Senior Financial Accountant - Commercial & Forecasting

Charterhouse Partnership; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Plus super

Permanent role

Room to develop commercial skills

Job summary

Charterhouse Partnership in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to move beyond traditional number-crunching and become a true commercial partner. You’ll manage month-end and year-end close and translate results into insights that inform strategy.

You’ll contribute to budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management and balance sheet oversight, partnering with leaders to explain results and drive improvements. This is a permanent, on-site role with exposure to strategic decision-making.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in accounting or commerce with CA or CPA (or working towards it).
• Solid experience in a financial accounting role, ideally in a commercial/multi-entity environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with attention to detail.
• Comfortable with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Confident communicator who explains numbers to non-finance stakeholders.
• Proficient in Excel and ERP/accounting systems (NetSuite, Xero, MYOB, Dynamics).
• Forward looking with a track record of process improvement/automation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver month-end and year-end close with reconciliations, accruals and journals.
• Prepare accurate financial statements and management reporting.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles and report variances against plan.
• Partner with business and operational leaders to explain results with commercial insight.
• Review accounts team work and provide mentorship.
• Support audit, tax and statutory compliance (BAS and GST).
• Identify and implement improvements to finance processes, systems and controls.
• Contribute to ad hoc analysis and projects supporting business strategy.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Excel

ERP systems (NetSuite/Xero/MYOB/Dyn)

Education

Accounting degree

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

NetSuite

Xero

MYOB

Dynamics

Job description

Charterhouse Partnership in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to move beyond traditional number-crunching and become a true commercial partner. You’ll manage month-end and year-end close and translate results into insights that inform strategy.

You’ll contribute to budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management and balance sheet oversight, partnering with leaders to explain results and drive improvements. This is a permanent, on-site role with exposure to strategic decision-making.