Your new company

Our client, a well-known financial services corporation, is looking for a Financial Control Accountant to join one of their transformation teams. This role requires you to be immediately available to start ASAP.

Your new role
• Ensure general ledger integrity through effective reconciliations, issue investigation, and collaboration with data owners.
• Support financial and regulatory reporting by maintaining robust reconciliation processes aligned with statutory obligations.
• Uphold governance and compliance by adhering to policies, procedures, and control requirements across all finance activities.
• Collaborate with finance systems teams to define accounting data needs and test changes to ledger and reconciliation systems.
• Provide support to various finance teams including Tax, Advisory, Systems, and Reporting as needed.
• Maintain strong relationships with offshore partners to ensure quality service delivery and address any service gaps.
• Contribute to risk management by supporting compliance initiatives, identifying risk events, and developing action plans.
• Drive continuous improvement by simplifying and standardising reconciliation processes to enhance efficiency.
• Explore automation and digitalisation opportunities to reduce risk, lower resource costs, and eliminate manual workarounds.

What you'll need to succeed
• Holds a degree in Accounting, Commerce, or a related field (mandatory).
• Fully qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) (mandatory), or equivalent.
• Brings 3–5 years of accounting experience, ideally within the financial services sector.
• Strong understanding of reconciliation processes and financial controls.
• Proven ability to build and maintain trusted, respectful relationships.
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
• Skilled in managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies is desirable.
• Demonstrates adaptability, a willingness to learn, and a proactive mindset.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to Mollie Wade - mollie.wade@hays.com.au.

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