Are you an experienced accountant who likes getting beyond the numbers and understanding why they look the way they do?

This is a newly created Company Accountant position within an established Australian business, offering the opportunity to take genuine ownership of the internal accounting function and become a trusted source of financial information for management.

You'll take responsibility for monthly financial reporting, ERP financial integrity, inventory and costing, providing management with accurate and timely visibility across performance, margins and working capital.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is comfortable getting into the detail, investigating discrepancies and improving the systems and processes behind the numbers.

Why Make the Move?

- $140,000–$160,000 + super
- Bonus structure with OTE of $155,000–$175,000
- Newly created role with genuine ownership
- Direct impact on commercial decision-making

- Work closely with management
- Robust focus on ERP, inventory and costing
- Opportunity to improve systems, processes and financial controls
- Established business with an experienced management team
- Flexibility for four days per week or school hours for the right candidate
- No payroll or HR responsibilities

The Opportunity As Company Accountant, you'll own the internal accounting function and provide management with accurate, meaningful financial information they can use to make better commercial decisions.

Your responsibilities will include

- Preparing monthly management accounts
- Managing month-end journals and adjustments
- Maintaining and reconciling the general ledger

- Preparing balance sheet reconciliations
- Reporting on aged inventory and aged receivables
- Preparing monthly and year-to-date budget variance reporting
- Cash-flow forecasting and working capital monitoring
- Preparing monthly Business Activity Statements

- Supporting budgeting and forecasting




- Liaising with the external accountant for year-end accounts and tax returns

You'll also prepare a comprehensive monthly workpaper pack supporting the accounts and ensure management has confidence in the financial information being reported. ERP, Inventory & Costing

This is where the position becomes a little different from a traditional Company Accountant role.

A significant part of your responsibility will be ensuring the integrity of inventory, costing and financial data within the ERP system.

You'll

- Maintain accurate product, inventory and costing data
- Reconcile ERP inventory and costing information against the financial accounts
- Analyse inventory and procurement from a financial perspective
- Report on product costs and margins
- Monitor purchasing costs and inventory movements
- Identify discrepancies and investigate their root cause
- Improve financial controls and reporting processes
- Improve the quality and reliability of financial and ERP data

The objective isn't simply to identify that something doesn't reconcile. You'll be expected to understand why, work through the underlying data or process issue and explain its commercial impact clearly to management. For this position, SAP experience is essential.

We're looking for someone who understands how transactional information flows through an ERP system and ultimately impacts the financial accounts.

You'll be comfortable interrogating data, identifying issues and working through them rather than simply accepting what the system produces.

Experience working with inventory and product costing, particularly within a manufacturing,



wholesale or distribution environment, will be highly regarded.

Requirements

You'll be a practical, commercially minded accountant who enjoys taking ownership. Ideally, you'll bring:

- Strong hands-on accounting experience
- Month-end and general ledger experience

- Experience preparing management accounts
- Strong balance sheet reconciliation and workpaper capability

- SAP experience
- Strong ERP and data capability
- Inventory and product costing experience
- Understanding of cash flow and working capital
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Confidence investigating discrepancies through to root cause
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to management
- A self-directed approach and willingness to challenge data when something doesn't look right

CA, CPA or IPA qualifications are preferred, although strong relevant experience will also be considered. A Role You Can Make Your Own

As a newly created position, this is an opportunity to do more than inherit an existing accounting routine.

You'll have the opportunity to strengthen processes, improve reporting and controls and create greater confidence around the financial, inventory and costing information management uses to run the business.

For someone who enjoys combining accounting, systems and commercial problem-solving, there's plenty of scope to make a genuine impact.

Benefits

Ready for the Next Step? If you're an experienced Company Accountant with strong SAP, inventory and costing knowledge and you're looking for a position where you can genuinely influence how a business understands its numbers, we'd like to hear from you.

With a package of $140,000–$160,000 + super, plus bonus with OTE of $155,000–$175,000, this is an opportunity to step into a newly created position and make it your own.

Apply now with your resume or contact us for a confidential discussion.​

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📌 Company Accountant (Queensland)
🏢 Select People / Apprentice Recruit
📍 Queensland