Senior Finance Accountant

Absolute Executive Recruitment Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Absolute Executive Recruitment Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant for a 12 month fixed term contract with genuine scope to convert to permanent. Based in Norwest, NSW with hybrid work and on-site parking, the role focuses on acquisition accounting and integration across a multi-entity business.

You will act as the finance leadership team's technical go-to, handling pre and post acquisition accounting, opening balance sheet adjustments and transformation initiatives, while operating

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified.
• Genuine exposure to acquisition or M&A accounting.
• Experience advising clients through transactions.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input across acquisitions, including pre-completion considerations and post-completion accounting, and integrate a newly acquired entity's books.
• Act as a technical sounding board for finance leadership on accounting, tax and treasury matters.
• Support technical calculations tied to executive and ownership structures, including dividend workpapers.

Skills

Acquisition accounting

Technical accounting

Financial reporting

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

CA or CPA certification

Job description

Senior Financial Accountant

12 month fixed term contract, with genuine scope to convert to a permanent role

Norwest, NSW

Hybrid work arrangement, on site parking available

$130,000 - $150,000 base + Superannuation

Job Brief

Our client is looking for a Senior Financial Accountant who has genuinely worked inside acquisition activity before, not just studied it. This is a hands on, technical role acting as the go to person for the finance leadership team, covering everything from pre acquisition considerations through to post completion accounting and integration. It suits someone comfortable in a fast changing, occasionally unstructured environment where priorities can shift week to week.

About Our Client

Our client is a large, multi entity business with an active acquisition strategy, expecting to move back into acquisition mode over the coming months. The finance function is lean and technically stretched, and this role exists to give the finance leadership team a technically strong person they can rely on for acquisition accounting, technical accounting questions and broader transformation work as the business continues to grow.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input across acquisitions, covering both pre completion considerations and post completion accounting, including opening balance sheet adjustments and integration of a newly acquired entity's books
• Act as a technical sounding board for finance leadership on accounting, tax and treasury matters as they come up
• Support technical calculations tied to executive and ownership structures, including dividend distribution workpapers
• Contribute to ongoing transformation and process improvement initiatives across the finance function
• Apply accounting standards to technical positions independently, with minimal oversight

Requirements

• CA or CPA qualified
• Genuine exposure to acquisition or M&A accounting, whether gained inside an acquisitive business or
• advising clients through transactions at a chartered accounting firm
• Comfortable providing technical guidance across accounting, tax and treasury matters
• Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast changing, less structured environment
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to translate technical positions clearly for non technical stakeholders

What's on Offer

A technically rich role with genuine influence, working directly with finance leadership on live acquisition activity. Strong salary band reflecting the technical bar required for the role. Genuine scope to convert to a permanent position. On site parking available.