Financial Accountant - OPEX

About us

We have been named a Global Winner of the 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award and we are #1 Great Place to Work Certified for 2024!

We’re growing, not slowing, here at Macquarie Technology Group because we’re passionate about doing things differently. We want to challenge the industry and look for better ways of doing things. As a team, Macquarie Services are hardworking, results and success-focused. We also take the time to celebrate our success and make sure our people are doing work that makes a difference.

We believe that collaboration & team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of 3 days in our CBD offices & the remaining working from home. #LI-Hybrid

The Opportunity

The Financial Accountant is responsible for managing accurate accounting and reconciliation of operational expenditure information for the Group in line with company policy and relevant accounting standards and statutory reporting requirements including FBT. This role owns the end to end accounting of OPEX for the Group from supporting the business with accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, tracking against budgets, coding of invoices, entering corporate services invoices to D365 for payment, monitoring the GL, OPEX accounts, prepayments, and reporting on outcomes to management and externally.

The key outcome of this role is to ensure accurate, timely reporting to management with insightful variance and trend analysis to support the business decision making. 

This is approximately 7-months maximum term maternity cover contract position. We are open to professional accountants with strong accounting OPEX experience holding working holiday visas.

Why Us?

• We're Great Place to Work Certified in 2024.
• We have been named a Global Winner of the 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award!
• We're Australia's #2 Great Place to Work.
• We have the highest Net Promoter Score on the ASX, the World's best customer experience & crowned in 2020 at the World Communications Awards.
• You’ll make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
• We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think Gallup strengths-based training, defined career pathways and fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group.

What you'll do

• Preparation and analysis of allocated Balance Sheet reconciliations. Monitoring and review of all operating expenditure, ensuring timely, complete capture of expenses and classification
• Preparation, review, analysis and amortisation of prepaid expenses schedules
• Review, analysis and accrual of operating expenses compared to budget, open purchase orders, unsubmitted Concur expenses and through discussions with cost centre managers and commercial managers
• Review of all open purchase orders not receipted and close out
• Preparation of the management reporting pack with budget and prior year variance, providing commentary
• Presentation of results in monthly meetings with CFO and BUs to review performance
• Assist with preparation of monthly Board Report schedules and commentary

Your ideal skills and experience

• Required - Bachelor degree, major in finance or accounting related discipline
• Highly regarded - CPA/CA/CFA qualified
• Between 3 to 5 years of experience in accounting OPEX role.
• Multi-discipline finance exposure. High transactional and reconciliation environment.
• Financial accounting and management reporting. Exposure to statutory reporting well regarded.
• Core general ledger and subsidiary ledge experience. Highly regarded experience with PO systems, Expense processing, Microsoft Dynamics 365.

If this excites you, apply now, we'd love to hear from you!