Senior Accountant

Working at Transurban is different; it’s a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions—building and operating safer, smarter, and more sustainable roads to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down. 

About the role 

We’re seeking a Senior Accountant on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract, who will have true insight across the business and drive key outcomes by assisting with a range of accounting tasks across the group. You will be responsible for coaching junior team members, reviewing their work, preparing complex reporting and inputs into budgets and forecasts, and playing an active role in development of new or enhanced reporting.
 
You’ll join an innovative team, who are constantly working on ensuring the safety, optimisation, and availability of our assets for customers.
 As our Senior Accountant, you’ll contribute to lasting and positive changes that shape the future of our cities and communities. It’s meaningful, challenging and exciting work. 
 
Day-to-day, you will: 

• Understand and adhere to accounting policies and processes and execute key financial controls and control timetables 

• Challenge the existing processes and continually assess systems and processes for improvement opportunities and automation

• Play an active role in development of new or enhanced reporting from finance systems (WorkDay, Adaptive Insight, Workiva)

• Assist junior team members in resolving questions or issues as they arise during budget and forecast. Coaching Juniors and reviewing their work.

• Prepare and review budget and forecast statutory inputs, cashflows, free cash and debt metrics

• Play a lead role in preparation of half-year and year-end deliverables (including Group and subsidiary financial statements, financial statements analysis documents, statutory inputs in CFO analysis pack and Investor Presentation, Directors pack, inputs in board / audit committee papers, etc)

• Assist with internal and external audit process, including information gathering and liaising with audit team to resolve issues as they arise 

• Develop a greater level of technical accounting knowledge across the broader Transurban Accounting Group 

This role will suit someone with a curious mind and transferrable skills and experiences, including: 

• Professional accounting accreditation (such as CA or CPA) 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field

• Relevant advanced financial accounting experience from Chartered (Big4 or Mid-tier, audit) Experience in a listed or a large corporation

• Strong technical accounting knowledge including financial reporting, accounting standards (e.g. IFRS) and regulatory requirements

• Analytical along with strong financial reporting knowledge and skills aid your ability to identify and analyse key business drivers 

• Comfortable with change, you are open minded and able to adapt to new situations with ease

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills will assist you in engaging and creating strong working relationships across the business  

• If you meet some of these requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application

With a career at Transurban, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits, including:  

• A range of flexible working and leave options

• Learning and development opportunities to support your career interests 

• Health and wellbeing support—access to Headspace and our EAP program, wellness facilities, and more 

• Social activities, community give-back programs and paid volunteer days 

 
We offer a range of flexible working and leave options, so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you.  
 
We embrace diversity with a foundation of safety, wellbeing and inclusion; where everyone belongs. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect, regardless of gender, gender identity, marital or family status, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, cultural or socio-economic background, perspective, and experience – whether they work for us or not. We want to ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe to express ideas, questions and concerns. 
 
We strongly encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living with disability. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please contact us on [email protected].  
 
Ready to help us keep cities moving? Apply today. 

Job Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Closing Date:

25-Feb-2025 0:00

Please note: The closing date reflects the time zone of the Primary Location for this job posting.

Primary Location:

Melbourne CBD & Inner Suburbs Melbourne VIC