Senior Financial Accountant

UnitingCare Health Pty Ltd.; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal and entertainment benefits

Employee discounts

Career development opportunities

Parental leave

Job summary

UnitingCare Health Pty Ltd in Queensland seeks a Senior Financial Accountant, Capital & Projects to manage capital and project accounting across a diverse portfolio. You will partner with project managers and stakeholders to deliver practical financial guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

The role leads one Financial Accountant and offers a path to people leadership. It is a full-time fixed term contract until mid-2027, with hybrid working by agreement and a focus on delivering accurate,

Qualifications

• Tertiary accounting qualification with professional membership (CA/CPA or equivalent).
• Capital & project accounting experience essential; knowledge of AASB standards.
• Strong reporting, analytics, and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted financial accounting support across capital and project portfolio.
• Partner with project managers and stakeholders to offer practical financial advice.
• Review expenditure, support asset capitalisation and deliver timely project reporting and analysis.
• Oversee fixed-asset activities: additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation, impairments.
• Support lease accounting, balance-sheet reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting.
• Contribute to Finance Information Transformation projects: data cleansing & testing.
• Lead and coach one Financial Accountant; some people leadership experience is welcome.

Skills

Capital & Project Accounting

Stakeholder engagement

Excel

Education

Tertiary accounting qualification

CA ANZ / CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Dynamics 365

BI reporting systems

Job description

UCQ is looking for a Senior Financial Accountant, Capital & Projects to join our team!

This is an opportunity for an experienced capital and project accountant to work across a diverse portfolio, build trusted relationships and contribute to projects that support UnitingCare’s services across Queensland. You’ll also lead one Financial Accountant, offering a great next step for someone looking to grow their people‑leadership experience.

You’ll be a collaborative and commercially minded professional who communicates confidently, enjoys variety and thrives in a complex organisation. The role is predominantly focused on Capital & Projects, with some involvement in selected Finance Information Transformation activities currently underway.

Please note, this position is Full-Time Fixed Term Contract until 30/06/2027. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you, too - this role supports hybrid working by agreement.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

• Provide trusted financial accounting support across UnitingCare’s capital and project portfolio.
• Partner with project managers and stakeholders, offering practical financial advice throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review project expenditure, support asset capitalisation and deliver clear, timely project reporting and analysis.
• Oversee key fixed-asset activities, including additions, disposals, transfers, depreciation, verification and impairment assessments.
• Support lease accounting, balance-sheet reconciliations, audit requirements, budgeting and forecasting.
• Contribute to Finance Information Transformation project activities, including data cleansing, system testing and finance process improvements.
• Lead and support one Financial Accountant through clear priorities, coaching and feedback; prior formal people-management experience is welcome but not essential.

What makes a difference for us?

• Tertiary qualification in accounting or a related discipline, with CA ANZ, CPA or equivalent professional membership.
• Strong financial accounting experience, including demonstrated capital and project accounting experience, with sound knowledge of AASB 116, AASB 138 and AASB 16.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate financial information for non-financial audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills, with intermediate or higher Excel capability.
• A collaborative and proactive approach, with a willingness to support occasional transformation activities such as data cleansing, system testing and process improvement.
• Readiness to lead one direct report; prior formal management experience is welcome but not essential.
• Experience with SAP, Dynamics 365, BI reporting systems or a large, complex organisation is desirable.

What makes a difference for you?

The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example as a proud not‑for‑profit, for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you’ll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We’re a proud not‑for‑profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program.
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme.
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.