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Financial Accountant | Immediate Start | Temp to Perm

Dandenong South Temporary AU$90,000 - AU$115,000 per year Work from Home or Hybrid View Job Description
You will be responsible for month-end accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, fixed assets, bank guarantees and financial control activities across a complex multi-entity infrastructure business
  • Clear scope for perm
  • Report to an exceptional Finance Manager

About Our Client

Our client is a leading infrastructure provider in the Eastern suburbs.

Job Description

  • Own month-end and year-end close activities, including journals, accruals, prepayments and financial reporting.
  • Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of outstanding items.
  • Partner with external auditors, responding to audit queries and providing supporting documentation and analysis.
  • Maintain the fixed asset register and manage depreciation accounting.
  • Support cash management activities, including bank reconciliations and bank guarantee administration.
  • Assist with statutory reporting, audit requirements and compliance obligations.
  • Partner with operational stakeholders to provide financial insights and support business decision-making.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, systems and reporting efficiency.
  • Support Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll functions as required.
  • Contribute to financial analysis, variance investigations and management reporting.
  • Assist with system enhancement initiatives and automation projects to improve finance processes and controls.

The Successful Applicant

  • Part-qualified or qualified CA/CPA with a solid grounding in financial accounting fundamentals.
  • Strong technical accounting skills, including journals, reconciliations, month-end processes and financial controls.
  • Experience assisting with audits and confidently managing auditor queries and requests.
  • Ability to identify risks and anomalies across the balance sheet and P&L, with strong attention to detail.
  • Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with the ability to communicate with both finance and non-finance teams.
  • Proactive and solutions-focused, with a continuous improvement mindset and interest in process optimisation.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing deadlines.
  • Strong systems aptitude, ideally with exposure to ERP systems (Business Central ideal) and finance process automation.
  • Team-oriented, hands-on and willing to support across the broader finance function when required.

What's on Offer

  • Immediate start
  • Clear scope for perm and a development pathway
  • A high performing finance function
  • 4/1 Hybrid
Contact
William Harris
Quote job ref
JN-102026-7130727
Phone number
+61 466 534 114

Job summary

Function
Accounting & Finance
Specialisation
Financial Accounting
Industry
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Dandenong South
Job Type
Temporary
Consultant name
William Harris
Consultant phone
+61 466 534 114
Job Reference
JN-102026-7130727
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

Diversity & Inclusion at Michael Page

We don't just accept difference - we celebrate it. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role and are committed to building inclusive, diverse workplaces where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Michael Page acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land we operate on.