A well-established Australian financial services organisation is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager, to act as backup to the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting. This is a strong step-up opportunity for a technically capable financial accountant ready to lead, mentor, and take ownership of statutory and regulatory reporting.

The Role
Leading a small team and supporting the wider finance function, you'll take ownership of year-end financial statements, regulatory returns, and investment return analysis - including challenging figures provided by external investment managers. You'll also act as a technical reference point for the business, providing clear, standards-based guidance on complex accounting queries from senior stakeholders.

What You'll Do

- Own end-to-end preparation of statutory financial statements and regulatory returns
- Lead and mentor a team of experienced financial accountants, building technical capability across accounting standards
- Provide clear, standards-backed guidance on technical accounting queries
- Support ad hoc reporting requests from across the business
- Contribute to process improvement and systems initiatives

About You

- CPA/CA qualified with 10+ years' experience in financial reporting
- Insurance industry background essential - general insurance highly regarded, though candidates from life or reinsurance backgrounds with strong technical grounding are also encouraged to apply
- Proven ability to prepare financial statements end-to-end (not just note disclosures)
- Comfortable mentoring and developing others, even without formal people-management experience - you'll need to demonstrate this
- Experience with process improvement or systems projects highly regarded

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LOCATION

Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia

INDUSTRY

Accounting

SALARY

150,000 - 175,000 Year + super & discretionary bonus

ROLE TYPE

Full Time

For more information, please reach out to

James Rush

[email protected]

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