General Accounting Director

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Arcadis Full time
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play.

With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.


Role description:

As General Accounting Director, you will review, challenge and report the financial results for Arcadis Australia. You'll be an enthusiastic leader utilising your hands on accounting operation, compliance and business partnering experience. Utilise this experience to drive finance process efficiencies and deliver targets analysis that gives meaningful insights into business performance.

Role accountabilities:

  • Managing all key accounting operations, treasury management, reporting, budgets and forecasts, monthend and yearend process, regulatory reporting, analysis, and interpretation of company performance
  • Ensuring timely reporting to corporate head office for all standard reporting deadlines
  • To act as a trusted business partner with Senior Business Leaders and Executives to drive transparency and awareness of key performance metrics and aiding in the company's financial decisions.
  • Responsible for internal and external auditors to ensure timely completion of audits, financial statements, and ensuring IFRS compliance and statutory filings.
  • To promote standardisation, centralisation, automation and support digital based solutions within the global teams and assisting in the Transformation initiatives.
  • Quality control over financial transactions and reporting while establishing and implementing accounting policies, business processes and internal controls.
  • Adopting and encouraging the use of our Shared Services Centre to optimise efficiency, operational delivery, and business success.
  • Provide expert knowledge and ensure the local business is compliant with current legislation at all times,
  • Reviewing statutory returns including GST or equivalent and ensuring timely lodgement of ATO and other legislative requirements to avoid failure to lodge penalties
  • Monitoring the actual cash position and Free Cash Flow statement of the company, reviewing weekly cash flow forecasts, and liaising with Global teams with regards to significant variances.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Degree in Accounting/ Finance with recognised professional accounting qualification
  • Demonstrated experience in a similar Australian Financial background, preferably in a professional services environment
  • Current knowledge and understanding of accounting standards and tax regulations
  • Demonstrated experience in leading and implementing complex business change solutions
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence the business and maintain key relationships at the executive level
  • Excellent Organisational and time management skills

Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters.

It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.


You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging


We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

Arcadis Australia is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK 180

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