Financial Accountant
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Accounting & Finance · Melbourne, VIC, Australia · Contract · $90,000 - $120,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
For an accountant who wants clear ownership of a group's books and a route to a permanent role, this Melbourne opening fits well. A fast-scaling online marketplace group in Melbourne's tech scene is adding a Financial Accountant. The role starts on a temporary footing and is designed to become a permanent full-time position.
The reporting line runs to the Financial Controller, with operational alignment to the CFO. Your accountabilities centre on closing each month on time, a balance sheet that reconciles and the compliance obligations of several entities. An assistant accountant handles transactional processing, leaving you to review core ledgers and support baseline cash and budgeting. The emphasis is accounting fundamentals and accurate reports, not commercial modelling, in a compact, open team with little bureaucracy.
On the long-term pathway, full visa sponsorship is available for eligible Working Holiday visa holders already in Australia who show proven accounting capability.
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Key Responsibilities
- Take charge of the end-to-end close in Xero each month and period for several operating entities, producing journals, reconciled balance sheet accounts and consolidated trial balances
- Maintain each entity's statutory and tax position with outside tax advisors, including BAS/GST lodgements, payroll tax reconciliations, leave provisions and FBT returns
- Lead an offshore Assistant Accountant and quality-check their daily transactions, invoice entry, receivables follow-up and payroll processing
- Control intercompany loans, cross-charges and eliminations between subsidiaries for audit-ready balance sheets, and adopt enterprise AI and automation platforms to cut repetitive reconciliation work
- Add value to FP&A through the short-term cash flow tracker, budget variance analysis on expenses and data gathering for annual budget roll-forwards, while preparing ad-hoc schedules for executives on group structure changes and entity setups
Requirements & Eligibility
- A tertiary qualification in the field of Accounting, Finance or Commerce
- Professional standing as CA/CPA, or an internationally recognised equivalent such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA, either earned already or in progress
- A demonstrated record in financial accounting, covering month-end ledger ownership and statutory compliance, built in Australia or a comparable jurisdiction
- Candidates on a Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417 or 462) who have full Australian work rights are strongly encouraged to put their names forward
- Strong personal accountability, a high level of detail orientation and the adaptability to preserve structure while a scale-up evolves quickly
- Clear, concise communication in writing and speech, with the confidence to engage executive stakeholders directly
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