Craving a role with real growth, real mentorship, and a genuinely sweet company culture? This is it.

A fantastic opportunity to step into an Assistant Accountant position at Darrell Lea. As a critical member in our Finance Team, this role offers strong mentorship, exposure to end-to-end accounting processes, and development opportunities to help you achieve the very best in your new role and help build your career, including your CA/CPA journey.

About the role

You’ll work closely with our Financial Controller and Commercial Accountant to support our wider Finance Team providing high-quality financial ledger maintenance all while providing outstanding service and results. If you thrive in a fast-paced workplace, take pride in accuracy, and want exposure to a full-cycle finance function, this is an excellent opportunity.

We are located across 2 sites located in Ingleburn just of the M5 and a city office near Town Hall station. We also offer generous discounts on all our best treats.

Key Responsibilities

- Performing monthly reconciliations of general ledger accounts, making corrections where appropriate

- Update and maintain financial records, including maintenance of the general ledger, banking transactions and posting journals

- Review and authorisation of batch payments

- Work with the finance team in support of the year end audit

- General administrative duties as required by senior staff

- Supporting Financial Controller, Commercial Accountant and finance team generally, collaborating with the team to work on various accounting projects

- Monthly P&L; check and reconciliation to underlying general ledger

- Assist in the preparation of Business Activity Statements (BAS) and other statutory filings

- Reconciliation of intercompany ledgers

The successful applicant requires:




- 1–3 years’ experience in a similar accounting or finance role

- Strong proficiency in Excel and accounting systems

- High attention to detail with strong analytical capability

- Well-organised with the ability to manage competing priorities to meet/exceed team deadlines

- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- A proactive team player with a mindset for continuous improvement

- CA/CPA qualification, or commenced

- Ability to work in an workplace that is “hands on”

- All applicants must have full working rights in Australia.

We love our diverse workforce, so it’s essential that applicants have good communication skills, and embrace our culture: “Darrell Lea Makes it Better”. It’s not just a slogan. It also represents the energy and optimism that our people bring to work every day.

Benefits

- Competitive Salary on Offer

- Subsidized Fitness First Gym Membership

- Novated Leasing

- $25 monthly voucher to spend at our onsite retail store

Rite Bite Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees can make it better together and have an equal prospect to succeed. We believe in fostering an environment that values diversity and promotes fairness and respect. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we will do our best to assist you.

Join us in building an inclusive and innovative workplace where everyone can thrive.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

📌 Assistant Accountant (Sydney)
🏢 Darrell Lea
📍 Sydney