Financial Control Accountant

About the role

Provide Financial Control, including month end close activities and reconciliation of the general ledger, to ensure strong Financial Control across the Suncorp Group.

This role relates mainly to maintenance of the fixed asset register, end to end fixed asset and lease accounting for the Suncorp Group including journals and reconciliations and process improvement and simplification.

What you'll do

• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of fixed asset & lease accounting, recording purchases and disposals of fixed assets and ensuring Financial Controls are in place to safeguard the integrity of the accounting and reporting for assets and leases
• Follow the Financial Control month end close process for fixed assets including preparation & approval of journals, reports, and balance sheet reconciliations
• The preparation, posting and reporting of leased assets from data obtained from third party vendor
• The creation and monitoring of controls, procedures and recording of fixed assets
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and specifically company standards and guidelines
• The tracking of project costs in conjunction with the policy and governance team via the capex tracker
• Conducting periodic review and clearing of obsolete and written down assets
• Preparing audit and financial statement schedules and assisting auditors during inquiries
• Preparing tax schedules and assisting tax audits involving fixed assets

What you’ll bring

• Degree qualified, accounting (mandatory)
• Professional membership (desired)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an accounting environment
• Technical knowledge in fixed asset and lease accounting (desired)
• Demonstrates process improvement experience, insights and delivery of process simplification and improvements
• Having worked for or closely with a complex/large organisation (desired)