Senior Financial Accountant

Academic Key; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Firmus Technologies in Sydney, Australia is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to lead the month-end close and deliver accurate financial information across the Group. The role focuses on maintaining general ledger integrity, managing end-to-end close, and supporting consolidation activities in a fast-growing tech environment.

You will collaborate with finance, commercial and operations teams to strengthen controls, improve reporting efficiency, and provide high-quality

Qualifications

• Experience leading month-end close and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end month-end and year-end close across the Group.
• Oversee journals, accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions and month-end reporting schedules.
• Manage group consolidation, intercompany eliminations and foreign currency accounting.
• Ensure integrity of the general ledger and robust close processes.
• Drive continuous improvements in close processes for timeliness and accuracy.
• Support audit activities and respond to auditor requests.
• Partner with operational and finance teams to strengthen financial controls and reporting.

Job description

# Senior Financial Accountant**Firmus** · Sydney, AustraliaAbroad Sydney, Australia✓ Link validatedFirmus Technologies Firmus Technologies is a global leader pioneering the development and operation of efficient AI infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Founded in Australia in 2019, our mission is to create the most efficient AI infrastructure by combining cutting-edge technology with a steadfast commitment to sustainability. At Firmus, we are unique in our approach. We design, build, and operate a new class of digital infrastructure – the AI Factory. Through our model-to-grid technology approach, we have pushed the boundaries of multi-generational liquid cooling systems, energy management, AI software orchestration, and construction. For our customers, this approach allows us to make every watt count and deliver low-cost AI tokens globally. Firmus AI Cloud Our large-scale GPU cloud platform, Firmus AI Cloud, is purpose-built to deliver energy-efficient AI compute at scale to customers. It empowers developers, enterprises, educational institutions, and government users to train and deploy AI models with unmatched efficiency and cost savings. With an ever-growing suite of services and applications, we are committed to delivering a cloud experience that is market-leading, proprietary, and built to scale. Role Summary Firmus is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to lead the month-end close process and ensure the delivery of accurate, timely and insightful financial information across the Group. The role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, driving best-practice financial control processes and supporting the production of high-quality management reporting in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The Senior Financial Accountant will be responsible for managing the end-to-end month-end and year-end close process, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal processing, intercompany accounting, consolidation activities and financial analysis. The role plays a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, completeness and reliability of financial information while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across finance processes, systems and controls. Operating within a rapidly scaling technology business, the Senior Financial Accountant will partner closely with finance, commercial, technology and operational teams to strengthen financial controls, improve reporting efficiency and enhance financial visibility across the organisation. The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting skills with a proactive approach to process improvement, helping to build a scalable and well-controlled finance function capable of supporting future growth. While external reporting and audit support form part of the role, the primary focus is on financial operations, close management, balance sheet governance, management reporting and the delivery of accurate financial outcomes that enable effective decision-making across the business. Key Responsibilities Month-End Close & Financial Accounting Lead the end-to-end month-end and year-end close process, ensuring accurate, timely and complete financial reporting across the Group. Oversee the preparation and review of journals, accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end reporting schedules. Manage the group consolidation process, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency accounting and consolidation adjustments. Ensure the integrity of the general ledger through robust review processes and resolution of accounting issues identified during the close cycle. Drive continuous improvement in close processes, reducing reporting timelines while maintaining accuracy and control. Financial Control, CAPEX & Balance Sheet Governance Oversee the accounting and governance of capital expenditure, including project accounting, asset capitalisation, work-in-progress (WIP) management, depreciation and asset disposals. Maintain ownership of balance sheet integrity, ensuring key accounts are appropriately reconciled, reviewed and supported. Review and monitor provisions, accruals, prepayments, leases, fixed assets and other significant balance sheet accounts to ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal policies. Support the development and maintenance of financial controls, accounting policies and finance procedures to strengthen the control environment. Assist with audit activities, including preparation of audit schedules and responding to auditor requests. Business Partnering, Reporting & Process Improvement Partner with operational, comm