Property Accountant

Charter Hall; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Well-being programs

Education & mentoring

Volunteer leave

Career development

Job summary

Charter Hall is seeking a Property Accountant to manage the financial performance of a retail portfolio in Australia. You will deliver accurate accounting, meaningful management reporting and partnering with property teams to uncover opportunities and drive value.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, and streamline month-end processes while maintaining compliance. A CA/CPA or near-qualification is expected, with strong system skills and a business-partnering mindset.

Qualifications

• Must have professional accounting qualification (CA/CPA or equivalent).
• Strong financial analysis and reporting capability.
• Proven ability to partner with multiple stakeholders across property teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the financial performance of the retail portfolio through accurate accounting and reporting.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis to guide decisions.
• Build trusted partnerships with property management and other stakeholders.

Skills

Time management

Prioritisation

Stakeholder engagement

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Education

CA/ CPA (or similar) qualified

Tools

ERP systems

Data analytics

Large data handling

Job description

Go further than the numbers and help shape the performance of places people rely on every day. As a Property Accountant at Charter Hall, you’ll bring genuine insight and financial discipline to our retail portfolio, partnering with property teams to uncover opportunities, strengthen performance and turn accurate reporting into confident action. Your expertise will help unlock hidden value and create lasting outcomes for our investors, customers and communities.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Own the financial performance of a retail portfolio by delivering accurate accounting results and meaningful management reporting.
• Turn data into confident decisions through budgeting, forecasting and clear variance analysis that helps property teams act.
• Build trusted partnerships across the business, bringing financial insight to property management and other key stakeholders.
• Improve how work gets done by challenging the status quo and streamlining month-end reporting and finance processes.
• Support portfolio growth and change through audits, compliance, and the smooth onboarding and offboarding of assets.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Future focused capabilities including self-awareness, resilience, agility and generosity.
• An ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strong time management skills, initiative and an ability to prioritise.
• CA/ CPA (or similar) Qualified or close to qualified accountant.
• High system proficiency - exposure to various systems and large dataset.
• Big picture approach that is successfully balanced with getting the detail correct.
• Strong business partnering skills with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated organisational skills, including an ability to plan, set and prioritise workloads to meet deadlines and to work independently, efficiently, and effectively.
• Inquisitive mind with an interest in developing a career in Property industry and can-do attitude.

Benefits that matter

Our people share in our success. From employee share ownership to career development, we back our people for the long term.

• Wealth: Short and long-term incentives, salary continuance and crisis insurance, employee securities and salary packaging.
• Family: 20 weeks paid primary carers leave, 10 weeks secondary carers leave, parental transition support, school holiday programs.
• Well-being: Sonder 24/7 EAP, Tuesday breakfasts, wellbeing leave, WELL-accredited workplaces and AIA Vitality.
• Learning: On-the-job experiences, 24/7 online learning, mentoring and coaching.
• Leave: Birthday leave, purchased leave, volunteer leave, career breaks, fertility leave, and wellbeing leave.
• Community: Pledge 1%, volunteer leave, workplace giving and dollar matching.

Why Charter Hall

As Australia’s leading diversified property funds manager, we bring together scale, expertise and a strong performance track record to deliver for our investors. What sets us apart is our active approach – managing funds, assets, leasing and development across Office, Industrial & Logistics, Retail, Diversified and Social Infrastructure to unlock long-term value.

We’re always looking ahead, exploring new ways to connect people, capital and opportunity. Backed by an entrepreneurial, collaborative and customer-focused culture, Charter Hall is a place where talented people can step up, contribute and make an impact.

Charter Hall is committed to an inclusive recruitment experience where everyone feels respected and supported. If you need adjustments at any stage of the process, let us know and we’ll work with you to make it accessible.