Strategic Project Accountant — Forecasting & Reporting

Sigma Healthcare Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Annual salary reviews

Work from home 1 day a week

Hybrid Preston office

Paid parental leave

Employee discounts with partners

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite canteen

Shuttle to Preston

Job summary

Sigma Healthcare Limited is seeking a Project Accountant in Sydney to deliver end-to-end financial management across assigned projects. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting, partnering with project teams to ensure accurate coding and compliant financial practices.

The role requires CA/CPA progress or equivalent, strong Excel skills, and experience in project accounting within a corporate environment.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• CA or CPA qualification, or progress toward one.
• Experience in project accounting within a medium to large corporate environment.
• Strong knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards and governance frameworks.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis and financial modelling.
• Advanced Excel and project systems experience; Dynamics 365, SAP or Project Hub knowledge will be highly regarded.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication with non-financial stakeholders.
• PMO/EPMO experience and capital project governance will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide end to end financial oversight for assigned projects, including budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and variance analysis.
• Deliver accurate monthly project reporting, including profit and loss, cash flow, capitalisation and work in progress schedules.
• Partner with Project Managers to provide financial insights, control costs, improve performance and optimise resource utilisation.
• Manage project accounting lifecycle activities, including project setup, coding structures, accruals and month end close tasks.
• Reconcile project actuals to source financial systems and maintain accurate information in Project Hub as the single source of truth.
• Review project coding and investigate discrepancies, ensuring invoices, contractor costs, timesheets and purchase orders are correctly allocated.
• Monitor actual costs against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, risks and opportunities and recommending corrective action.
• Maintain capital project reporting and support asset componentisation, capitalisation, audit requirements and financial compliance.
• Prepare project financial packs, dashboards and analysis covering funding, forecast accuracy, cost to complete, CAPEX and OPEX treatment and benefits tracking.
• Collaborate with Finance, the EPMO, Commercial, Procurement and operational teams to strengthen project governance and reporting.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Commerce

CA or CPA qualification or progress towards one

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

SAP

Project Hub

Job description

Sigma Healthcare Limited is seeking a Project Accountant in Sydney to deliver end-to-end financial management across assigned projects. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting, partnering with project teams to ensure accurate coding and compliant financial practices.

The role requires CA/CPA progress or equivalent, strong Excel skills, and experience in project accounting within a corporate environment.