Group Accounting Lead

Excellent opportunity with fantastic salary and employee perks

Lead month-end close, statutory reporting, and external audit processes Great role for a first-time mover to take the leap from consulting to internal

About the Business

At Patties Food Group, we’re proud to be home to some of Australia’s most iconic and loved food brands. From Four’N Twenty to Herbert Adams, we’ve been serving Aussies quality, delicious, and innovative food for generations. With a strong commitment to excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement, we’re passionate about delivering food that brings people together. Our qualities of Courage, Integrity, Trust and Ownership is what makes the business thrive,

The Role

We’re looking for a Group Accounting Lead to join our Finance team in Mentone. Reporting to our Group Accounting Manager, this pivotal role ensures accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across corporate accounting services, regulatory and statutory reporting, and financial risk management. You’ll play a vital part in ensuring the company meets all legal and compliance obligations, while supporting strong forecasting and insightful reporting to drive performance.

Your main duties will include, but not be limited to:

- Coordinating month-end close for the Group, ensuring accurate and compliant financial statements.
- Managing and validating complex journals (e.g., intercompany consolidations, FX revaluations, lease accounting).
- Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and escalating issues where required.
- Assisting in preparing statutory financial statements and technical accounting papers.
- Supporting audit processes and liaising with external auditors.
- Providing corporate accounting inputs into Group budgets, forecasts, and cash flow reporting.
- Partnering with FP&A on P&L budgeting assumptions.
- Driving process improvements to enhance accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency of reporting.
- Acting as a key point of contact for the offshore service delivery centre on accounting processes.

The Person

To be successful in this role, you’ll be a technically strong and detail-driven accounting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You balance accuracy with commercial thinking and enjoy collaborating across teams to deliver results.

What you’ll bring:

- Relevant qualifications in Finance or Accounting.
- 3+ years’ experience in a complex corporate environment, ideally FMCG.
- Strong financial acumen with Group Finance, audit, or statutory reporting exposure.
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to adapt quickly to business systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with auditors and statutory reporting requirements.
- Analytical mindset and methodical problem-solving ability.
- Ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines under pressure.
- Team management skills (desirable).

The Benefits

At Patties, we believe in backing our people and celebrating success. When you join us, you’ll enjoy an array of employee perks and benefits

- The opportunity to lead and influence corporate accounting in a leading FMCG business.
- A supportive and values-led culture that empowers ownership and innovation.
- Career growth opportunities within Group Finance and broader functions.
- Work with iconic Australian brands that millions of people know and love. Also enjoy free take home food for you and your family to enjoy
- Employee benefits including product discounts, EAP and wellbeing initiatives.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer - everyone's welcome here, and we're committed to creating a respectful, inclusive place to work.

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