Project Accountant - Corporate Reporting Function

The ClientOur client is a global ASX Top 200 technology company with a track record of consistent growth and a “best in class” solution offering for its international clients. With a strategically focused leadership team they continue to deliver market leading growth through innovation and opportunistic acquisitions to expand their offering. They thrive through a collaborative culture with a triple bottom line approach. With increasing scale and complexity in their Corporate Reporting function, the Deputy CFO is looking to appoint a Project Accountant on a twelve-month Contract to drive process improvement across the function. There may be the potential to go Permanent after the initial Contract given the company’s focus on managing careers by the Internal Talent team.

The Role

Reporting directly into the Deputy CFO, the primary drivers of this role are to support and enhance the consolidated Corporate Reporting Function through making process improvements. In addition, you will act as a cross-functional business partner to support finance and internal IT, implement automation and drive improvements to optimize the month-end close. This will involve taking ownership of the accounting systems, keeping up with system updates and escalating issues when needed. A key element will be the review of foreign currency impacts across the dual ledger accounts preparation and how these numbers interface with the group’s BI reporting tool. The Deputy CFO will rely on you to provide key updates in a concise manner to keep across the key deliverables and issues. You will also liaise closely with each regional finance team based offshore (North America, APAC and EMEA) to ensure all process improvements are implemented globally. Other areas will include:

• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives for Corporate Reporting through projects including system integration, enhancement, and implementation 
• Refinement of the Group consolidation process including Group level equity reconciliations;
• Refinement and review of Group foreign exchange rate calculations;
• Reviewing of transactions affecting multiple businesses within the group, including all standard and ad-hoc intercompany transactions;

Your TraitsTo be successful in this role you will be a qualified CA/CPA with a track record of understanding how group reporting is delivered for a global ASX (or multinational) company and be able to recommend and implement process improvements. This experience could be gained in the accounting profession or in a company. You will be a self-starter who is goal-oriented and focused on working in a fast-paced, team-oriented and collaborative environment. You will also have strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage with a range of stakeholders across finance and the broader business. If you are looking for a role in a world-class technology company with the potential for long term career options, apply now or call Matthew Hodder on (02) 8097 0*** for further information.