Senior Accountant

Sharp & Carter; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter seeks an experienced finance professional to lead asset and capital accounting amid a major ERP transformation in Adelaide. The role sits in a multi-disciplinary team spanning finance, technology and operations, ensuring robust controls and a smooth transition to the new operating model.

You will drive data migration, support SAP S/4HANA activities and manage offshore knowledge transfer while guiding governance and reporting standards across the function.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CA/CPA or equivalent) with strong financial accounting experience.
• Experience leading asset/capital accounting in complex ERP transformations.
• Proven ability to work across finance, technology and operations with offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and stand up capital and fixed asset accounting in the new ERP environment.
• Own asset data migration, ensure accuracy and reconciliations.
• Drive UAT and resolve system and data issues
• Develop SOPs, controls and governance for asset accounting
• Coach offshore teams through training and transition activities
• Ensure timely journals, reconciliations and month-end reporting
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimise processes and reporting
• Support audits and maintain financial controls

Skills

Financial accounting

Fixed assets

ERP project delivery

Stakeholder management

Data migration

Process improvement

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Dynamics 365

Great Plains

Job description

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced finance professional to join a high-performing team of a large, multi-channel Australian retail business during a significant ERP transformation. This 12-month fixed-term contract role will play a pivotal part in establishing new asset accounting processes, embedding robust controls, and ensuring a smooth transition to a new operating model.

Working across finance, technology and operational teams, you will help shape the future-state asset accounting function while ensuring continuity, accuracy and financial integrity throughout the transformation journey.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Asset Management, this position combines technical accounting expertise with project delivery, systems implementation and process transformation. You will be responsible for standing up new capital accounting processes, supporting SAP S/4HANA implementation activities, overseeing data migration, and facilitating knowledge transfer to offshore teams.

This role offers significant stakeholder engagement and provides the opportunity to influence how finance operations are structured, governed and delivered into the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of capital and fixed asset accounting processes within the new ERP environment
• Own asset and capital data migration activities, ensuring accuracy, completeness and reconciliation of financial information
• Drive user acceptance testing (UAT) and support the identification, investigation and resolution of system and financial data issues
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, controls and governance frameworks
• Coach and support offshore team members through structured training, knowledge transfer and operational transition activities
• Ensure the accurate and timely completion of journals, reconciliations and month-end reporting requirements
• Partner with finance, technology and business stakeholders to optimise processes and improve operational outcomes
• Support audit requirements and maintain strong financial control and reporting standards

About You

You are a technically strong accountant with experience operating in complex environments where systems, processes and people are evolving. You combine strong financial accounting capability with a continuous improvement mindset and are comfortable influencing stakeholders across finance, technology and operations.

You will bring:

• CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification
• Strong experience in financial accounting, fixed assets or capital accountingExposure to ERP implementation, finance transformation or large-scale systems projects
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, Dynamics 365, Great Plains or similar ERP platforms
• Strong analytical, reconciliation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication capabilities
• Experience working with shared services or offshore delivery teams will be highly regarded

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a high-profile transformation program and take ownership of a critical workstream. You will gain exposure to ERP implementation, process redesign, data migration, stakeholder engagement and operational transition activities while working alongside experienced finance and project professionals.