[Hiring] Senior Finance Operations Accountant @People Partners

Role Description

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Finance Operations Accountant to join one of our Australian clients and take substantial ownership of day-to-day accounting across multiple entities. This is a role for an accountant who knows that a reconciliation isn’t finished just because the numbers are close.

• Own assigned month-end activities.
• Prepare review-ready journals and workpapers.
• Investigate discrepancies back to their source.
• Support management reporting and Australian compliance requirements.
• Improve processes when something is unnecessarily manual or repetitive.
• Work closely with the Finance Manager.
• Execute work independently and exercise sound accounting judgement.
• Know when an issue genuinely needs escalation.

Qualifications

• Accounting or Finance degree.
• 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience.
• At least 3 recent years supporting Australian businesses or accounting clients.
• Strong month-end close, reconciliation, and journal preparation experience.
• Practical Australian GST knowledge and experience preparing BAS-ready work.
• Advanced working capability in Xero.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations, and data validation.
• Multi-entity and/or intercompany accounting experience.
• Experience preparing review-ready accounting schedules, workpapers, and supporting documentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate discrepancies through to verified resolution.
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines in a remote environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound judgement when resolving issues independently or escalating to the Finance Manager.

Requirements

• Philippine CPA qualification strongly preferred.
• Experience with Dext, Hubdoc, ApprovalMax, Employment Hero, Power Query, finance integrations, or comparable platforms.
• Experience improving finance processes, controls, and workflows.
• Familiarity with practical accounting automation and approved AI-assisted workflows.

Benefits

• Permanent Work-from-home setup.
• Day Shift Schedule.
• Company-provided equipment.
• Secondary Wi-Fi Modem.
• 21 Leave Credits Annually - Leave benefits begin on Day 1.
• 100% conversion of UNUSED leave credits.
• HMO on Day 1.
• 13th Month Pay.
• Monthly Gift Voucher.
• Milestone Tokens (Birthday/Anniversary/Christmas).
• A Life Beyond the Screen #WorkLifeBalance.
• Active employee engagements physically such as Christmas Party & Team Building, and virtual events such as town-hall with prizes.