Senior Accountant, R2R - Hybrid Working Arrangement

at; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational technology company is seeking a Senior Accountant in Melbourne with a focus on personnel reporting and financial performance. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, possess strong commercial and analytical skills, and be proficient in tools like Workday Financials and Power BI. This hybrid role involves collaboration across teams and supports company-wide financial controls and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial analysis roles.
• Experience in preparing and accounting for business unit P&Ls and balance sheets.
• Experience coaching and guiding junior accountants.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver personnel reporting and financial performance insights.
• Ensure accurate accounting of personnel costs across ANZ and Asia.
• Support the bi-annual audit process and liaise with auditors.

Skills

Strong commercial and analytical skills

Strong Excel skills

Data visualisation skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field

CA / CPA designation or equivalent

Tools

Workday Financials

Oracle ARCS & Reporting

Power BI

Job description

Senior Accountant, R2R - Hybrid Working Arrangement

SEEK operates market‑leading online employment marketplaces, including Jobstreet and Jobsdb in Asia. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, SEEK has grown into a multinational technology company with over 3,300 employees and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

About the role

This Senior Accountant role has a strong personnel focus and will be part of the Record to Report function across ANZ and Asia. You will partner with the business to deliver the monthly management reporting, process improvements, and commercial insights for SEEK across the APAC region.

To be successful you will need to be an energetic self‑starter with strong commercial and analytical skills.

Job Description

• Prepare and deliver personnel reporting, including interpretation of results and communication of drivers and implications for future financial performance.
• Ensure accurate reporting and accounting of personnel costs across ANZ and Asia, working closely with People & Culture teams.
• Coach and guide a geographically diverse junior accountant team.
• Act as an active contributor, advocate and collaborator in the R2R Finance team vision.
• Support Finance Managers in delivering strong financial controls and recording results in line with SEEK Group accounting policies and IFRS.
• Collaborate across Finance teams to continuously improve the speed and automation of data capture, reconciliation, reporting, analysis and insight generation.
• Support the bi‑annual audit process for the relevant business segment and liaise with external auditors where necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field.
• CA / CPA designation or equivalent.
• Experience in commercial analysis roles.
• Experience preparing and accounting for business unit P&Ls and balance sheets.
• Self‑starter with ability to interpret and communicate commercial insights to decision makers.
• Passionate about enhancing business processes and information systems to optimise data capture.
• Strong Excel and data visualisation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build robust working relationships within a dynamic team.
• Experience coaching and guiding junior accountants.
• Exposure to personnel specific accounting is viewed favourably.

Additional Information

• Experience managing remote team members, including people from other cultures.
• Hands‑on experience with Workday Financials, Oracle ARCS & Reporting, and Power BI.
• Experience working in a shared services environment.

DEI Commitment

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We welcome applications from people with a diverse group of backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable approach but don’t meet every responsibility or qualification listed, please still get in touch with us.

SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low‑carbon future, with a long‑term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050.