Specialist Financial Accounting

About the role

Hancock Iron Ore is looking for an experienced Specialist Financial Accounting to join its Perth-based Finance team, working Monday to Friday and reporting to the Lead Financial Accounting. The role covers specialist financial accounting across the company, ensuring complex accounting matters, statutory reporting, financial controls and balance sheet positions are technically sound, compliant and well documented. It also supports external audit and financial reporting requirements and drives continuous improvement across accounting policies, processes, controls and data quality.

Key responsibilities

• Provide specialist technical accounting advice on complex transactions, contracts, projects and business activities in line with Australian Accounting Standards.
• Research, document and maintain accounting positions, policies and technical guidance.
• Support statutory reporting, disclosures and external audit, including preparation of accounting papers and resolution of technical matters.
• Oversight of complex reconciliations, provisions, estimates and judgements, and month-end and year-end accounting.
• Identify accounting risks and control gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen financial governance.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, Commercial, Projects and other stakeholders on accounting implications.
• Monitor changes to accounting standards and their impact on reporting and disclosures.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes, systems, controls and reporting, and coach colleagues on technical accounting.

Required profile

• 10+ years of financial accounting experience in a large, complex organisation or professional services environment, ideally Big 4 or a reputable mid-tier firm.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline, with a CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification.
• Proven experience in statutory reporting, external audit, financial close, balance sheet governance and complex accounting matters.
• Experience researching complex accounting issues and preparing accounting papers, policies, reconciliations and disclosures.
• Strong analytical judgement, planning and prioritisation, and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach.
• Eligible to work permanently in Australia; agencies are not invited to submit candidates.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems.
• Highly regarded: mining, resources or capital-intensive industry experience, exposure to complex asset accounting, impairment, provisions, business combinations and significant accounting estimates.
• Preferred: SAP ERP, Power BI, Business Objects/Business Intelligence or OneSource.

What we offer

• Private health cover contribution for employees and immediate family.
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers.