Remote Financial Accountant - AI-Driven Controls & Close

Corporate Travel Management; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Autonomy

AI tools access

Employee stock options

Parental leave

Home office allowance

Learning & development

Annual Global Gathering

Job summary

Employment Hero in Australia is seeking a Financial Accountant to join the Financial Control team, reporting to the Finance Manager, shaping accurate financial reporting, automation, and robust internal controls.

Your role will balance month-end close with AI-driven improvements, upskilling the finance group, and delivering detailed balance sheet substantiations and variance analyses while collaborating with IT, marketing and other teams.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• CA/CPA qualified, or near completion.
• 3+ years of experience in a Financial or Management Accountant role.
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite and Zuora (or similar ERP/billing systems) highly regarded.
• Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets skills and comfort reconciling data across multiple systems.
• A proactive, process-improvement mindset – comfortable identifying and implementing better ways of working.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to train and support less experienced team members.
• Curiosity about AI and technology, and an interest in applying it to finance and control processes.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close processes, including revenue reconciliations and usage-based reporting and analysis for service providers.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations and substantiation across your areas of responsibility, ensuring accuracy and audit-readiness ahead of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
• Investigate and explain variances against budget and prior period, providing commentary to the Finance Manager.
• Review and post credit requests to support the broader accounts receivable function.
• Maintain and help implement the finance tech stack, lead AI-driven improvements to controls, and take on focused project work as required.
• Partner with IT, Marketing and other operational teams to ensure accurate cost allocation, accruals and spend reporting.
• Train, upskill and support the wider finance team.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Strong communication

Process improvement

Team training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CA/CPA qualified or near completion

Tools

NetSuite

Zuora

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Employment Hero in Australia is seeking a Financial Accountant to join the Financial Control team, reporting to the Finance Manager, shaping accurate financial reporting, automation, and robust internal controls.

Your role will balance month-end close with AI-driven improvements, upskilling the finance group, and delivering detailed balance sheet substantiations and variance analyses while collaborating with IT, marketing and other teams.