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About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Financial Accountant to join our Group Finance Division within the Reporting and Control team. The primary focus of this role is to undertake a range of accounting tasks including preparing and processing journals, completing account reconciliations, reporting financial information, and providing administrative support to the finance team. The role is responsible for ensuring allocated month-end tasks, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting activities are completed in a timely, efficient, and accurate manner. This role collaborates with Group Financial Accountants and assists Senior Financial Accountants and Group Finance Managers in ensuring the Bank meets its management and statutory reporting deadlines. This is a 12-month maximum term contract.

Responsibilities

Preparing and processing journals
Completion of account reconciliations
Reporting financial information
Providing administrative support to the finance team
Ensuring allocated month-end tasks are completed
Ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are completed
Ensuring financial reporting activities are completed
Collaborating with Group Financial Accountants
Assisting Senior Financial Accountants and Group Finance Managers

Requirements

Experience working with accounting systems is essential
Understanding and experience of financial reporting and management accounting
Exposure to general ledger and the month-end closure process including reconciliations and substantiation
Solid understanding of accounting principles
Experience in creditors reconciliations
Ability to work directly with other Financial Accounting staff
Consistent ability to meet deadlines with limited supervision from management
Background screening is a condition of employment

Skills

Accounting systems
Financial reporting
Management accounting
General ledger
Month-end closure process
Reconciliations
Substantiation
Accounting principles
Creditors reconciliations

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Contract

Experience Level

12 month max term contract

Education Level

Bachelor of Bus/Comm (Accounting) or currently studying professional qualification in Accountancy (Either CPA or CA) will be well regarded but is not mandatory

Benefits

Flexible working arrangement
Discounted financial products
Salary sacrificing options
Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements
Purchase additional annual leave
Discounted private health insurance plan
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Access to employee network groups
Pride in Diversity membership

About the Company

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.
Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.
BOQ Group’s inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.
In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

Equal Opportunity

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.
When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.