OverviewRole: Interim Financial Accountant
Location: Brisbane or Sydney - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2783
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company.
With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions.
Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
E3 Advisory, part of the Ricardo Group, is seeking an Interim Financial Accountant responsible for all financial operations, ensuring the financial health of the company while driving continuous process improvement, performance and efficiency, ensuring robust financial planning, cost management, and performance reporting.
Key Accountabilities: Live the Ricardo values to achieve outstanding outcomes for the organisation and customersManage payroll, accounts payable and receivable, cash flow and banking relationshipsManage financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery and providing meaningful commentary for leadershipResponsible for revenue recognition, manage the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring all financial statements and reports are completed on timeSound knowledge of GST, PAYG Withholding, Superannuation, Payroll Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax and Work CoverSupport internal and external audits, addressing any issues raised by auditors and ensuring compliance with Australian financial regulations.Manage and optimise the finance software and systems in place to improve reporting, financial management, and operational efficiency.Identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to support the businessConduct variance analysis to track financial performance against budgets and forecasts.Provide insights into key financial metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.Support risk management and ensure compliance with relevant financial and regulatory standards.Key competencies: Good communication and interpersonal skillsAbility to identify issues and develop solutionsAbility to adapt and adopt changeEnjoy being part of a team, sharing ideas and contributing to a positive team environmentWorking in a busy, frequently changing and complex environmentManaging and prioritising competing requests and requirementsThe role operates with autonomy within the requirements of the agreed work plan and establishes operational priorities in consultation with the line leader.
Essential: Bachelor of Business or equivalent.5+ years of relevant finance experience in AustraliaExperience with XEROExtensive experience with Excel including but not limited to Pivot tables, Xlookup, Conditional formatting, and If statements.Desirable: CPA/CA or studying towardUnderstanding of generally accepted accounting principles and IFRS requirementsNext steps: Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch.
Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
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