Senior Accountant

Hume Community Housing; Fairfield; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Access to EAP Counselling Service

Additional Leave

Job summary

Hume Community Housing in NSW is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our Finance team and support the financial health of the organisation. You will lead month-end and year-end close, manage reconciliations and intercompany transactions, and contribute to audit readiness.

This role requires a degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce, 5+ years of financial accounting experience, knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards, and the ability to work with stakeholders to deliver

Qualifications

• Police Check and Working with Children Check.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce.
• 5+ years’ post-qualification financial accounting experience, including owning month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience with multi-entity ledgers, intercompany accounting and consolidation.
• Sound knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards, including AASB 16 and fixed assets.
• Experience preparing audit files and working with external auditors.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the general ledgers for Hume and associated entities.
• Lead month-end and year-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Manage intercompany accounting, transactions and balances across multiple entities.
• Prepare consolidation workpapers, schedules and financial reporting requirements.
• Support external audits through the preparation of audit-ready documentation and responses to auditor queries.
• Ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards and internal control frameworks.
• Contribute to finance system improvements, data migration activities and process optimisation initiatives.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to support accurate and timely financial outcomes.

Skills

Intercompany accounting

Month-end close

Balance sheet reconciliations

Consolidation

Audit preparation

Australian Accounting Standards (AASB)

Advanced Excel

Education

Degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce

Tools

Excel

Job description

We're seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our Finance team and play a key role in supporting the financial health of the organisation. You'll work closely with colleagues across the business, provide accurate and meaningful financial information, and contribute to initiatives that support our continued growth and community impact.

As our Senior Accountant, you will lead month-end and year-end reporting activities, manage reconciliations and intercompany transactions, support audit processes, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal controls. This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio while contributing to process improvements and strategic finance initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and maintain the general ledgers for Hume and associated entities.
• Lead month-end and year-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Manage intercompany accounting, transactions and balances across multiple entities.
• Prepare consolidation workpapers, schedules and financial reporting requirements.
• Support external audits through the preparation of audit-ready documentation and responses to auditor queries.
• Ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards and internal control frameworks.
• Contribute to finance system improvements, data migration activities and process optimisation initiatives.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to support accurate and timely financial outcomes.

REQUIREMENTS

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Police Check and Working with Children Check
• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
• 5+ years’ post-qualification financial accounting experience, including owning month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience with multi-entity ledgers, intercompany accounting and consolidation
• Sound knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards, including AASB 16 and fixed assets
• Experience preparing audit files and working with external auditors
• Advanced Excel skills

DESIRABLE

• Community housing, not-for-profit, property or development sector experience
• Experience with SPV or project finance structures
• Finance system implementation or data migration experience

WHY WORK WITH US?

As a leading community housing provider Hume houses 1 in every 1000 NSW residents. We own and/or manage over 4,500 affordable rental homes, throughout metropolitan Sydney and regional NSW. We build new properties, manage tenancies for owners and provide services and support to meet our diverse customers and community’s needs. From essential workers to young people, families, people with disability, senior citizens, people experiencing homelessness and women fleeing family violence, we create opportunities for all our customers to prosper.

We are diverse, dedicated, fun and flexible. We welcome those who share our values and our purpose of providing people with opportunities to prosper. Your contribution is rewarded and celebrated with great opportunities to build a career in an exciting, growing sector.

We also offer:

• Salary packaging
• Access to EAP Counselling Service
• Additional Leave

Hume Community Housing is committed to a workplace where our team members prosper, and diversity and inclusion are a valued part of our vibrant and connected working community. We encourage and welcome applications from all people including people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTQIA, older people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.