Title:  Senior Financial Accountant

• Energy Leader > New Role > Active Growth in A Rapidly Evolving Energy Sector
• Be part of a high-impact team, driving the delivery of accurate, insightful, and trusted financial reporting.
• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together, making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

Due to growth within the team, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Accountant to play a crucial role in delivering the financial accounting and reporting function, ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards, statutory reporting obligations and AusNet’s control and policies.

In this role, you will take ownership of a set of diverse complex accounting processes related to month-end reporting and financial statement preparation.  Some key areas you will work across include leases, provisions, cash flow statements, tax-effect accounting, cost allocations, and segment reporting. You will also prepare financial statements, respond to audit queries, assist with analytical review and board papers, work through ad-hoc tasks and provide advice to the broader finance team.

This is an ideal role for someone who is detailed oriented and thrives in a fast-paced environment with a strong accounting background.  We are looking for someone who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves to solve problems, who is collaborative in nature but also can work independently. This is also a great role for someone who has a growth mindset and is looking to develop in their career.

With a 3/2 Hybrid split Office / WFH, this role is based in Southbank, Victoria. This role will report to the Statutory Reporting Manager and is part of the wider
Finance, Strategy & Legal team.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Assist the Statutory Reporting Manager with complex accounting processes including:
  • Lease accounting
  • Cash flow statements
  • Provisions
  • Cost allocation and segment reporting
  • Tax-effect accounting
• Prepare technical accounting advice to the broader finance team
• Preparation of financial statements and associated analytical reviews
• Respond to audit queries
• Assist in preparation of Board and Audit Committee papers
• Due diligence procedures and internal controls for Group reporting

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Chartered Accountant, CPA or equivalent qualifications
• Exposure to a large, complex business in a similar role or a Big-4 first mover with an audit background (preferably experience in the energy, utilities or infrastructure sector)
• Experience in full suite of financial accounting tasks and strong experience in accurate financial reporting and application of accounting standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions and data analysis tools
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems is highly desirable
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and to engage and communicate with direct team members and the wider finance team

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that fosters belonging, where every idea leads to innovation, so we celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. We’re proud to partner with Work180, Kinaway and Supply Nation to support diversity and the following networks to foster an inclusive workplace: Pride and LGBTQIA+, Cultural and Ethnic Awareness, Accessibility and Neurodivergence, Working Parents Group, Women’s Network and Early Careers Network.

What we offer at AusNet

• A diverse, inclusive, and supportive team culture who supports you to lead and achieve
• We care about what flexibility means to you and flexible working options are fully supported, to better balance work, personal and family commitments
• A wide range of employee benefits such as income protection, corporate discounts, salary sacrifice options including novated leasing
• Learning culture with ongoing development and career opportunities to enable a career with purpose

Our Ethos

At AusNet you don’t need to check every box. We have key requirements which are important, but we also know that the best candidate may not tick all the boxes so, if you have the experience and capabilities for a portion of the role, Apply Now to join our energised team.