The Opportunity
At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia's energy future. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it with our customers and communities as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Accountant to join our Financial Control team on a full-time basis until the end of February 2026. Reporting to the Group Accounting Leader, you will support the team through a transitionary phase following recent operating model changes. Your focus will be on managing month-end close processes, posting journals, and safeguarding the integrity of APA's financial records. This role offers broad exposure across group consolidation, corporate accounting, and asset accounting - making it an excellent platform to grow your career in finance within a large, complex ASX-listed organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* Support month-end close activities, including posting journals, reconciliations, and consolidations.
* Ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial records and processes across group, corporate, and asset accounting.
* Provide analysis of financial data to support decision-making.
* Collaborate with Finance Assist and Business Partnering teams as required.
* Contribute to consolidation and reporting activities at the group level.
* Assist the team through a transitionary phase, helping to embed new structures and ways of working.
Your background
* CA/CPA qualified with solid grounding in financial accounting, ideally gained in Big 4 audit or a large corporate environment.
* Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
* Analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working across teams.
* Experience with Workday, Blackline, or similar systems advantageous but not essential.
Working at APA
At APA we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We'll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life. We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.
We are APA Group, a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. We own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia. We are focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. Our customer-centric approach means we understand our customers and offer reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.
Join our team and be part of securing Australia's energy future. We'd love to hear from you.
APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing of our people, community and environment are a priority. We embrace diversity to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we operate in. Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered. This vacancy involves access to critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before and during employment.
Role closes Sunday, 12 October 2025. Role Reference Number JR3419. APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.
Role Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries: Utilities
Note: This posting contains additional related roles and location postings for context and does not affect the Group Accountant position.
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