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About the Role
Join our growing IFRS & Finance Corporate Reporting team, where you'll work alongside experienced specialists helping clients navigate complex accounting, reporting and finance transformation challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant with an Audit or Accounting background who is looking to broaden their experience, deepen their IFRS expertise and gain exposure to a diverse range of advisory engagements.
Responsibilities
- Support clients with complex IFRS and financial reporting matters, finance function improvement initiatives and process optimisation projects.
- Assist with the delivery of lease accounting services and technical accounting advice under AASB 16 across a portfolio of clients on an outsourced basis using our proprietary software BDO Lead.
- Research and interpret accounting standards and translate technical requirements into practical, client-friendly advice.
- Prepare accounting papers, technical position papers, reports, presentations and other client deliverables.
- Build trusted relationships with clients and contribute to high-quality advisory outcomes.
- Support finance transformation and reporting projects that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of finance functions.
- Contribute to the development of tools, methodologies and training materials that support continuous improvement across the team.
- Work with the broader team on Sustainability-related engagements.
Requirements
- 2-3 years' experience in Audit, Business Services or a similar accounting role within a professional services environment.
- CA qualification (or be close to completion).
- Strong knowledge of the application of IFRS accounting standards in practice, including experience with AASB 16 would be highly desirable.
- A genuine interest in technical accounting, financial reporting and finance advisory.
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts clearly and confidently.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with a practical, client-focused mindset.
- Exposure to finance process improvement, reporting enhancement or finance transformation initiatives will be highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel skills and an interest in working with large and complex datasets.
- An interest in developing experience in sustainability reporting standards (AASB S2), including greenhouse gas emissions accounting, is desired.
Skills
- IFRS
- Finance Corporate Reporting
- Accounting
- AASB 16
- Technical Accounting
- Client Engagement
- Problem Solving
- Excel
- Sustainability Reporting
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Consultant
Education Level
- CA Qualification
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Social benefits
- Financial benefits
- Professional development benefits
- Fitness challenges
- Exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance
- Gym memberships
- Wellness facilities via BWell program
- Travel perks
- Retail discounts
- Employee referral rewards
- Study support
- Enhanced family support
- Cultural leave
- Religious leave
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Community initiatives via BCaring program
- On the job training
- Formal development programs
About the Company
- BDO is a global professional services firm connected to local markets.
- Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.
- We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.
- Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone.
- From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.
- Our team helps organisations solve real-world finance, accounting and reporting challenges.
- We partner with clients across a broad range of industries, providing advice that goes beyond technical compliance to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
- Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
- Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
- Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
- Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
- BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@bdo.com.au