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About the Role

Looking to take your accounting career beyond compliance and into advisory?

Join our growing IFRS & Finance Corporate Reporting team, where you’ll work alongside experienced specialists helping clients navigate complex accounting, reporting and finance transformation challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant with an Audit or Accounting background who is looking to broaden their experience, deepen their IFRS expertise and gain exposure to a diverse range of advisory engagements.

You’ll work directly with clients across a variety of industries, helping them solve technical accounting issues, improve financial reporting processes, support finance transformation initiatives and respond to emerging reporting requirements, including climate reporting and sustainability assurance.

This role offers a unique blend of technical accounting, problem solving and client engagement, making it an ideal next step for someone looking to move beyond traditional accounting pathways and develop a career in advisory.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Consultant in our IFRS & Corporate Reporting Advisory team,



you’ll work closely with clients and senior team members to deliver practical, commercially focused solutions across a broad range of engagements, including:

- Supporting clients with complex IFRS and financial reporting matters, finance function improvement initiatives and process optimisation projects.
- Assisting with the delivery of lease accounting services and technical accounting advice under AASB 16 across a portfolio of clients on an outsourced basis using our proprietary software BDO Lead.
- Researching and interpreting accounting standards and translating technical requirements into practical, client-friendly advice.
- Preparing accounting papers, technical position papers, reports, presentations and other client deliverables.
- Building trusted relationships with clients and contributing to high-quality advisory outcomes.
- Supporting finance transformation and reporting projects that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of finance functions.
- Contributing to the development of tools, methodologies and training materials that support continuous improvement across the team.
- Opportunity to work with the broader team on Sustainability-related engagements

Why Join Our Team?

Our team helps organisations solve real-world finance, accounting and reporting challenges. We partner with clients across a broad range of industries,



providing advice that goes beyond technical compliance to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

You’ll gain exposure to:

- Complex IFRS and technical accounting engagements.
- Finance transformation and process improvement initiatives.
- Transaction readiness and financial reporting support.
- Data-driven finance and reporting projects.
- Emerging areas such as climate reporting and sustainability assurance

This is a great opportunity to accelerate your development, work closely with experienced advisors and build a well-rounded advisory skillset that combines technical accounting expertise with client-facing consulting experience.

About You

You are a technically strong accountant who enjoys solving problems, working with clients and applying accounting knowledge in a practical way.

You’ll bring:

- 2-3 years’ experience in Audit, Business Services or a similar accounting role within a professional services environment.
- CA qualification (or be close to completion).
- Strong knowledge of the application of IFRS accounting standards in practice, including experience with AASB 16 would be highly desirable
- A genuine interest in technical accounting, financial reporting and finance advisory.
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts clearly and confidently.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with a practical, client-focused mindset.
- Exposure to finance process improvement, reporting enhancement or finance transformation initiatives will be highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel skills and an interest in working with large and complex datasets.
- An interest in d

📌 Senior Consultant (Sydney)
🏢 BDO in Australia
📍 Sydney