Senior Financial Accountant

Rest; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rest days

Parental leave

Learning & development

Income protection

Extra leave

Awards

Job summary

Rest, a leading Australian super fund, is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant in Sydney. You will provide SME support for financial reporting across Rest and its trustee and investment SPVs, ensuring strong controls and timely reporting.

Your role helps deliver accurate governance information for millions of Australians. Key duties include coordinating statutory filings, engaging with auditors, and driving improvements to reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of financial and regulatory taxation reporting.
• Ability to apply accounting standards and policies to complex arrangements.
• Ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders and external service providers.
• Ability to work in a team or independently.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to financial reporting and tax-related returns for Rest Group entities.
• Develop relationships with administrators, custodians, auditors, and internal stakeholders.
• Support improvement of systems and reporting processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare papers supporting Rest Group entities' financial reporting.
• Assist with year-end timetables across Rest entities.

Skills

Regulatory reporting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Finance/Commerce

CA/CPA designation

Job description

We’ve been around since 1988, and today we’re one of Australia’s largest profit‑to‑member super funds.

That means everything we do is focused on delivering better outcomes for our members – not shareholders.

Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier

Job Description

At Rest, we help more than 2 million Australians to build a better financial future. With around $112 billion in funds under management, we focus on delivering strong long‑term outcomes for our members — from their first job through to retirement*. Your best at Rest means focusing on what matters, being trusted to get on with it, and knowing your work genuinely makes a difference. That’s how we operate every day, guided by our values: Be Daring, Keep It Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.

Join us as a Senior Financial Accountant, where you’ll Provide subject matter expertise (SME) to support the financial accounting team deliver the financial reporting obligations for Rest, trustee and investment special purpose vehicles (corporate entities as well as trusts), ensuring best practice financial controls are implemented and are aligned with the Rest strategy, and supporting ongoing financial reporting deliverables to provide accurate, timely and relevant information on financial and governance related matters.. This is your opportunity to make a real contribution to the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of financial reporting and tax-related returns for Rest Group entities, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, accounting standards and internal Rest policies, and assisting with other ad hoc or emerging financial reporting tasks as required.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with administrators, custodians, auditors and internal stakeholders to support the delivery of financial reporting obligations and strategic initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement and team capability development by implementing better systems, processes and reporting practices to enhance efficiency, strengthen controls and enhance quality of financial reporting deliverables.
• Conduct analysis of accounting and financial matters and preparation of relevant papers to support the basis on which Rest Group entities have prepared financial reporting.
• Support in managing the year-end timetable across Rest’s group of entities to ensure that all stakeholders (both internal and external) deliver according to agreed timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, or Commerce (Accounting major preferred).
• Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) designation.
• Demonstrated experience in financial services, professional services firm or a superannuation fund.

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Strong knowledge and experience in financial and regulatory taxation reporting – experience in financial reporting for a Superannuation fund is desirable but not compulsory.
• Ability to apply accounting standards and financial policies to complex arrangements
• Ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders and external service providers.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment or independently.

Additional Information

.What you'll find at Rest

• 5 Rest Days (wellbeing days) each year in addition to annual leave
• Eligible employees are entitled to22 weeks paid parental leave (gender neutral)
• Learning and development opportunities, including AI & Data Academy, leadership programs, LinkedIn Learning, study assistance and professional memberships
• Income Protection Insurance
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Recognition through our Rest Excellence Awards

If you share our values and this sounds like the kind of place you’d do your best work, we’d like to hear from you.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

We welcome applications from all candidates. To be considered, you will need the right to work in Australia.

*Funds under management as at 30 June 2026. Rest is recognised as a superannuation leader across a range of areas including performance, responsible investment and member value. Find out more at https://rest.com.au/why-rest/awards .