Downer Group | Financial Accountant

What you'll do

• As a Financial Accountant, you will support the Energy & Utilities Finance team across month-end close, statutory reporting, management reporting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) support, and finance process activities.
• This role offers exposure to a broad range of finance activities, including OneStream reporting, audit support, statutory reporting and management reporting, making it an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to further develop their technical and commercial capabilities.
• The opportunity to develop experience with leading financial reporting and ERP systems.
• Support month-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations, clearing entries, data validation and close reporting requirements.
• Prepare and maintain OneStream entries, reconciliations, loader files and supporting schedules to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Assist with statutory reporting, audit requests, balance sheet schedules and supporting documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain reporting, budgeting and forecasting files, including data updates, reconciliations, quality checks and management reporting support.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by maintaining organised working papers, process documentation and finance controls.
• Acting as a shared resource across the head office finance team, you will help ensure recurring finance deliverables are completed accurately, on time and with appropriate supporting documentation.

What we're looking for

• CPA or CA qualified (or equivalent professional accounting qualification) with a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Experience in accounting or finance roles with exposure to month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting or audit support activities.
• Strong Excel skills, including reconciliations, formulas, data validation and reporting file management.
• Exposure to OneStream and ERP systems such as SAP, JDE or similar will be highly regarded.
• A proactive and detail-oriented professional with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Exposure to a diverse range of financial accounting, reporting and FP&A activities.

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.