Downer Group | Accounting Delivery Manager

What you’ll do

• Join our Accounting Services team and lead end-to-end accounting delivery across a hybrid onshore and offshore model.
• More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you’ll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you.
• The preferred candidate will be required to complete reference, criminal history, work eligibility and qualification checks, together with the applicable medical assessment and drug and alcohol screening.
• Reporting to the Manager Accounting Services, you'll drive service performance, financial control outcomes, stakeholder experience, team capability and continuous improvement.
• Lead complete and timely accounting delivery, including month-end close, reporting obligations and control activities.
• Own the quality and timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations, resolving issues and escalating risks.
• Manage onshore and offshore team performance against agreed service levels, KPIs, quality and control outcomes.
• Build a high-performing team through clear expectations, coaching, performance management and capability development.
• Identify and implement sustainable process improvements that strengthen controls, reduce risk and improve stakeholder outcomes.
• Training and development to support and diversify your career.

What you’ll bring

• Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring and improving team performance.
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, relevant legislation, financial controls and month-end processes.
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement, commercial awareness and communication skills across all business levels.
• Experience driving root cause analysis, process improvement and efficiencies across ERP and EPM environments.

Downer Group

Downer Group is an employer hiring in Australia. In its own words: "Downer is a leading provider of integrated infrastructure services across Australia and New Zealand."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in Australia are mostly in North Ryde, Milton, Sydney and Vic.