Senior Financial Accountant

Quantium; Sydney; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Remote working up to 30 days/yr

Continuous learning culture

Job summary

Quantium in Australia seeks a Senior Financial Accountant to manage the general ledger for the group and support monthly financial reporting to the CFO and JV partners. You will build strong relationships with stakeholders across time zones and geographies as part of a global finance team.

You'll own monthly P&L reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, salary journals, and drive process improvements. This role offers hybrid/remote flexibility and exposure to diverse external audits and reporting

Qualifications

• CA qualified with 5+ years’ experience in a large corporate.
• Proven ability to manage General Ledger and month-end close.
• Attention to detail and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monthly financial reporting to CFO and external partners.
• Manage General Ledger and reconciliations.
• Process salary journals across Quantium entities.
• Support external audits and internal controls.
• Drive process improvements in the finance function.

Skills

CA Qualified

5+ years corporate accounting

GL & month-end reporting

Excel advanced

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Financial reporting to CFO

Education

CA Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Who is Quantium?

Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. Established in Australia in 2002, Quantium is a global team of more than 1,200 people across 14 locations with a unique blend of capabilities across product and consulting services to help businesses unlock value from data and analytics. Quantium partners with the world’s largest corporations to forge a better, more intelligent world.

The Senior Financial Accountant’s primary responsibility is to manage the general ledger for group of companies in Quantium which includes reviewing results for accuracy. The role will support the completion of monthly financial reporting to the CFO and other external joint venture partners. The role will require you to develop strong relationships with stakeholders across the global business, in multiple time zones and geographies

How will you make an impact?

• Financial reporting, managing the General Ledger including ensuring the accuracy of the numbers (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow) for both internal and external reporting.
• GL Integrity, ensure monthly reconciliation and review of all balance sheet accounts and timely resolution of variances.
• Working with the wider finance team, work with other team leads in documenting process improvements and ensuring efficiencies within the teams.
• Internal reporting requirements, managing relationships with internal stakeholders including the delivery of timely and accurate internal reports.
• Monthly Management Accounts, assist with the timely and accurate reporting to the group financial controller of consolidated monthly results with commentary / analyses of balance sheet movements and income statement variances against budget / forecast.

key activities

• Monthly review of P&L and assist in preparation of CFO report.
• Monthly reconciliation of allocated GL accounts and review of all balance sheet reconciliations, including resolving differences on a timely basis
• Monthly processing of salary related journals in all Quantium entities
• Drive improvements in process and efficiencies in the finance team
• Assist the Financial Reporting Manager with external audits
• Assisting with compliance of ad hoc internal and external reporting requirements
• Other ad-Hoc requests made by Financial Controller & Lead financial accountant.

The superpowers you’ll be bringing to the team:

• CA Qualified with 5+ years’ work experience in a large corporate company (or first time mover from Audit)
• Prior experience in developing process improvements
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication, time management and presentation skills and ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
• Curiosity with experience and willingness in challenging the status quo
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be highly regarded
• Advanced MS Excel skills

Key People and Leadership capabilities required

• Self-aware - you leverage diversity across people, tasks, client interactions and projects, taking responsibility for yourself and others
• Agile and innovative - you possess strong lateral thinking skills and actively develop these in others
• Achieve and perform - you have exceptional execution skills and are achievement focused
• Purposeful and aligned - you are able to set clear, tangible objectives which deliver against our strategy
• Achievement oriented - you effectively facilitate challenging performance related conversations in a timely and appropriate manner
• Coach - you demonstrate the ability to coach and develop others while facilitating learning, growth and engagement

Remember – you might not tick all the boxes, but don’t let that from stopping you applying. We’re more interested in how you work, your ability to solve problems and think big.

What could your Quantium Experience look like?

Working at Quantium will allow you to challenge your imagination. You will get to solve complex problems using rigor, precision and by asking great questions – but it also means you can think big, outside the box and push your problem-solving skills to the max.

By joining the Quantium team, you’ll get to:

• Forge your path: So many of our team have moved around different teams or offices. You’ll be in the driver’s seat, and we empower you to make your career your own.
• Find your kind: Embrace diversity and connect with your tribe (think foodies, dog lovers, readers, or runners).
• Make an impact: Leave your mark. Your contributions resonate, regardless of your role or rank.

But wait, there’s more!

We’ve got some pretty sweet perks:

• Flexible work arrangements : Achieve work life balance at your own pace with hybrid and flexible work arrangements.
• Continuous learning : Our vision is empowering analytics talent to thrive. The Analytics Community fosters the development of individuals, thought leadership and technical excellence at Quantium through building strong connections, fostering collaboration, and co-creation of best practice.
• Remote working : Embrace the opportunity to work outside of your assigned home location for up to 30 days every year.