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About the Role
The Senior Financial Accountant is the senior technical and operational accounting lead within the Finance team. The role supports the Senior Finance Manager by coordinating the month-end and year-end close, maintaining the integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet, leading statutory and audit deliverables, and providing clear financial analysis. The role reviews accounting work and reconciliations, resolves complex issues, strengthens controls and documented processes, and provides practical coaching and oversight to finance team members without formal people-management responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate month-end and year-end close activities.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet.
- Lead statutory and audit deliverables.
- Provide clear financial analysis.
- Review accounting work and reconciliations.
- Resolve complex accounting issues.
- Strengthen controls and documented processes.
- Provide coaching and oversight to finance team members.
Requirements
- Accounting or Business degree and CA/CPA qualification, or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of relevant financial accounting experience.
- Substantial ownership of month-end and year-end close activities.
- Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, financial statements, audit workpapers and statutory reporting.
- Experience applying Australian Accounting Standards to practical accounting issues.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience using a modern ERP or financial management system.
- Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance, Power Query, Power BI or finance-process automation is advantageous.
- Experience in a not-for-profit, medical research, health, education or grant-funded environment is highly regarded.
Skills
- Financial accounting
- Month-end close
- Year-end close
- General ledger maintenance
- Balance sheet integrity
- Statutory reporting
- Audit support
- Financial analysis
- Reconciliation
- Process improvement
- Microsoft Excel
- ERP systems
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- At least 5 years
Education Level
- Accounting or Business degree
- CA/CPA qualification or equivalent
Benefits
- Working in a world-class, purpose-built facility dedicated to curing childhood cancer
- Focus on employee wellbeing
- Up to 5 gifted wellbeing days off (paid) per year
- Access to Fitness Passport at discounted rates
- Corporate discounts
- Discounts on education through UNSW
About the Company
- Over 40 years of commitment to curing childhood cancer.
- Accelerating answers to cure childhood cancer.
- Values: owning and delivering meaningful work, collaborating to drive impact, challenging the status quo to create a better future, and balancing logic with empathy.
Equal Opportunity
- We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Children’s Cancer Institute and our culture.
- We embrace diversity and encourage you to advise of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.