Financial Accountant

Overview
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By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
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Financial Accountant Opportunity
reporting into
Senior Accountant.
This hands-on role offers scope to lead month-end close, compliance, and reporting processes, while influencing financial outcomes and driving improvements. Ideal for experienced professionals seeking impact and autonomy in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
Lead monthly Balance Sheet reviews and P&L analysis, resolving anomalies and ensuring accuracy
Prepare and post key journals including prepayments, accruals, WIP, and contractor costs
Deliver timely financial reports and dashboards (P&L, DSO, KPI metrics) to support decision-making
Assist in quarter-end and year-end close, support the external audit process and assist in the preparation of accurate and timely financial statement.
Assist in tax obligations, including GST, FBT and income tax returns, while keeping up to date with relevant legislation.
Manage billing reconciliations across CMS, Darwin, Salesforce and SAP systems
Management ABS survey on quarterly basis, ensuring the accurate financial information is provided
Collaborate with shared services to ensure accurate month-end close and reporting
Qualifications
CPA/CA qualified or progressing preferred
Advanced Excel skills (Power Query Essential)
Strong understanding of statutory accounting and tax compliance
Experience with month-end, quarter-end, and annual reporting cycles
High attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to investigate and resolve anomalies independently
Good communication skills to coordinate with business units and shared services
Proven ability to maintain and improve financial controls and documentation
Caring Culture
It's at the heart of everything we do, and we show we care by living our core values: Empathy, Accountability, Inclusion, Collaboration, and Growth. By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
Equal Opportunity & Accommodations
Sedgwick is an equal opportunity employer, recognized by the Diversity Council of Australia. We're committed to fair and accessible recruitment. If you need special accommodations, please let us know when applying.
If you are successful in joining our team, you will be required to complete reference checks, mandatory background checks, including a police check and work rights.
Why Sedgwick?
Sedgwick is the global leader in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration, and product recall. We are committed to providing excellent service to our clients and are passionate about helping them through difficult times.
Every day, our colleagues are working to make the world better. They're helping people recover after an injury or illness. They're assisting with damage from a natural disaster. They're even giving back to others in their spare time, championing over 500 charities in communities around the world, and counting.
Whether you're in loss adjusting, claims, customer service, nursing, engineering, IT or another specialty, there's a place for you here to be a force for good.
Benefits
Hybrid working arrangement. #LI-Hybrid
Sedgwick Australia University - access to more than 15,000 courses on demand and opportunities to continue formal education
+0.5% on top of Superannuation Guarantee
Domestic and International Career Pathways
Sedgwick Colleague Resource Groups - international, cross-functional, colleague-led groups aimed at fostering an inclusive workplace
Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway Sedgwick is building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and recognizes that each person possesses a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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