Financial Accountant ANZ

About the role

A broad financial accounting role within a growing, successful animal health organisation, based in Macquarie Park, New South Wales. It covers accurate, timely and compliant reporting across the Australia and New Zealand businesses, strengthening controls and improving finance processes. The role is permanent and full-time.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare statutory financial statements, coordinate audit deliverables and support schedules and responses to external auditor queries.
• Complete month-end, quarter-end and year-end activities, including journals, accruals, provisions, reclassifications and supporting analyses.
• Review results for completeness and accuracy, investigate unusual movements and give clear variance commentary.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, investigate reconciling items and support timely remediation of control issues.
• Review inventory movements, valuation adjustments, provisions, cost-of-goods-sold entries and stocktake adjustments.
• Monitor receivables, ageing, collections and working capital drivers.
• Complete customer eligibility assessments, reconciliations and claims for government subsidy reporting.
• Provide accounting and control advice and partner with business, shared services, Tax, Supply Chain and other stakeholders.
• Deliver process improvement initiatives that simplify, standardise and automate finance activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, with a CA, CPA or equivalent qualification completed or in progress.
• Relevant financial accounting experience in a complex or multinational organisation.
• Sound knowledge of financial reporting, close processes, balance sheet controls and statutory reporting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with a disciplined approach to documentation, controls and data integrity.

Required skills

• SAP or a comparable ERP system.
• Strong Excel capability.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, close processes, balance sheet controls and statutory reporting.

What we offer

• Competitive remuneration and benefits.
• Career growth and professional development in a dynamic, evolving role.
• Autonomy with support, within a collaborative team.
• Flexibility and the chance to open doors to other opportunities and skillsets.