Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

BlueRock; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free weekly lunches

Flexible working arrangements

HQ in Melbourne CBD

Share salary sacrifice option

Job summary

BlueRock is seeking a Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting & Advisory to join our growing Financial Reporting team in Melbourne. This permanent role can be full-time or part-time and offers the chance to partner with entrepreneurial business owners.

You will work with a diverse range of clients, including large for-profit groups, foreign-controlled entities and not-for-profit organisations, performing Tier 1/2 reports, tax accounting, and advisory work while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in financial reporting and/or external audit.
• 3+ years in a Big 4 or mid-tier accounting firm.
• A degree qualification and CA or CPA completed or near completion.
• Strong working knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards.
• Exposure to deferred tax accounting and cash flow statement preparation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Preparing Tier 1 and Tier 2 general purpose financial reports, including consolidated groups.
• Reviewing and applying Australian Accounting Standards and preparing supporting schedules.
• Preparing deferred tax accounting and statutory cash flow schedules.
• Preparing accounting position papers and technical advice.
• Managing projects to meet lodgement and audit deadlines.
• Supporting Transactions and Corporate Finance teams on buy-side and sell-side mandates, including financial due diligence and deal-related reporting advice.
• Liaising with clients, external auditors and other key stakeholders.
• Mentoring, supporting and reviewing the work of our up-and-coming talent.

Skills

Financial reporting

External audit

Australian Accounting Standards

Deferred tax

Cash flow statements

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Job description

A smart human once said, “Do things you with people you care about, and good things happen”, and at BlueRock, we are a growing team who love what we do.

We are looking for an awesome Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting & Advisory to join our growing Financial Reporting team, working alongside other entrepreneurial and commercially minded rockstars. This permanent opportunity can be full-time or part-time, plays a key role in BlueRock's success and allows you to partner with some of Melbourne's coolest entrepreneurial business owners.

What you'll be doing:

You will be working with a diverse range of clients, including large for-profit groups, foreign-controlled entities and not-for-profit organisations, on everything from:

• Preparing Tier 1 and Tier 2 general purpose financial reports, including consolidated groups
• Reviewing and applying Australian Accounting Standards and preparing supporting schedules
• Preparing deferred tax accounting and statutory cash flow schedules
• Preparing accounting position papers and technical advice
• Managing projects to meet lodgement and audit deadlines
• Supporting our Transactions and Corporate Finance teams on buy-side and sell-side mandates, including financial due diligence and deal-related reporting advice
• Liaising with clients, external auditors and other key stakeholders
• Mentoring, supporting and reviewing the work of our up-and-coming talent

About BlueRock Accounting

BlueRock Accounting is our original and largest team here at BlueRock. We are growing our dedicated Financial Reporting and Advisory service offering and are looking for someone with strong technical capability and at least five years’ financial reporting and/or external audit experience.

We embrace all things innovation and automation so that you can focus on solving interesting problems for our awesome clients rather than moving figures around a spreadsheet!

We want to hear from people who have:

• 5+ years’ experience in financial reporting and/or external audit
• 3+ years in a Big 4 or mid-tier accounting firm
• A degree qualification and CA or CPA completed or near completion
• Strong working knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards
• Exposure to deferred tax accounting and cash flow statement preparation
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exposure to transactions or corporate finance work, such as due diligence or buy-side and sell-side support, will be highly regarded

Our people love to work for us, here’s why!

• Officially B-Corp Certified, a Certified Great Place to Work 2026, 2025 and 2024!
• Competitive salary, free weekly lunches, awesome social events (including a social club – winery tours to museum tours), flexible working arrangements, and amazing headquarters in the CBD.
• Receive mentoring and coaching from industry leaders and plenty of opportunities for growth and promotion.
• Learning and development, including internal and external training programs to build your career skills.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace culture centred on health, wellbeing and fun.
• The ability to salary sacrifice for their very own BlueRock shares.
• We have our very own BlueRock public holidays to give our people the day off, on us!

For more amazing perks of working at BlueRock and employee benefits – head to our careers page!

Even in 2026 it needs to be said, BlueRock is a workplace committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, citizenship, colour, disability, gender, and gender identity, marital status, nationality, race, sexual orientation, or veteran status.