Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant - Retail

The Company 

Our client is an instantly recognisable, established and successful retail group with a well-known and loved brand. With sites across Australia, they have successfully met their growth targets year after year and continue to plan for continuous growth and market domination well into the future. This is a highly desirable business you’ll be proud to work for!  

They are an organisation which is full of life with an excellent company culture. Your opinions and input will be valued. You will have the rare opportunity to be a finance business partner to key internal and external stakeholders. 

This role will report directly to a talented Financial Controller who provides ample opportunity for career development, mentorship, and support. This is a role that will be hard to rival, allowing you to grow and gain exposure across all aspects of the business.  

This company values ‘attitude’ and having a ‘hunger to learn’ will find you being rewarded with excellent opportunities to progress through the company as it continually expands throughout Australia. 

With buzzy, modern offices, this Financial Accountant role boasts one day of work from home weekly.  

The Role  

As a Financial Accountant, you will see yourself take ownership of your portfolio of stores (with room to add more) and you will essentially be a quasi “Finance Manager” for each of these sites.   

This is a role that will come with excellent exposure across the enterprise and your Financial Accountant duties will include but will not be limited to: 

• Liaising and business partnering with relevant stakeholders (both financial and non-financial) 
• Month-end and year-end accounts closing 
• P&L and Balance Sheet preparation  
• Cashflow management 
• BAS, IAS, Payroll tax 
• Adhoc analysis and interpretation of results 
• Involvement in value add projects including process/systems improvements 
• Liaising with an external bookkeeping company (who handles a lot of processing tasks)
• Ad hoc duties as required 

Your Background 

To be considered for this Financial Accountant role you will meet the majority of the following criteria: 

• Month-end reporting experience will be clearly demonstrated on your CV 
• CA / CPA qualification or almost qualified (or equivalent) 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with all levels of the business 
• Strong attention to detail coupled with a great attitude 
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and growing enterprise 

Those wishing to make a first move out of Chartered Business Services or Audit are encouraged to apply, as are Senior Assistant Accountants who are ready for the next step in their career.

If you are keen to apply for this Financial Accountant role, please contact Cass Pratt at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 2014, quoting reference 9100 or click on 'apply now' below. 

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.