Strategic Management Accountant — Board & CFO Partner

Increase Construction; Maroochydore; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Sunshine Coast location

Job summary

Increase Construction is seeking a Management Accountant to turn numbers into decisions and partner with the CFO on board-level reporting. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the role focuses on driving profitability analysis, budgets, forecasts and robust financial controls rather than routine transactions.

You will own and explain monthly results, investigate variances, track cash flow and support strategic decisions with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years' accounting experience, including management or commercial accounting.
• Solid grasp of P&L and balance sheet accounting.
• Experience with monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• CPA or CA qualified, or part-way through.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly management reporting: P&L, budget vs actual, prior year comparisons, EBITDA and NPAT, with clear commentary
• Investigate variances and explain what is driving them
• Build and maintain budgets, rolling forecasts and 13-week cash-flow forecasts
• Analyse customer and contract profitability, and flag margin deterioration early
• Report on labour, subcontractor and fleet costs, including vehicle utilisation and lease vs buy decisions
• Track capex, working capital, debtor days and collections
• Run key parts of month-end: journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare supporting schedules for the monthly Board pack
• Improve reporting, automate manual tasks and strengthen financial controls

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

P&L accounting

Balance sheet

Financial reporting

Analytical thinking

Communication to non-finance managers

Education

CPA or CA (part-qualified)

Tools

Xero

Power BI

Job description

Increase Construction is seeking a Management Accountant to turn numbers into decisions and partner with the CFO on board-level reporting. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the role focuses on driving profitability analysis, budgets, forecasts and robust financial controls rather than routine transactions.

You will own and explain monthly results, investigate variances, track cash flow and support strategic decisions with strong analytical and communication skills.