The Team You'll Be Joining The Finance team supports EML’s global payments operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting, strong financial controls, and adherence to accounting standards. The team partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Treasury, Legal, FP&A;, and Client Success to support growth while maintaining financial discipline.

This role sits within the Australia and North America Financial Control team and has accountability for specialist accounting areas across EML's international operations, with a particular focus on revenue recognition, technical accounting matters ,and support of North American finance activities.

The Role

With a primary focus on the North American business (and some Australia support), the role is responsible for the ownership, governance, and execution of EML's revenue recognition accounting processes, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards and internal policies.

The role plays a critical part in maintaining the integrity of EML's financial reporting through the preparation and review of complex accounting calculations, technical accounting assessments, balance sheet reconciliations, contract reviews, and month-end close activities.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Accounting

- Ensure revenue recognition practices comply with applicable accounting standards and internal policies.
- Review recent products, programs, and customer arrangements to determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
- Own the monthly calculation and recognition of revenue across relevant EML programs in North America.
- Maintain and continuously improve revenue methodologies, assumptions, and calculation models.
- Partner with Commercial and Operations teams to understand program economics and ensure accurate accounting outcomes.
- Maintain detailed supporting documentation for management review and external audit purposes.

Technical Accounting & Accounting Policy

- Provide technical accounting support across the Finance team on complex accounting matters.
- Assist with the preparation and maintenance of accounting policies, position papers, and technical accounting memoranda.
- Provide guidance and training to finance team members on accounting policies and technical accounting matters.




- Support accounting reviews relating to acquisitions, divestments, new products, and strategic initiatives where required.

Contract Review & Commercial Support

- Review customer contracts, amendments, renewals, and commercial arrangements from an accounting perspective.
- Partner with Legal, Commercial, and Client Success teams to ensure accounting implications are identified before contract execution.
- Maintain documentation supporting accounting conclusions for future audit and compliance purposes.

Month-End Close & Financial Reporting

- Lead month-end close activities for revenue, COGS, deferred revenue, accrued income, and related balances.
- Prepare and review journals, supporting workpapers, and reconciliations for assigned accounting areas.
- Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed, reviewed, and supported in accordance with Financial Control standards.
- Investigate and resolve reconciling items and unusual transactions in a timely manner.
- Assist with preparation of financial statement disclosures and supporting schedules.
- Identify opportunities to enhance automation, efficiency, and control effectiveness across financial reporting processes.

Financial Controller Support

- Assume ownership of selected financial control responsibilities currently performed by the Financial Controller.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities.
- Review journals, reconciliations, and key accounting deliverables prepared by team members.
- Assist in coordinating audit deliverables and finance control activities.
- Support financial governance initiatives and control enhancement programs.
- Partner with the Financial Controller on process improvement, transformation, and finance integration projects.
- Provide coaching and support to junior team members where required.

Skills & Experience

- 5+ years' experience within Financial Control, Technical Accounting, Audit,



or Corporate Reporting.
- Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles under IFRS 15 / AASB 15.
- Experience preparing complex accounting assessments and technical accounting papers.
- Demonstrated experience in month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Highly developed analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
- Experience supporting audit processes and responding to auditor requirements.
- Advanced Excel capabilities, including financial model ling and data analysis.
- Experience within financial services, fintech, or regulated industries will be highly regarded.
- Experience in a multi-entity or international finance environment will be highly regarded.
- Experience working with ERP systems(NetSuite highly regarded).

What You'll Bring

- Strong technical accounting capability combined with commercial acumen.
- Ability to translate complex accounting concepts into practical business outcomes.
- A high level of ownership and accountability.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative approach with a strong stakeholder engagement mindset.
- Continuous improvement focus with a passion for driving process efficiencies and strengthening financial controls.

Experience and Education Level

- Bachelor degree in Accounting, Commerce, Finance, or related discipline.
- CA or CPA qualification required(or near completion).
- Additional technical accounting, audit, or corporate reporting experience highly regarded.

What You'll Get in Return

- Opportunity to own one of EML's most critical and technically complex accounting areas.
- Exposure to international finance operations across multiple geographies and product lines.
- Experience working within an ASX-listed global payments organisation.
- Direct engagement with senior finance, commercial, and operational leaders.
- Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
- Flexible working arrangements and a supportive team culture aligned to EML's values of One Team, Openness, Awesomeness, and Simplicity.

📌 Senior Financial Accountant – Revenue (Brisbane)
🏢 EML
📍 Brisbane