Senior Management Accountant

Join us in a pivotal role where your financial expertise will drive financial insights, performance and partner with leaders across LeavePlus with a focus on financial literacy and embedding commercial discipline cross functionally. As Senior Management Accountant, you’ll lead budgeting, forecasting and analysis, giving leaders the insights they need to make informed decisions and deliver on strategic goals.

Partnering closely with the Financial Controller and our close-knit Finance and Investment team, you’ll strengthen financial literacy, support system improvements, and embed commercial discipline across the organisation.

Job Description

What you'll do:

Step into this Senior Management Account role where you'll guide our annual budgeting cycle and work closely with teams to shape budgets that align to our strategic goals.

You’ll bring clarity to financial performance through meaningful monthly insights, help our LeavePlus leaders understand trends, risks, and opportunities. Your astute analytical mindset will support decision-making through forecasting, modelling, and cost-benefit analysis to ensure our financial picture is accurate, transparent, and understood.

You will be comfortable delivering:

- Finance Business Partnering: Empowering strong decision-making across leaders guiding leaders through user-friendly tools and dashboards to navigate their team budgets and understand financial drivers.
- Payroll Oversight: Manage the essential end-to-end payroll function for LeavePlus, ensuring secure and effective payroll systems are maintained and any issues resolved swiftly and accurately.
- Accounts Payable and Compliance Reporting: Ensure timely payment to our suppliers meeting clear Payment Times Reporting requirements ensuring our compliance obligations are met.
- Strategic Projects: Deliver financial insights to key organisational projects. You’ll support project budgeting, cost tracking, and benefits analysis, and work closely with cross-functional teams to inform strong decisions cross culturally in LeavePlus gathering insights to guide strong governance and informed decision-making.
- Governance and Compliance: Help keep our financial operations compliant and audit-ready. You’ll support the Finance leadership team with reporting and analysis, and contribute to strong internal controls and sound financial stewardship.

Desired Skills and Experience

You will bring:

- Strong financial thinking and be able to turn numbers into insights that help people make confident decisions.
- Extensive partnering experience and enjoy building trust and supporting teams to grow their financial capability.
- A curious approach to your work, as it comes naturally to you, while you explore data, spot early trends and offer thoughtful, practical advice.
- An organised approach to your work and excel at keeping work progressing, when priorities naturally shift.
- Tech savviness as you embrace new systems and technology, always searching for smarter, more efficient ways of working.
- Be values-driven and collaborative, bringing a respectful approach to everything you do.

You will be equipped with:

- A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or related field
- CA or CPA qualification - completed or near completion
- A minimum 5 years' experience in management accounting or financial reporting
- Ideally a background in government, superannuation, NFP or regulated sectors
- Exposure to payroll operations and reporting

If you’re commercially minded, people-focused, and excited to make a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you. Your unique experience and curious perspective will provide beneficial support cross functionally and you will feel challenged and engaged in our positive and collaborative work environment.

Application Process:To apply, please submit your tailored CV and bespoke cover letter addressing how your relevant experience aligns to this role's key criteria and why you are the ideal senior financial professional for this role. We look forward to reviewing your application and potentially welcoming you to our team at LeavePlus.

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