<p><strong>Your Opportunity:</strong></p><p>You will be joining a tight-knit business on an initial six-month temporary contract, with a likely extension. You will be part of an experienced and collaborative finance team in a rapidly growing and ever-changing business.</p><p>You will have the flexibility to start your day between 7:00am and 8:30am, finishing accordingly to accommodate early risers.</p><p>You will support the business's finance function across multiple entities and cost centres. Your role will focus on BAU with a strong focus on journal preparation, financial reporting, and supporting month-end processes, rather than day-to-day transactional processing.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare and post a wide range of journals, including accruals, prepayments, payroll, fixed assets, and general ledger adjustments</li><li>Process weekly payroll-related journals and ensure accurate allocation across cost centres and entities</li><li>Support fixed asset accounting, including additions, depreciation, and reconciliations</li><li>Review and process accruals and prepayments on a monthly and weekly basis, ensuring supporting invoices are valid and correctly recorded</li><li>Assist in maintaining and reconciling the general ledger across multiple entities</li><li>Assist with weekly, monthly, and ad hoc management reporting</li><li>Contribute to month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial data</li><li>Assist with financial analysis and reporting to support business decision-making</li></ul><p><strong>Experience Required</strong></p><ul><li>A minimum of 2+ years' experience in an Assistant Accountant or similar role, with core financial accounting exposure</li><li>Experience using ERP and finance systems</li><li>Strong experience with journal preparation and month-end processes</li><li>Strong Excel skills</li><li>High attention to detail and the ability to work across complex, multi-entity structures</li><li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong></p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to Maria Saavedra on [email protected] 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/d2FkZS5yYW5kbGUuMjU4MjcuMTA2NzVAcmhpYXVzLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Opportunity</span></strong></p><p>If you're currently working in payroll and feel like you're only seeing part of the process, this is your opportunity to step into a role that gives you full exposure, at a pace that suits your experience.</p><p>You'll join a well-established, privately owned business where payroll is a core function, not an afterthought. Working alongside a highly experienced and long-tenured team, you'll be supported to build your capability with a clear pathway toward owning end-to-end payroll.</p><p>This role is intentionally open to two types of profiles... </p><ul><li>If you're earlier in your payroll career, you'll be supported with structured training to build into full ownership over time.</li><li>If you're already experienced, you'll have the opportunity to step in and take ownership quickly, bringing confidence and structure to the function from day one.</li></ul><p>This is not a highly layered corporate environment. You'll be in a hands-on, practical setting, working closely with finance and operations, where you can ask questions, learn quickly, and make an impact.</p><p>You'll be part of a supportive, down-to-earth culture where people stay long term, leadership is approachable, and contributions are recognised.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What You'll Do</span></strong></p><p>You will support and progressively take ownership of the payroll function across multiple entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of weekly payroll.</p><p>You will manage weekly payroll Processing, including timesheet validation, pay adjustments, and processing across multiple entities and employee types. A key part of your role will be to support or own end-to-end payroll activities, including terminations, final pays, and payroll reporting.</p><p>You will also contribute to payroll reporting & reconciliations, assisting with management reports and ensuring data accuracy across systems. In addition, there will be minimal HR & payroll Administration support, including drafting employment contracts, processing variations, and handling general administrative tasks.</p><p>Furthermore, you will gain exposure to compliance & multi-entity payroll, working across different pay cycles, agreements, and systems within a business operating across Australia and New Zealand.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Who You Are</span></strong></p><p>We are open to two profiles for this role, depending on your experience level.</p><p>You may be a developing payroll professional with 1-2 years' experience in payroll and accounts, looking to step into a role where you can build your capability and grow into end-to-end payroll.</p><p>Alternatively, you may be an experienced payroll officer, confident managing payroll processes and looking for a stable environment where you can take ownership and add value quickly.</p><p><strong>Across both profiles, you will bring... </strong></p><ul><li>Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately in a deadline-driven environment</li><li>A practical, hands-on approach and willingness to work within a manual or semi-automated environment</li><li>Confident communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders across the business</li><li>Solid Excel skills and confidence working across multiple systems</li></ul><p>Previous exposure to various payroll systems will be beneficial, but not essential.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>If you are reliable, grounded, and take ownership of your work. Whether you are developing or experienced, you're looking for a role where you can contribute, grow, and stay long term... </p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to Dan Laker on [email protected] 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/ZGFuLmxha2VyLjkwNDA3LjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
