Job Description

Systems Accountant – Finance Systems (Workday)

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CBD Based Role | Full-time | 12-month contract | $130,000–$140,000 + super

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We are seeking an experienced Systems Accountant to join our Finance team and support our existing Systems Accountant in managing Workday Financials. This is a hands‐on role combining accounting expertise, system administration, reporting and finance transformation.

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About the Role: Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will work closely with the existing Systems Accountant to support the ongoing administration, configuration, reporting, data integrity and continuous improvement of Workday Financials.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Support the administration and configuration of Workday Financials, including Business Process Framework, FDM, security and validations.
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- Assist with system issues, releases, integrations and finance master data.
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- Support finance system implementations, upgrades, migrations and process improvement projects.
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- Develop requirements, functional designs, testing plans and documentation.
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- Build and maintain Workday reports, dashboards and calculated fields.
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- Support data migration, change management,



training and go‐live activities.
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- Identify opportunities to automate and improve finance processes.
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- Assist with month‐end close, reconciliations, allocations and system controls.
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- Support segregation of duties, audit and compliance requirements.
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About You – You will ideally have:

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- CA/CPA qualification or equivalent.
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- Hands‐on experience administering/configuring Workday Financials, including FDM, Business Process Framework and Report Writer.
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- Experience delivering or supporting a significant finance systems implementation, upgrade, migration or transformation project.
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- Strong accounting knowledge and advanced Excel/data analysis skills.
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- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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- Solid documentation, problem‐solving and analytical capabilities.
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Desirable: Workday Pro certification, Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, EIB/Workday Studio, Power BI, SQL, project/grant accounting or experience in not‐for‐profit, higher education, research or government.

📌 Systems Accountant (New South Wales)
🏢 Agrifutures
📍 New South Wales