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Financial Accountant

Contract Type:

Contractor

Location:

Sydney

Industry:

Accounting

Contact Name:

Carolina

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Date Published:

14-Aug-2026

Audit and tax focused Financial Accountant role, 6 month FTC with strong potential to go permanent, Norwest based.
  • End to end ownership of statutory audit and tax through a live reporting cycle
  • Technical accounting exposure across leases, provisions, and equity structures
  • Suits someone who can operate independently in a fast changing environment
  • Job Brief
    Our client is looking for a hands on Financial Accountant to take ownership of audit and tax deliverables through a complex reporting period, with a secondary focus on technical accounting and finance process improvement.

    About Our Client
    Our client is a large, multi entity group with an active acquisition strategy that adds ongoing complexity to its finance function. The finance team operates in a fast moving environment where priorities shift and the work is rarely routine, offering broad exposure to audit, tax, and technical accounting.

    Responsibilities
    • Support the year end statutory audit process end to end, including liaising with auditors, preparing audit files, and tracking open items through to closure
    • Assist with company tax return preparation, supporting workpapers and reconciliations, including effective tax rate and deferred tax considerations
    • Apply AASB standards to day to day accounting entries, reconciliations, and disclosures, and identify when a transaction requires a technical accounting position
    • Work across areas such as leases, employee benefits, provisions, and equity or share based arrangements, escalating where further research or specialist input is needed
    • Contribute to process improvement and optimisation initiatives by adapting existing trackers, templates, and models for new use cases
    • Build financial models where useful, from cash flow forecasts to scenario analysis, though this sits alongside rather than ahead of the audit and tax workload

    Requirements
    • CA or CPA qualified, or in the final stages, with a background in external audit or a mix of audit and industry
    • 3 to 6 years experience including exposure to tax return preparation or review and statutory audit processes
    • Solid working knowledge of AASB standards with demonstrated ability to apply them practically in a live accounting environment
    • Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast changing, less structured environment
    • Experience in a multi entity or group structure environment highly regarded
    • Strong written communication, able to summarise technical positions clearly for non technical stakeholders
    • Available at short notice

    What's on Offer
    A technically rich role with genuine ownership over audit and tax delivery during a critical reporting period. Clear deliverables and timelines despite the pace of the environment. Strong potential to convert to a permanent position once the initial period is complete. On site parking and a metro station a short walk from the office.

    Apply via link or contact Carolina for a confidential discussion.

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