Senior Financial Accountant

Davidson; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Work from home

Milton location

Autonomy

Cost savings impact

Opportunity to step up

Job summary

Davidson is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to lead statutory reporting, external audits, and regulatory compliance within a not-for-profit environment. You will manage audits, ensure AASB compliance, and improve process efficiency for better value-for-money outcomes.

You will provide commercial financial guidance, oversee treasury activities and collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive cost savings and robust reporting. This role offers hybrid work and a Milton-area base.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing statutory financial statements and leading external audits.
• Extensive knowledge and practical application of AASB standards.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, macros, formulas and functions.
• Strong analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially minded with focus on improving efficiency and value for money.
• Confidence to challenge existing processes and identify improvements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare statutory financial statements.
• Lead external audit and manage audit requests and timelines.
• Coordinate informal audit processes.
• Manage statutory, regulatory and prudential reporting.
• Interpret and apply AASB standards across accounting matters.
• Oversee WorkCover, QLeave, insurance and other regulatory reporting obligations.
• Contribute to month-end processes and reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly results and commentary.
• Assist with budget preparation and consolidation.
• Oversee treasury and liquidity management and cash-flow forecasting.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and reduce costs.
• Provide financial advice to stakeholders to support decision-making.

Skills

Statutory reporting

External audit

AASB standards

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Process improvement

Cost control

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

About the organisation

Our client is a large and financially stable not-for-profit organisation with a strong community focus and a broad operational footprint. While the organisation is well funded, it remains highly focused on responsible financial stewardship. The key challenges and opportunities for this role lie in identifying efficiencies, reducing unnecessary costs and ensuring the organisation achieves maximum value from every dollar spent.

About the organisation

Our client is a large and financially stable not-for-profit organisation with a strong community focus and a broad operational footprint. While the organisation is well funded, it remains highly focused on responsible financial stewardship. The key challenges and opportunities for this role lie in identifying efficiencies, reducing unnecessary costs and ensuring the organisation achieves maximum value from every dollar spent.

About the role

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Senior Financial Accountant will take primary responsibility for statutory reporting, regulatory compliance and the management of external audit activities. The role will have significant exposure to AASB standards and will suit an experienced financial accountant who enjoys working through complex accounting requirements, improving processes and providing commercially valuable advice to stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare the organisation's statutory financial statements.
• Lead and coordinate the annual external audit, including managing audit requests, timelines and stakeholder relationships.
• Coordinate the informal audit and review process conducted during April and May.
• Manage statutory, regulatory and prudential reporting requirements.
• Interpret and apply relevant AASB standards across a broad range of financial accounting matters.
• Oversee WorkCover, QLeave, insurance and other regulatory reporting obligations.
• Contribute to the month-end financial accounting process, including general ledger integrity and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly financial results, analysis and commentary.
• Assist with the preparation, coordination and consolidation of the annual organisational budget.
• Oversee treasury and liquidity management activities, including cash-flow forecasting.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, generate efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Provide financial advice and guidance to internal stakeholders to support sound decision-making.

What's in it for you?

• Negotiable salary package, commensurate with your experience.
• More than $18,000 in salary packaging benefits, providing tax savings and helping you keep more of your income.
• Flexibility to work from home two days per week.
• Convenient Milton location, very close to bus and train services.
• An empowering manager who provides autonomy and support without micromanaging.
• The opportunity to influence efficiencies, cost savings and value-for-money outcomes.
• The manager is also open to a Financial Accountant looking to step up into a Senior Financial Accountant position.

About you

To be successful, you will be a technically strong financial accountant with significant experience across statutory reporting, financial accounting, external audit and regulatory compliance.

You will ideally bring:

• CA or CPA qualification.
• Experience preparing statutory financial statements and leading external audits.
• Extensive knowledge and practical application of AASB standards.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, macros, formulas and functions.
• Strong analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• A commercially minded approach and a genuine interest in improving efficiency, controlling costs and achieving value for money.
• The confidence to challenge existing processes and identify better ways of working.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Financial Accountant who wants to contribute beyond the preparation of financial reports and play a meaningful role in improving financial performance, compliance and organisational efficiency.