Job title: Assistant Accountant
Emp type: Full-time
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Job ID: 79773

Job Description

Location: Northern Suburbs
Role Type: Permanent

Role Highlights

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join a growing and diversified business group. Reporting to the Accounting Manager and partnering closely with senior finance leaders, you'll play a key role in supporting the day-to-day accounting operations and financial reporting across multiple entities.

This hands-on position offers a unique blend of financial accounting, project accounting and finance systems responsibilities. You'll work closely with finance and operational stakeholders to ensure financial accuracy, support informed decision-making and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the business.

Organisation

With a strong focus on operational excellence, collaboration and long-term growth, the organisation has built a reputation for delivering high-quality outcomes across its portfolio. Continued investment in both people and systems has created an environment where employees are empowered to contribute, learn and progress their careers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and growing business that offers broad exposure, meaningful responsibility and genuine professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Support project accounting activities including job costing, inventory tracking, accruals, WIP calculations and variance analysis
  • Assist project teams with financial reporting and project-related accounting requirements
  • Maintain reconciled workpapers and supporting documentation for audit and compliance purposes
  • Assist with the preparation of budgets, forecasts and management reports
  • Process and post accounting transactions across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger functions
  • Complete bank, balance sheet and control account reconciliations across multiple entities
  • Assist with month-end reporting activities, including journals, accruals and prepayments
  • Maintain financial system data integrity, coding structures and workflow controls
  • Collaborate with operational stakeholders to resolve system and process-related queries
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and reporting enhancements
  • Support finance systems and ERP-related initiatives across the broader business

Candidate Profile

To be successful in this role, you'll hold a degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline and have at least two years of accounting experience within Australia. Exposure to the construction, engineering, property or project-based sectors will be highly regarded.

You will be a detail-oriented and systems-focused professional who enjoys improving processes and solving problems. Strong communication skills, the ability to manage competing priorities and confidence working with a broad range of stakeholders will be essential to your success.

Experience with project accounting, job costing or subcontractor claims processes is advantageous, while exposure to ERP systems and progress towards CA or CPA qualifications will be viewed favourably.

What's on Offer

This role offers the opportunity to build your career within a growing and diversified organisation while gaining exposure to a wide range of accounting functions and commercial operations.

You'll benefit from mentorship from experienced finance professionals, ongoing training and development support, and genuine opportunities for career progression as the business continues to grow.

You'll also enjoy a collaborative environment where your contributions will have a real impact on both financial performance and operational outcomes across the organisation.

Apply

If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking apply on the link below. The reference number for this role is SV79773. Alternatively, please call Shruthika on 0481 603 075 for a confidential discussion.