Graduate Accountant

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Launch your Accounting and Finance Career with a Graduate role at Athena, the FinTech Lender of the year and Home Loan Wrecker.

We're looking for an enthusiastic accounting or finance graduate that wants to apply their skills in a high growth, innovative FinTech company in our Sydney headquarters.

You'll be joining a community of like-minded individuals committed to excellence, growth, and integrity. Gain hands-on experience across all aspects of accounting and finance, as well as work alongside other broader business areas, building a broad skill set and directly contributing to the ongoing success of the company.

• You would have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree within the last year in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
• Be an Australian Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident when you apply.
• You're an intellectually curious, ambitious self-starter with a growth mindset who enjoys using numbers and data driven analysis to tell a story.

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of Finance & Corporate Development, you will be responsible for assisting with the financial management of the business.

As a Graduate in our finance team, you will gain exposure across all aspects of accounting and finance, including:

Management Accounting & Financial Operations:

• assist with month-end processes, perform periodic reconciliations, management of bank accounts and cash flows.

Taxation:

• assist with tax research & planning and internal advisory, including GST, R&D, FBT, and income tax.

Audit:

• assist with year-end processes, including preparation of statutory accounts in accordance with Australian accounting standards.
• assist with audit queries and requests, ensuring compliance and accuracy.

Corporate Finance & FP&A:

• assist with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning, including ad hoc analysis as required.
• assist with investor relations.

Process Improvement:

• contribute to the continuous improvement of finance processes and procedures, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.

Additional Benefits & Perks

• You are encouraged to pursue a professional accreditation and will receive training and support towards this (CA or CPA).
• You will be supported by finance and business leaders who bring deep expertise from global accounting firms, investment banks, consulting firms and other diverse industries.
• Inclusive, flexible and casual working environment.
• Hybrid working with HQ anchor days in award winning office space.
• Wellbeing program to support your physical, mental, social and financial health.
• Perks program with access to discounts to everyday expenses.
• Fantastic team culture with monthly events.

Meet Athena, the Home Loan Wrecker

Athena Home Loans burst into the industry in 2019 to shake things up and change home loans for good.

We're reimagining home loans and showing Australia there's a lender on their side. Home loans are all we do. We continue to rewrite the rules of home lending, creating tools, products and policies that put the power back in our customers' hands. Athena has been recognised amongst multiple consumer lending and industry awards including Canstar Outstanding Value and Innovation Excellence awards, RateCity and Mozo awards, and Fintech Lender of the year and made AFR Boss best places to work list.

We place the power of independence in our customers' hands and in yours. At Athena, you shape the pace and the place shapes you. Can-do and will-do, every person makes a big difference. Released from traditional hierarchy and norms, you're free to be the person you know you are and want to be. Athena adds layers to your learning, not layers of bureaucracy, so you can do what you do best.

If you're looking to shake things up and make a difference in a diverse, unified team with no sharp elbows, we'd love to hear from you.

At Athena we are committed to a workplace that embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion.

Athenians are free to let their own brand of freak fly.

• Seniority levelEntry level

• Employment typeFull-time

• Job functionAccounting/Auditing and Finance
• IndustriesFinancial Services and Banking

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