Assistant Accountant

Build Your Finance Career

Company Background

Join a growing professional services business working across major infrastructure projects. This Assistant Accountant opportunity has become available due to internal movement and is ideal for someone looking to build their finance career in a supportive, high-growth environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in AI, automation, and analytics. Reporting to a hands-on CFO and Finance Manager, you’ll support day-to-day finance operations across multiple entities. As the company grows, you'll gain exposure to systems improvements, acquisitions, process enhancement projects and automation, and the introduction of AI-driven finance tools.

The Role

This is an Assistant Accountant role where you’ll own end-to-end Accounts Payable, support Accounts Receivable and contribute to financial controls, month-end and reporting. You’ll also get involved in streamlining processes and using automation/AI tools to improve efficiency.

Your duties will include (but not be limited to):

• End-to-end Accounts Payable processing
• Support Accounts Receivable: invoicing, collections and reducing debtor balances
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors, clients and internal stakeholders; resolve queries efficiently
• Balance sheet reconciliations: investigate and resolve variances
• Maintain general ledger integrity and support the month-end close
• Assist with key financial reports and analysis as required
• Provide financial insights to support decision-making across projects/teams
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Support project cost tracking and financial performance monitoring
• Identify and implement improvements across AP/AR for efficiency and accuracy
• Contribute to dashboard development for finance/project performance (as required)
• Leverage AI/automation tools to reduce manual work and streamline workflows
• Ad hoc finance/admin support as needed

Your Background

To be considered for this Assistant Accountant role, you must possess the following skills and attributes:

• A degree (or similar) in Accounting/Finance (or related)
• Currently studying towards CPA or CA ANZ (or planning to)
• Close attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with stakeholders
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in improving systems/processes (including AI/automation)

If you are keen to apply for this Assistant Accountant role, please contact Cass Pratt at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 2014, quoting reference 10021 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.