At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial accounts, audits, and tax returns while leading a finance team.
- Company: Established Australian financial services group with a focus on commercial property finance.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, direct line to CFO, and opportunities for real influence.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with a clear path to leadership within 12 months.
- Why this job: Gain genuine ownership and build depth in finance across diverse asset classes.
- Qualifications: Solid accounting fundamentals and experience in financial services or funds management.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
Location: Sydney, NSW
Type: Full-time
About the business
Our client is a well-established, privately owned Australian financial services group operating across commercial property finance and funds management. With decades in the market, they arrange and lend against commercial real estate and manage the investment funds that back that lending. The group also holds interests in a small number of related businesses across other asset classes.
This is a newly created role, built around a CFO who's reshaping the finance function and wants someone who can genuinely own a broad remit rather than sit in a narrow lane.
The role
This 12-month contract is structured in two phases, giving you a clear path from hands-on delivery into a genuine leadership remit.
- First 3 months, Senior Accountant:
- Close management accounts across a portfolio of entities
- Manage audit, tax returns and BAS, all within NetSuite
- Report directly to the CFO
- Get across other asset classes outside the core lending book
This phase is full on. You'll be covering real ground from day one while you get across the business, so it suits someone who wants to be busy and useful immediately, not eased in gently.
- From month 4, stepping up to Finance Manager:
- Own consolidations, including running the FY27 year-end consolidation
- Bring genuine, current technical knowledge of accounting standards (including recent changes such as AASB 18), not just theoretical familiarity
- Operate with real autonomy in a lean team and a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment
What you'll need
- Solid corporate accounting fundamentals: consolidations and statutory reporting
- Background in financial services, funds management or deal advisory (real estate debt or mortgage fund exposure is a bonus, not essential)
- Comfortable operating in a lean team where you won't always have complete information or a fully mapped-out process
- Available to start immediately
Why this role
- Genuine ownership from month one, not just a seat at the table
- Direct line to the CFO, with real influence over how the function runs
- A rare chance to build real depth across both funds accounting and corporate accounting inside 12 months
- Exposure across a diversified group spanning property finance, funds management and other asset classes
Finance Manager employer: The Andersen Partnership
The Andersen Partnership is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Sydney where innovation meets finance. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to transition into leadership while working closely with the CFO on transformative projects. Our collaborative culture and commitment to professional development ensure that you will thrive both personally and professionally in this exciting role.
