Senior Financial Accountant - Group Reporting (12 month FTC)
Contract, Casual/Temporary
1d ago , from Fitzgerald Jenkins Recruitment
Leading Asset Manager seeks experienced Senior Financial Accountant to join their Group Finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
This is a broad, hands-on role covering statutory reporting, taxation, consolidations & Group reporting; they're looking for someone who can get into the detail quickly & take ownership of key reporting deliverables.
What you'll be doing
- Preparing statutory financial statements for subsidiary entities, including financial statement notes & supporting workpapers.
- Supporting the annual valuation & financial reporting of contract assets, including understanding the underlying revenue & cash flow assumptions, reviewing valuation models, assessing accounting treatment, disclosures & supporting workpapers.
- Supporting the Group consolidation, including intercompany eliminations, consolidation adjustments & understanding how individual businesses contribute to the consolidated result.
- Assist with the workbook preparation of current & deferred tax calculations, tax reconciliations & assisting with FBT & other entity tax matters.
- Assist with preparation of CGU impairment assessments, including DCF models, key assumptions & sensitivity analysis.
- Reviewing existing finance processes & workpapers & actively implementing practical process improvements.
What we're looking for
You will be CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent) & bring:
- Group consolidation & intercompany accounting experience in Financial Services.
- Strong hands-on statutory financial statement preparation experience.
- Sound knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards.
- Exposure to current & deferred tax accounting.
- Exposure to impairment testing & financial modelling.
- Advanced Excel & financial analysis skills.
- A demonstrated track record of improving finance processes.
- Strong attention to detail combined with an ability to understand the broader Group result.
- Exposure to AI tools & demonstrated ability to increase productivity.
- An enquiring attitude & willingness to constructively challenge existing approaches
Candidates must have full Australian working rights!