Senior Management Accountant

Urban Utilities; Nambour; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Corporate discounts

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Flexible work options

Job summary

Urban Utilities is seeking a Management Accountant to drive budgeting, forecasting and insightful financial analysis across the business. You will partner with leaders to understand performance, challenge assumptions and support strategic outcomes with practical recommendations.

Join a collaborative team focused on continual improvement, automation and better decision support, delivering high‑quality reporting and actionable insights for senior stakeholders across Southeast Queensland.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• CPA/CA qualification, or progress towards completion.
• Experience in management accounting, FP&A or business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Conduct budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Provide actionable insights to improve performance and drive decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand performance and opportunities.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

FP&A

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Accounting degree

CPA/CA qualification in progress

Tools

ERP systems

Financial reporting tools

Job description

At Urban Utilities, our purpose is simple yet powerful – Enrich Quality of Life. With a $7 billion asset base and services spanning 1.5 million residents and more than 31,000 commercial customers across South East Queensland, we are committed to enhancing the liveability of our communities every day.

Your Opportunity

As a Management Accountant with Urban Utilities, you'll help leaders make better business decisions through meaningful financial analysis, planning, reporting and insights. Working within the Financial Planning & Analysis team, you'll partner with stakeholders across the business to understand performance, uncover opportunities, manage risks and support strategic outcomes. More than reporting numbers, you'll use your curiosity and commercial mindset to identify trends, challenge assumptions and provide practical recommendations that add value. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, building relationships and finding smarter ways of working. You'll contribute to budgeting and forecasting, provide actionable insights, and support continuous improvement through better reporting, automation and decision support.

About You

You're a curious and commercially minded finance professional who enjoys understanding the story behind the numbers. You ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions and use insights to help drive better business outcomes. Highly organised and detail-oriented, you take pride in delivering accurate, high-quality work while managing competing priorities. You build strong relationships, communicate confidently with stakeholders and enjoy collaborating to solve problems. You're proactive, adaptable and always looking for opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.

You’ll Bring

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• CPA/CA qualification, or progress towards completion.
• Experience in management accounting, financial analysis, FP&A or business partnering.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and business performance reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems and reporting tools.
• The ability to communicate financial information clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience preparing management reports, forecasts, budgets and performance insights.

At Urban Utilities, we believe our workforce should reflect the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including First Nations peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, emergency responders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. You might not meet every single requirement listed. If you are excited about the role and believe you can make a strong contribution, we encourage you to apply. If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you.

Why Urban Utilities

Urban Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to more than 1.5 million people across Southeast Queensland. Every day, our teams work to support thriving communities and a sustainable future.

• Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases
• Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family
• Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!

Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180. There’s no us without you. Come shape the future with us.

Please note: applicants may be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical, which may include Drug and Alcohol testing, as well as other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role. For further information please contact our Talent team at [e-mail]. Our Talent team & Hiring Managers kindly request that no unsolicited CVs are sent for this role.

Urban Utilities delivers 140,000 megalitres each year of our planet’s most precious, natural resource to communities scattered around South East Queensland and effortlessly removes it too. We’re constantly challenging the status quo, searching for opportunities, pushing people to their potential, encouraging creativity and diversity, and fostering collaboration within and beyond our teams to be the best we can for our communities.