Senior Operations Accountant - Hybrid, Renewable Energy

West Recruitment Consulting; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WFH option

Career development

Job summary

West Recruitment is partnering with a high-growth renewable energy organisation to recruit multiple newly created Operations Accountant positions in Sydney. You will own financial accounting and settlement processes for a growing asset portfolio, partnering with operations to ensure numbers reflect activity.

The role combines hands-on accounting, complex reconciliations and process improvements, with clear opportunities to expand your remit as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting foundation, ideally developed within a Big 4 or mid-tier accounting firm.
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to handle complex data from multiple sources.
• Experience in financial accounting, audit, financial control or revenue accounting.

Responsibilities

• Own settlement, payment and reconciliation processes for renewable energy operations.
• Reconcile financial transactions against underlying operational/trading data and investigate variances.
• Perform month-end accounting including journals, accruals, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Support revenue recognition and accounting for operational and commercial arrangements.
• Work across multi-entity, intercompany, fixed asset and capital project accounting as applicable.
• Assist external audit with reconciliations, analysis and documentation.
• Build, document and improve accounting processes, policies and controls.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve finance efficiency.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Intercompany accounting

Financial accounting

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Big 4/mid-tier experience

Job description

West Recruitment is partnering with a high-growth renewable energy organisation to recruit multiple newly created Operations Accountant positions in Sydney. You will own financial accounting and settlement processes for a growing asset portfolio, partnering with operations to ensure numbers reflect activity.

The role combines hands-on accounting, complex reconciliations and process improvements, with clear opportunities to expand your remit as the business scales.