<h1 id="financial-accountant--finance-analyst"><strong>Financial Accountant / Finance Analyst</strong></h1><p>Our client is seeking a detail-focused and commercially aware <strong>Financial Accountant / Finance Analyst</strong> to join their finance team. This is a broad role with a strong emphasis on <strong>financial accounting, statutory reporting, balance sheet control, audit support, and tax-related activity</strong>, while also partnering with operational leaders to improve financial understanding and performance.</p><p>The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong financial controls, and supporting compliance across the business. Alongside the technical accounting responsibilities, the role will also provide meaningful support to branch and regional leadership through management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.</p><h2 id="key-responsibilities"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h2><h3 id="financial-accounting-statutory-reporting--tax"><strong>Financial Accounting, Statutory Reporting & Tax</strong></h3><ul><li>Support the preparation of annual statutory accounts and ensure reporting is completed accurately and on time</li><li>Assist with tax-related processes and reporting requirements, working closely with internal teams and external advisors where required</li><li>Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, including IFRS and/or US GAAP</li><li>Support statutory, regulatory, and group reporting requirements</li><li>Assist with the preparation of year-end working papers and schedules for audit and annual accounts production</li><li>Partner with internal and external auditors to support audit delivery and timely resolution of queries</li><li>Help ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, and reporting requirements across the business</li></ul><h3 id="period-end-close--financial-control"><strong>Period-End Close & Financial Control</strong></h3><ul><li>Lead or support month-end and year-end close processes</li><li>Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations to ensure balance sheet integrity</li><li>Monitor accruals, prepayments, and other key accounting entries for accuracy and completeness</li><li>Maintain and enhance internal controls across finance processes</li><li>Support improvements in financial governance, documentation, and control frameworks</li></ul><h3 id="management-accounting--reporting"><strong>Management Accounting & Reporting</strong></h3><ul><li>Prepare monthly management accounts, including profit and loss and balance sheet reporting at branch and consolidated level</li><li>Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods</li><li>Support annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting processes for selected branches</li><li>Support budgeting, forecasting, and month-end rhythms in partnership with Operations</li><li>Coordinate monthly financial performance reviews with Branch Managers and regional leadership</li></ul><h3 id="business-partnering"><strong>Business Partnering</strong></h3><ul><li>Build effective and trusted relationships with branch and regional managers</li><li>Support leaders in understanding financial performance, key cost drivers, and compliance responsibilities</li><li>Monitor branch spend, accrual accuracy, and cost trends</li><li>Provide clear financial insight to help improve operational and commercial performance</li><li>Act as a trusted finance contact for branches and leadership teams</li><li>Help raise finance awareness and capability across operational teams</li><li>Build strong working relationships across Operations, Finance, Contracts, Sales, Legal, and Procurement</li></ul><h3 id="process-improvement--systems"><strong>Process Improvement & Systems</strong></h3><ul><li>Identify and implement improvements in finance and business processes</li><li>Improve automation, documentation, and the efficiency of finance workflows</li><li>Support continuous improvement in reporting quality, financial control, and process consistency</li></ul><h2 id="about-you"><strong>About You</strong></h2><p>We are looking for a finance professional with strong technical accounting capability, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.</p><p>You will likely have:</p><ul><li>Experience in financial accounting, management accounting, and month-end close</li><li>Good knowledge of statutory reporting, audit support, and financial controls</li><li>Exposure to tax processes, compliance, or tax reporting support</li><li>Experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and journals</li><li>Understanding of accounting standards such as IFRS, AASB</li><li>Strong analytical skills and the ability to explain financial information clearly</li><li>Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting</li><li>A proactive approach to improving processes and controls</li><li>Strong Excel skills and experience using finance systems</li></ul><h2 id="why-join-us"><strong>Why Join Or Client ?</strong></h2><p>This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining <strong>technical financial accounting responsibilities</strong> with <strong>commercial exposure and stakeholder interaction</strong>. You will join a collaborative finance team in a role that offers breadth, visibility, and the chance to make a real impact on financial control, compliance, and business performance.</p><p><strong>To apply, please submit your CV today.</strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. 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<ul><li>Join a large, established organisation with a complex operating environment</li><li>Excellent career development within an evolving Group Finance function</li><li>Commercial analysis, financial modelling and senior stakeholder exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Company</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>Our client is a large, well-established organisation with a strong market presence and a diverse range of business operations.</p><p>The business offers the scale and complexity of a major corporate environment, combined with a collaborative culture and a focus on continuous improvement.</p><p>With ongoing investment in its finance capability, there is an increased emphasis on commercial insights, improved reporting and strengthening the partnership between finance and the broader business.</p><p>This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive finance leadership team that values professional development, initiative and fresh thinking.</p><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Role</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>An opportunity has arisen for an ambitious FP&A Business Analyst to join the Group Finance team, working closely with an experienced Finance Business Partner and stakeholders across a range of corporate functions.</p><p>This is a varied position combining financial planning, reporting, modelling and commercial analysis. You will play an important role in supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, providing meaningful financial insights and improving the systems and reporting tools used across the business.</p><p> </p><p>Key responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Supporting annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and financial planning processes</li><li>Preparing financial analysis, management reporting and performance commentary</li><li>Developing and maintaining financial models to support scenario analysis and commercial decision-making</li><li>Working closely with Finance Business Partners to identify risks, opportunities and key performance drivers</li><li>Partnering with stakeholders across the business to provide financial insights and analysis</li><li>Maintaining and improving financial models and reporting methodologies</li><li>Preparing executive reporting packs, presentations and financial dashboards</li><li>Identifying opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, data quality and financial processes</li><li>Supporting improvements in analytical tools, automation and business intelligence capabilities</li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Your Profile</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>You will be a commercially curious finance professional with strong analytical skills, excellent communication and a desire to develop your career within FP&A and business partnering.</p><p>We are open to candidates already working in an FP&A or commercial finance environment, as well as those looking to make their first move from professional services.</p><p>Ideally, you will bring:</p><ul><li>CA/CPA qualification or progress towards completion</li><li>Experience in financial analysis, reporting, budgeting or forecasting</li><li>Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling capability</li><li>An understanding of financial statements and business performance drivers</li><li>Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with stakeholders</li><li>Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving</li><li>An interest in systems, data analytics and process improvement</li><li>The ability to work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative team</li></ul><p>Experience with Power BI, ERP systems or other financial planning and reporting platforms would be advantageous.</p><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What's on Offer</strong></span></p><p> <br />This is an opportunity to join an established organisation within a supportive and evolving finance function.</p><p>You will benefit from exposure to experienced finance leaders, a diverse stakeholder group and the chance to build your commercial finance and business partnering capabilities.</p><p>The role offers genuine professional development, varied analytical responsibilities and the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing improvement of financial reporting, planning and decision-making.</p><p>Salary: $120,000 - $130,000 + super</p><p> </p><p><strong>Apply Today</strong></p><p> </p><p>If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we'd love to hear from you! Simply apply with your up-to-date CV in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Job reference 06810-0013530886SG</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. 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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Operations Associate - Corporate Actions Focus</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /> Location: Sydney | Full-Time</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">We are partnering with a rapidly growing global fintech and trading platform that is transforming how investors access markets. With a strong presence internationally and a fast-scaling Australian business, this organisation is known for delivering innovative, data-driven tools and an intuitive trading experience to a large and engaged client base.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing Operations team in Sydney, supporting a dynamic and evolving business at the forefront of the online trading space.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /> This position sits within the Operations function and plays a key role in ensuring the smooth running of post-trade activities, with a strong emphasis on Corporate Actions management across domestic and international markets.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Key responsibilities include:</span></strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">End-to-end management of Corporate Actions, including dividends, rights issues, mergers, and other voluntary/mandatory events across global markets </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Oversight of daily securities settlement and remittance processes (including FX and equities) </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Managing client stock transfers and resolving settlement discrepancies with counterparties </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Daily reconciliation of trades, positions, and funding requirements </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Monitoring operational risk and escalating issues where required </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Working closely with compliance on AML/KYC requirements </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Supporting process improvements and operational efficiencies </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Participating in projects, system enhancements, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) </span></strong></li></ul><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About You</span></strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">5+ years' experience in operations within financial services, ideally in a broker, trading platform, or similar environment </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strong, hands-on experience managing Corporate Actions (this is essential) </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Solid understanding of securities settlement, reconciliations, and post-trade processes </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Familiarity with ASIC/AUSTRAC regulatory frameworks </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Highly analytical with strong attention to detail </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Advanced Excel skills and strong problem-solving capability </span></strong></li></ul><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Why Apply?</span></strong></p><ul><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Join a high-growth, globally backed fintech business </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Work in a collaborative, fast-moving environment </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gain exposure to international markets and complex corporate actions </span></strong></li><li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Be part of a team driving innovation in the trading and investment space</span></strong></li></ul><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. 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<p><strong>Title: </strong>Strategic / Management Consultant (Contract)</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Flexible / Hybrid</p><p><strong>Duration: </strong>3 to 6 months (Full-Time or Part-Time Contractor)</p><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></span></p><p>A market-leading enterprise managing complex, high-scale physical infrastructure is seeking an experienced Management / Strategy Consultant to lead a mission-critical strategic design engagement.</p><p>In this role, you will define and operationalise a comprehensive, long-term resource optimisation and security strategy. The organisation operates substantial asset-intensive operations where supply continuity, risk mitigation, and systemic efficiency are vital to overall commercial resilience.</p><p>This is a focused, high-impact contract aimed at delivering board-ready recommendations, operating frameworks, and capital allocation priorities.</p><p> </p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p><ul><li><strong>Strategic Assessment & Baselining: </strong>Conduct a thorough assessment of current asset performance, usage profiles, and critical resource consumption across multi-site operating footprints.</li><li><strong>Risk & Scenario Modelling: </strong>Build robust scenario models evaluating operational vulnerabilities, external regulatory constraints, input volatility, and long-term sustainability impacts.</li><li><strong>Framework Design: </strong>Develop a master resource management blueprint, encompassing sourcing resilience, infrastructure redundancy, process modernisation, and capital investment sequencing.</li><li><strong>Executive Advisory: </strong>Partner closely with executive leadership and operational stakeholders to pressure-test hypotheses, synthesize technical inputs into strategic trade-offs, and deliver clear, actionable roadmaps.</li><li><strong>Implementation Roadmap: </strong>Establish governance frameworks, key performance indicators (KPIs), and transitional milestones ready for executive sign-off and operational handover.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Candidate Profile</strong></span></p><ul><li><strong>Consulting Pedigree: </strong>Prior engagement experience at a Tier 1, 2, or 3 strategy or management consultancy (e.g., MBB, Oliver Wyman, L.E.K, Kearney, Roland Berger, Big 4 Strategy/Advisory, or boutique equivalent) is strongly preferred.</li><li><strong>Strategic Problem Solver: </strong>Demonstrated track record of structuring ambiguous operational or resource-constraint problems from first principles into clear commercial frameworks.</li><li><strong>Financial & Scenario Modelling: </strong>High proficiency in cost-benefit analysis, capital allocation logic, and risk-weighted decision-making for capital-intensive environments.</li><li><strong>Executive Presence: </strong>Proven ability to interface with C-suite stakeholders, bridge operational realities with high-level corporate strategy, and produce structured, top-tier deliverables.</li><li><strong>Domain Adaptability: </strong>While experience in asset-heavy, commodities, supply-chain, or industrial environments is an advantage, exceptional core consulting toolkit, structured thinking, and analytical rigour are the primary prerequisites.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we'd love to hear from you! Simply apply with your up-to-date CV in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).</p><p> </p><p><em>Reference Number: 06810-0013532420</em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>This is a hybrid position.</p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Y29zbW8uZnllcnMuMTQzMTEuMTA2NzVAcmhpYXVzLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p>Our client is a financial services organisation that has recently built a Microsoft Fabric data platform. Their data is clean and ready, and they are now looking for a BI Analyst to automate and modernise their finance reporting.</p><p>The objective of this position is to take their existing manual Excel reports and rebuild them in Power BI, allowing users to simply refresh reports to access the latest data.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Build Power BI reports across AR, AP, GL and broader finance / management accounting</li><li>Work with the Credit team to improve reporting</li><li>Translate existing Excel reports and calculations into Power BI</li><li>Develop appropriate data models, Power Query and DAX calculations</li><li>Use SQL to investigate and validate data where required</li><li>Work closely with Finance SMEs to validate reports, make adjustments and test functionality</li><li>Help standardise reporting and remove manual/duplicated Excel processes</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Required skills:</strong></p><ul><li>Strong Power BI development experience</li><li>DAX and data modelling expertise</li><li>Basic/intermediate SQL</li><li>Strong Excel and financial reporting experience</li><li>Ability to work directly with Finance SMEs and translate requirements into reporting solutions</li><li>Strong attention to detail and data validation skills</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Desirable:</strong> Microsoft Fabric, ERP, accounting or finance reporting experience, ideally within financial services.</p><p>This is a hands-on delivery role with significant stakeholder engagement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Additional information: </strong></p><ul><li>6-month fixed term contract to permanent</li><li>5 days per week in Sydney CBD (Martin Place)</li><li>1-stage interview</li></ul><p> </p><p><em>Reference Number: </em>06800-0013529292</p><p>This is an on-site position. </p><h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bWFyay5iZW5uZXR0LjQ5NDAxLjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>Robert Half is partnering with a large, well-established not-for-profit organisation in Brisbane that is investing in how it manages, secures and governs its data. They are seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to drive this initiative. This is a newly created role in a highly collaborative team where you'll have real ownership and the chance to shape a function from the ground up.</p><p><strong>The Role<br /><br /> </strong>This is a senior, investigative role focused on bringing together the organisation's data and application landscape and building a long-term approach to records management and data governance. You'll consolidate previous audit work with the findings of a recent Azure audit, then support the design of frameworks and automation that will make ongoing governance sustainable.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Review and consolidate existing data and application audits into a single, accurate register of where information is stored across the organisation.</li><li>Develop a business classification scheme and retention schedules to establish robust records management practices.</li><li>Lead requirements elicitation and investigations across the business, working with stakeholders at varying levels of security and data maturity.</li><li>Monitor data quality and assess how data is secured and aligned to policy and the DAMA data governance framework.</li><li>Translate complex findings into clear documentation, presentations and recommendations for an executive audience.</li><li>Support the long-term vision of an automated, sustainable approach to data governance, applying systems thinking to replace manual audits and help establish a function that sets and monitors security standards.</li></ul><p><strong>Requirements: </strong></p><ul><li>Experience as a Senior Business Analyst, ideally within government or a large, heavily regulated environment.</li><li>Strong background in information and/or data management, including data storage, governance and advisory work.</li><li>Experience with security, identity and access management.</li><li>Knowledge of records management, including classification schemes and retention schedules.</li><li>Ability to engage stakeholders with widely varying levels of technical understanding.</li><li>Strong documentation and presentation skills, with the confidence to present to senior leadership.</li><li>A self-starter who takes ownership and can work autonomously in a lean team.</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong></p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to Leah van Driel on <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or by pressing the Apply button.</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bGVhaC50b3duc2VuZC4zMDUyMS4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">