Senior Project Accountant

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia's energy future. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it with our customers and communities as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Accountant to join our Finance team in Perth CBD office on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Project Accounting Leader you will be supporting key business and project stakeholders with high-quality financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting. This role plays a critical part in overseeing financial planning activities, managing budget cycles, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting to support strategic decisions.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy working across diverse teams, and bring both technical depth and commercial insight to the table - we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation, analysis, and commentary of financial and management reports to inform decision-making.
• Coordinate project financial planning and budgeting processes, including monthly, quarterly, and annual cycles.
• Maintain general ledger systems and ensure integrity of financial data and controls.
• Support business managers by integrating and interpreting financial data, forecasts, and long-term trends.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of statutory returns and compliance reports.
• Maintain strong internal controls, audit trails, and secure financial systems.
• Contribute to the development of longer-term financial plans and forecasts, informed by market and economic conditions.
• Capitalise assets in the fixed assets register in accordance with applicable policies and accounting standards.

About You

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline (CA/CPA qualified or working towards is desirable).
• Proven experience in financial and/or management accounting within a complex and fast-paced project environment.
• 5+ Years experience in a senior accounting role.
• Previous project accounting experience in construction projects.
• Strong skills in liquidity forecasting and financial modelling.
• Ability to analyse and communicate financial insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High proficiency in using accounting systems and advanced Excel skills.

Working at APA

At APA we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We'll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we're focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia's energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia's energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia's energy future. We'd love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.