Financial Accountant

About the role

This role manages global financial operations and process innovation. You will own the end to end accounting for a set of global entities ensuring that transactions are recorded accurately and in compliance with relevant standards. Collaboration with finance and partners drives accurate, compliant records and supports high quality decision making through insightful analysis. You will act as a key point of ownership for month end close activities, reconciliations, and the production of reliable financial reports. The work is precise, deadline driven, and directly tied to business results and investor reporting. Finance teams follow tight calendars, with monthly closes and annual planning cycles where your work will be essential. Accuracy and auditability are expected on every deliverable you own.

Finance teams manage money, forecasts, and reporting. Analysts build models and explain variance, while controllers run accounting and compliance. FP&A professionals support decisions with budgets and forecasts. The work is precise, deadline driven, and tied to business results. Finance teams follow tight calendars, with monthly closes and annual planning cycles. Accuracy and auditability are expected on every deliverable.

Key facts

What you'll do

Global entities rely on detailed reconciliations of complex balance sheet accounts to maintain transparent and reliable records.

You will perform weekly and monthly bank reconciliations verifying that balances align with bank statements for clear oversight.

Cash flow reporting with insightful commentaries will support decision making through clear variance analysis.

You will maintain fixed asset registers and related schedules to serve quarterly investor and bank reporting needs.

You will recommend and implement process improvements as a power user of NetSuite in collaboration with cross functional teams.

You will resolve external audit queries in a timely manner to support partnership and audit readiness.

You will own aspects of treasury operations including bank administration, payments, and corporate card platforms such as Expensify.

You will use a bachelor degree as a baseline qualification while applying strong technical accounting knowledge under IFRS/AASB to guide month end close, reconciliations, and statutory reporting in a multi entity context.

Hands on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system is required for effective financial operations.

Building finance process automation using AI tools such as Claude to create agents and workflows is essential for this role.

Detail orientation, an ownership mindset, and the ability to work autonomously are needed in a fast paced, global finance team.

A bachelor degree is required as a baseline qualification for the role.

Requirements

A CA/CPA qualification (or final stages) is required, with several years of financial accounting experience in a global or multi entity organization.

Strong technical accounting knowledge under IFRS/AASB guides month end close, reconciliations, and statutory reporting in a multi entity context.

Hands on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system is required for effective financial operations.

Building finance process automation using AI tools such as Claude to create agents and workflows is essential.

Treasury operations exposure includes bank administration, payments, and corporate card platforms such as Expensify.

Detail orientation, an ownership mindset, and the ability to work autonomously are needed in a fast paced, global finance team.

A bachelor degree is required as a baseline qualification for the role.

You must be able to demonstrate experience in a global or multi entity organization where accuracy and auditability are non negotiable.

You must hold a current understanding of accounting standards and be able to apply them consistently in a demanding environment.

You must be able to work within strict deadlines while maintaining a high standard of accuracy in all deliverables.

Nice to have

Experience across multiple jurisdictions and entities enhances global finance operations.

Fluency in additional languages supports cross functional collaboration.

Practical notes

This is a 12 month maternity cover position subject to ongoing business needs.

Typical interview steps

Finance interviews usually include technical questions on accounting or modeling, a case study, and behavioral rounds. Candidates may be asked to build a forecast or explain a variance. Spreadsheet skills are tested in most loops. Accuracy and clear explanations matter. Interviewers may give a real dataset and ask for a quick analysis. Showing your work and explaining assumptions matters as much as the final number.

Good to know

The organization uses people science and comprehensive datasets to transform engagement, performance management, and team development.

Recognized as a top cloud company and most innovative company, it operates in multiple countries.

Work arrangements balance remote and office schedules to maintain culture and productivity.

The role focuses on process rigor, compliance, and continuous improvement in financial operations.

Questions to ask

Useful questions for the interview: what a typical week looks like, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback works. Asking how the role has changed recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining is also reasonable. Questions about the manager's priorities are especially valued.

Career growth

Finance careers move from analyst to senior analyst, manager, and controller or FP&A director levels. Some people earn certifications such as CPA or CFA. Cross functional work with operations and leadership grows with seniority. Finance careers reward precision early and business partnership later. Learning the operations of the company beyond the numbers accelerates growth.