Your role
At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.
You’ll be a part of our Finance team based in Sydney. Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Financial Accountant will assist the Financial Management team with the provision of timely and accurate Financial Accounting information and analysis to enable management to make informed business decisions.

As a Financial Accountant, you will assist with the maintenance of the general ledger to ensure accurate accounting information and reliable financial reporting. Responsibilities include:

• Preparing monthly journals and assisting with month-end reporting.
• Assist with maintaining and updating the general ledger, ensuring that all financial transactions are reconciled and recorded accurately.
• Assisting with year-end statutory reporting and audit, including providing necessary documentation and explanations to audit queries.
• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting, including the annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Weekly and monthly checks of bank reconciliation to ensure accurate reporting of cash balances.
• Working with internal stakeholders to drive process efficiency.
• Ad hoc tasks.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work, however, flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.
About you

You will have:

• ICAANZ, or CPA qualified or near completion.
• Experience in the professional services sector is desirable.
• A strong understanding of financial accounting, with particular focus on general ledger maintenance.
• Exposure to preparing financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Attention to detail, complex problem solving, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong skills in Excel, including functions such as PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and SUMIFS, for financial reporting and analysis.
• Confident communicator who is able to present financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Client service focus and a willingness to engage with others coupled with a professional approach and presentation.
• Track record of being able to prioritise tasks and drive efficiency.
• Proficiency in software applications to optimise financial processes and reporting and improve efficiency.
• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others

Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible

parental leave policy

– 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.
How to apply?
We’d love to hear from you so please click “apply now”!
At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people’s differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at
careers@allens.com.au
. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align, please express your interest by emailing us at
careers@allens.com.au
. The right role for you might be just around the corner!
At Allens, we’ve been building legal careers for 200 years; longer than any other firm in Australia. The impact of our people extends to almost every sphere of business, government, the judiciary and the wider legal profession. We continue to provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to build outstanding careers and shape the world around them.
Through our alliance with Linklaters, we work in a global network of 41 offices in 26 countries. Our size and global reach provide exceptional opportunities for career development, including both on-the-job learning and formal training and development opportunities.
Our commitment to high performance is balanced with a focus on wellbeing, with a culture that’s inclusive, supportive and collaborative. We prioritise connection and value the unique contribution of everyone at the firm.
We’re proud to hold some of the world’s longest ongoing client relationships, some of which stretch back almost 170 years, and our client base includes 55 of the world’s top 100 companies and more than 75 of Australia’s top 100 companies

• Preparing monthly journals and assisting with month-end reporting.
• Assist with maintaining and updating the general ledger, ensuring that all financial transactions are reconciled and recorded accurately.
• Assisting with year-end statutory reporting and audit, including providing necessary documentation and explanations to audit queries.
• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting, including the annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Weekly and monthly checks of bank reconciliation to ensure accurate reporting of cash balances.
• Working with internal stakeholders to drive process efficiency.
• Ad hoc tasks