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Referral program, Parental leave, Work from home

Full-time

No weekends

Remote in Brisbane QLD 4000

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About the Role:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Senior Financial Accountant is responsible for a range of accounting functions including monthly management accounting, meeting month-end and reporting deadlines, completing the financial reporting process (including statutory account preparation and review), and ad hoc projects as necessary. This role suits someone ready to take a step into people leadership, playing a key role in helping to lead and develop junior team members.

This role will make a key contribution in the future development of the Group’s financial processes following a group restructure, working on both incremental process change which lead to workflow efficiencies and supporting larger system development projects. This role offers great exposure to different areas of the Group Finance function in a fast-moving commercial environment.

Our ideal candidate will be a qualified chartered accountant with commercial experience in a large corporate or professional firm. You will have the natural ability to apply technical accounting skills in a practical manner along with a solutions-focused mindset and an eye for process improvement.

Key Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Leading the completion of month end process ensuring that financial information is prepared accurately and on time as a team.
• Finalising financial results, completing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and providing monthly management account information.
• Completing a number of complex financial consolidations to facilitate multi-level reporting across the group structure.
• Supporting the process of completing half-year and year-end Group financial statements and assisting with audits.
• Involvement in various end to end business improvement projects to both improve financial control and process, and to reduce risk across the group.
• Providing day-to-day guidance, coaching and technical support to Financial Accountants and Graduates, reviewing work and assisting with professional development.

About You:

• CA qualified with experience working within a large commercial environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and financial statement disclosures, demonstrated either in a commercial environment or in a professional firm.
• Highly proficient in Excel, including ability to analyse and consolidate different data sets and automate processes.
• Able to adapt to new systems quickly; exposure to Technology One software (Ci Anywhere), and Sitelink (Storage specific software) advantageous.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Process oriented mindset with the ability to follow structured procedure and identify improvements.
• Strong and professional written and verbal communication skills, to engage with both customer facing staff and leadership.
• Problem solving ability, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.

About Us:

Established in Brisbane in 2000, National Storage is a leading self-storage operator across Australia and New Zealand, with over 300 centres, 100,000+ customers, and a continuous growth strategy.

If you are looking to be part of a great company doing great things, we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits of working with us?

• Permanent role within an expanding industry leader and multinational business.
• Access to ongoing development and career progression within a multinational environment.
• Full-time arrangement, no weekends, 1 day work from home.
• Generous company paid parental leave.
• 24-hour wellbeing support for you and your family through our Sonder partnership.
• Reimbursements for approved wellbeing services under our WellNS Wallet Program.
• Exclusive discounts on a range of leading retailers, hotels, restaurants and more.
• Discounts on a range of storage services including units and merchandise.
• Unique wine offers and discounts through our subsidiary company Wine Ark.
• Ability to earn referral incentives.
• Wellbeing services under our WellNS Wallet program.

Please note, applicants may be subject to pre-employment checks which can include reference checks, medical checks and, with consent, police background checks. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

Please note that this role is being sourced directly through National Storage and agency submissions will not be considered unless requested.