Junior Accountant

Company description:

Future Generation Joint Venture (FGJV) is the principal contractor for Snowy Hydro's Snowy 2.0, Australia's largest committed renewable energy project. We bring the combined engineering expertise of three companies - Italy's Webuild (formerly Salini Impregilo), Australian-based Clough and US-based Lane Construction.

Job description:

The Future Generation Joint Venture brings together the combined engineering experience and expertise of WeBuild, Clough and Lane and has been selected to design construct Snowy 2.0. This project is based within the Snowy Mountains in NSW and will deliver one of the largest pumped hydro schemes in the world.

As an employee of FGJV you will be eligible to participate in a number of employee benefits. FGJV offers an employee benefits programme, including:

· Retention Bonus Scheme

· Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

· Paid Parental Leave

· Qantas Club Membership discounts

Purpose of the Role:

The Accountant is responsible for preparing accounts, budgeting and managing financial information, as well as assisting in the management of the finance functions to support FGJV as directed by the Chief Accountant.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance or any other relevant Commerce degree
• CA or CPA Qualification
• White Card

Experience:

• Recent graduate ideally with work experience within a contractor
• High level of computer literacy with advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications and in particular, Excel
• Experience within a construction (infrastructure) environment - preferred
• Experience with SAP or other large ERP systems
• Accounts Payable experience

Required Competencies:

• Knowledge of SAP
• Knowledge of Australian standards
• Banking system knowledge
• Sound problem solving skills
• Ability and desire to coach and guide subordinate team members
• Strong Initiative and proactive nature
• Key collaborative skills
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills
• Sound time management skills

Core Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Accounts Receivable functions and reporting
• Assist the Accounts Payable function and authorisations
• Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial accounts
• Assist in the performance of variance analysis on budget to actual reporting/GL and Projects
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
• Fixed Asset management
• Assist in the refinement of management information systems and integrate / improve reporting frameworks
• Assist in the improvement of internal controls and procedures,
• Monitoring of record-keeping and compliance requirements.
• Assist in the liaison with external auditors where necessary
• Provide financial support to internal stakeholders
• Job costing analysis
• Assist in general accounting functions
• Assist in maintaining internal audit and controls

The above listed authorities & responsibilities are only a guide and may change as directed by your Manager/Supervisor or as per the requirements of FGJV Management.

These positions are in remote challenging areas with extreme cold temperatures which need to be considered before applying for these roles.

If you meet the above requirements and would like to work on this iconic project, please apply now.

Project Overview: Snowy 2.0 Project Promotional Video - YouTube