cimic Group; Blackwater; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice options

Corporate discounts (health insurance,

Flexible work arrangements (Live Local

DIDO or FIFO from Brisbane

Job summary

Thiess is seeking a Project Accountant for the Curragh North Coal Project in Blackwater. You will report to the Finance & Administration Manager and provide professional financial accountability and controls to achieve performance targets.

Onsite 9-day fortnight roster, you will drive cost reviews, budgeting support, and financial risk management while collaborating with key personnel and stakeholders across the site.

Qualifications

• CPA or CA qualified (or in progress)
• Post-qualification mining or heavy industry experience preferred
• Experience with JDE is highly regarded
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and multi-task
• Drive safety, culture and productivity on site
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence across the site

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely completion of EOM deliverables and reports
• Facilitate monthly cost reviews with analysis of variances to budget
• Contribute to cost build ups for annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting
• Drive financial awareness and ensure practices align with policy
• Identify financial risks early and communicate with stakeholders

Skills

CPA/CA qualified

Mining experience

JDE experience

MS Office / Excel

Time management

Deadline driven

Interpersonal skills

Education

CPA/CA qualification (or in progress)

Tools

JDE

Job description

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

About The Role

Thiess is seeking a Project Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will report to the Finance & Administration Manager where you will provide professional advice and support to the project regarding its financial accountability and controls whilst ensuring financial performance targets are achieved for our Curragh North Coal Project in Blackwater.

Working a 5/2 4/3 (9 day fortnight) roster onsite your duties will include:

• Ensure timely completion of EOM deliverables and reports
• Facilitate monthly cost reviews including analysis of key variances to budget
• The key contributor to cost build ups for the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes
• Drive financial awareness across the site and ensure financial practices are in line with company policy
• Ensure financial risks are identified at an early stage
• Communicate effectively with internal and external key personnel and stakeholders

About you

As the successful applicant, you’ll be a high achieving team-focused individual with proven experience who enjoys delivering results in a dynamic, fast paced and deadline driven environment.

• CPA or CA qualified (or in progress)
• Relevant years of post-qualification experience – mining or heavy industry experience would be highly regarded
• Previous JDE experience highly regarded
• Proficient with MS Office, with an emphasis on Excel
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and multi-task as required
• Drive safety, culture and productivity in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence across the site

What Thiess Can Do for You

• Help to grow your career, offering diverse and varied opportunities for advancement
• Salary sacrifice options
• A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products
• Individual flexibility arrangements on offer - (Live Local, DIDO or FIFO from Brisbane)

About us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge‑sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.