Job Description
Job Brief
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Our client is looking for a hands on Financial Accountant to take ownership of audit and tax deliverables through a complex reporting period, with a secondary focus on technical accounting and finance process improvement.
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About Our Client
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Our client is a large, multi entity group with an active acquisition strategy that adds ongoing complexity to its finance function. The finance team operates in a fast moving environment where priorities shift and the work is rarely routine, offering broad exposure to audit, tax, and technical accounting.
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Responsibilities
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Support the year end statutory audit process end to end, including liaising with auditors, preparing audit files, and tracking open items through to closure
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Assist with company tax return preparation, supporting workpapers and reconciliations, including effective tax rate and deferred tax considerations
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Apply AASB standards to day to day accounting entries, reconciliations, and disclosures, and identify when a transaction requires a technical accounting position
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Work across areas such as leases, employee advantages, provisions, and equity or share based arrangements, escalating where further research or specialist input is needed
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Contribute to process improvement and optimisation initiatives by adapting existing trackers, templates,



and models for new use cases
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Build financial models where useful, from cash flow forecasts to scenario analysis, though this sits alongside rather than ahead of the audit and tax workload
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Requirements
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CA or CPA qualified, or in the final stages, with a background in external audit or a mix of audit and industry
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3 to 6 years experience including exposure to tax return preparation or review and statutory audit processes
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Solid working knowledge of AASB standards with demonstrated ability to apply them practically in a live accounting environment
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Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast changing, less structured environment
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Experience in a multi entity or group structure environment highly regarded
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Strong written communication, able to summarise technical positions clearly for non technical stakeholders
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Available at short notice
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What's on Offer
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A technically rich role with genuine ownership over audit and tax delivery during a critical reporting period. Clear deliverables and timelines despite the pace of the environment. Strong potential to convert to a permanent position once the initial period is complete. On site parking and a metro station a short walk from the office.
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📌 Financial Accountant | Western Sydney | Temp To Perm
🏢 Absolute Executive Recruitment
📍 Sydney