Senior Project Accountant

FK is seeking a people and financially focused Senior Project Accountant to join our national team, located in Melbourne.

We are an award-winning architectural firm with studios also in Sydney and Brisbane. Our teams have designed landmark, commercial, cultural and high-rise residential developments across Australia and Asia. We have some of Melbourne’s tallest, most recognizable buildings and a recently completed super tall tower in Malaysia, among others.

Structures aside, we’re equally proud of the culture we’ve built here at FK, which is why we aim to hire people who share our same passion for teamwork and collaboration. This role will interface with FK team members at all levels of the business. We are looking for someone friendly and ready to help with anything that pops up.

Reporting to our Finance Lead and working as a key role in our finance team, this person will need to be ready to support our project leaders with financial elements of their projects including invoicing, analysis and debtor management. This role is an end-to-end Senior Project Accounting role supporting our landmark projects through their dynamic and interesting lifecycles.

The main elements of this role include:

• Maintaining project revenue forecasts, billing schedules and project phase budgets.
• Project labour and expense budgeting, monitoring, reporting and control.
• Revenue recognition processing, review, reporting and WIP management within policy guidelines.
• Debtor management, monitoring and follow-up.
• Maintaining accurate project information within the company’s ERP system.
• Professional fee and disbursement invoice creation.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of in-house group training sessions on project financial control.
• Regular project reporting and assisting with report design and dashboard enhancements.
• Consulting and liaising with key people and provide astute guidance in relation to project performance and planning.
• Assisting with month-end project accounting processes as required.

As our next Senior Project Accountant, you will:

• Have a strong interest in project management methods as well as general company accounting concepts.
• Have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and the ability to develop productive working relationships and manage those relationships with maturity and confidence.
• Having the ability to manage multiple priorities and to work under pressure with a degree of autonomy.
• Utilise effective problem-solving skills to make informed, timely, and effective decisions.
• Have a positive, can-do attitude, ready to jump on to whatever task is required.
• Inquisitive and keen to learn and further your knowledge.

This exciting career opportunity is a permanent, full-time role with opportunity for advancement.

This role will suit someone with 7+ years’ experience in a similar role in a professional services environment, and a formal qualification in accounting or project management is desirable.

We look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter via *******@fkaustralia.com.

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