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Senior Financial Accountant

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In-Office
Melbourne, Victoria
Mid level
In-Office
Melbourne, Victoria
Mid level
Responsible for financial reporting, month-end accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
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At MMS, our purpose is clear: To make a difference to people's lives. Guided by this commitment, we offer tailored solutions to clients and customers across our businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Our vision is to be your trusted partner, simplifying complexities and turning challenges into opportunities. Our diverse services – from salary packaging and fleet management to disability support – aim to enhance your financial wellbeing and empower your aspirations.

Through our subsidiaries, we offer a breadth of services and expertise designed to responsibly deliver superior long-term value to our clients and customers, which include Federal and State governments and some of the largest public and private sector, health and charitable organisations.

In this full-time role as the Senior Financial Accountant you will be responsible for supporting financial reporting to stakeholders including external regulators, internal business unit management and external audit relationships through strong balance sheet management, financial control and governance activities across the MMS businesses.  Additionally you will be responsible for month-end accounting, including journal processing and the review and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, including documentation of the accounting judgements applied to the treatment of various business transactions and resulting accounting impacts. 

You will also contribute to technical accounting advice and ensure the correct financial processing that supports day to day financial management for the respective MMS businesses is undertaken in the general ledger, recommend improvements to financial control and reporting frameworks and processes to support the efficient and effective preparation of financial statements for the MMS Group and its subsidiaries, and be responsible for intercompany transaction management and contribute to capital management and treasury and banking operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring MMS meets all its financial and taxation regulatory compliance requirements for its Group and Subsidiary entities on a timely basis, including GST, FBT, Company tax, ABS etc.
  • Preparation and ensuring that MMS financial statements disclosures and preparation satisfies all accounting standards and guidance, and is also best practice.
  • Month end close accounting procedures.
  • Completion and review of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, including proactive follow up on aged balances and/or reconciling variances.
  • Lead deep-dive review of accounting processes and use of accounting information systems within business operating segments to produce financial results. Implement new processes/change current processes to ensure efficient and accurate results are produced.
  • Providing relevant analysis and commentary regarding statutory results to support other financial reporting requirements and internal performance management (eg. Investor presentations, tenders, M&A activities).
  • Documentation of the relevant accounting policies and/or accounting treatments for the Group and its subsidiaries, and treatments are consistent applied.
  • Provide (or support the provision of) technical accounting advice to business unit management and senior leaders to ensure impacts of business transactions are clear and properly processed.
  • Assist the Group Taxation Manager with the preparation of the Group’s tax lodgement and compliance program as required.

You will bring:

  • 3-5 years Financial reporting and Accounting experience including in a corporate or professional services environment
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge including the application of IFRS, and relevant legislation as relevant to MMS businesses
  • Knowledge of financial reporting and operational processes and accounting systems/applications.
  • Experience with general ledger applications including JD Edwards (desired).
  • Commitment and proven ability to provide a high level of customer service
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with business managers and other senior leaders
  • Strong attention to detail, and reviews work to ensure completeness and accuracy of analysis, outputs and information provided to stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills, proficient in Excel, and Word.
  • Leadership and coaching/mentoring of financial accounting team members
  • Relevant accounting, or related qualification and membership of professional Accounting bodies for chartered accountants
  • Other relevant qualifications of industry bodies/institutions.

What we can offer you:

  • Novated leasing benefits and discounts

  • 12 weeks paid parental leave and access to our Parents Portal

  • Comprehensive learning and development opportunities to support your career growth

  • Sonder digital wellbeing platform, providing personalised support 24/7, plus annual flu vaccinations

  • Default Income Protection Insurance reimbursed for members of the MMS Default Super Fund

  • Exempt Employee Share Plan

Embracing our value of Everyone Matters we hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected. 

  • We encourage individuals from all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, those caring for someone or living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse applicants to apply.

  • We embrace hybrid working and welcome conversations about flexibility. 

Please note all successful candidates will undergo background checks (including criminal history and ASIC checks) and an NDIS Workers Screening Check if appropriate.  All information provided will be treated confidentially. 

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

If you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]

Top Skills

Excel
Ifrs
Jd Edwards
Word

McMillan Shakespeare Melbourne, Victoria, AUS Office

Melbourne Central Tower, Level 21, 360 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 3000

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