Junior Site Accountant - Gladstone

Kick start your Accounting career with a strong mentor, in a role that gives you the opportunity to develop your skills, plus the opportunity to work on improvement projects.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Site Cost Controller to join the team at Gladstone, Fisherman’s Landing – our largest manufacturing site.

In this newly created role, you will work closely with the Commercial Manager in achieving day to day commercial goals, through providing accounting and administration support, precise data, and financial insights, with the opportunity to get stuck into enhancing the financial reporting and analysis processes. This will include spending time with various departments onsite to support budget development, improve tracking sheets, and streamline month end processes.

This role would suit an enthusiastic, proactive, and self-starting individual early in their accounting career, or a recent graduate eager to learn and grow (training & mentoring will be provided). If this excites you and you’re ready to get stuck in, apply today!

Excellent opportunity to make a move in your career and location! 

 About the role:

The role will be 50 / 50 day to day accounting tasks, and ‘improvement projects’ working directly with the site teams. Specifically, in this role you will:

• Play a crucial role in enhancing the financial reporting and analysis processes to ensure timely and accurate representation against the income statement and profit and loss report
• Provide precise data and financial insights to aid the Gladstone site's ability to make impactful decisions
• In collaboration with the Commercial Manager, investigate accounting discrepancies and irregularities, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of variances
• Work closely with Budget Owners, facilitating accurate and timely financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting. Using your proactivity and initiative you will identify opportunity for process improvements
• Identify and communicate cost optimization opportunities, contributing to operational efficiency
• Perform vital ancillary functions such as managing the site's asset register, overseeing capital disposals, capitalizations, and depreciations, and obtaining approvals accordingly
• Conducting post-reviews of major capital projects to validate delivered benefits
• Handle monthly accrual inputs and reconciliations, exercise cost control/tracking for critical projects and major shutdowns, and report findings and recommendations from internal/external audits to management
• Financial management - oversee net working capital and stock management analysis, ensuring a strategic approach to optimizing resources
• Manage the site's annual R&D tax claim
• Ensure adherence to HARP and other accounting policies and standards
• Assist Commercial Manager in other required finance/accounting tasks as required

Perks of this role:

• Monthly Salaried Day Off - more flexibility and balance between work and home, all salaried roles now have the option to work a 19 day month – that is to work their 20 day month over 19 days, with one ‘rostered’ SDO per month
• Lifestyle offering - supporting your wellbeing and personal goals; you will receive up to $1,000 per annum for your choice of either;

1. (a) reimbursement of up to $1,000 for Yaralla or your annual gym membership; OR
2. (b) $1,000 Hello World Travel Voucher

About you:

• Customer focused to deliver best outcomes
• A driven self-starter with strong initiative
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Data precision
• Comfortable with excel
• Well-developed problem solving and analytical skills
• Proactive engagement in financial processes
• Ideally, 2 years accounting experience (recent graduates with the right mentality will also be considered)
• Accounting degree
• Working towards obtaining CPA (desirable)
   

Why work for Cement Australia?

• Competitive remuneration
• Mentoring from a strong Leader
• Local and interstate progression opportunities, both in and outside of the finance space
• Australia’s largest and most respected cement manufacturer
• Engaged, collaborative and diverse team
   

About us:

An icon of the Australian cement industry, Cement Australia is the nation’s leading supplier of cementitious products and services. Whilst cement is in the name, the business portfolio is diverse, comprising a series of heavy industrial manufacturing operations, coal and limestone mines, bulk distribution transport fleet, rail and shipping interactions and hazardous waste treatment and alternative fuel production (Geocycle).

As an organisation, we offer our employees work-life balance, a close-knit and collaborative team whilst providing you with the tools and opportunity to make your mark. Our vision is to create a safe, healthy, productive and sustainable business and we are looking for like-minded professionals who align with our company values.

Additional Information:

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete a pre-employment medical and a background check. Cement Australia is an Equal Opportunity employer and open to residents of Australia with valid working rights.

Please apply directly as submissions from third party agencies will not be accepted at this time.

Build your dream career and lifestyle with Australia’s largest and most respected cement manufacturer and innovator.