Role Overview
Boart Longyear seeks a driven and technically strong Senior Financial Accountant to join its Drilling Services (DS) finance team in Adelaide.
This role acts as a key anchor for financial control, tax, audit compliance, and general ledger integrity. The candidate will work across a wide range of finance functions, including month-end close, reconciliations, tax and compliance support, audit coordination, and stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Prepare and review journal entries, including payroll accruals, bonus provisions, prepaid insurance, PPV, novated leases, intercompany, inventory amortisation, etc.
2. Ensure transaction integrity of trial balance coding for multiple entities.
3. Lead monthly reconciliation of payroll liabilities, tax balances (GST, FBT, income tax), inventory, GRNI, and COGS roll over annual review other key GL accounts.
4. Review and resolve exceptions and aged balances in coordination with shared services.
5. Support PAYG, payroll tax, Novated lease FBT submissions and GST/BAS preparation (Australia & NZ).
6. Work closely with external advisors on income tax reconciliations.
7. Coordinate QuickSuper file approvals as required.
8. Audit Coordination & Statutory Reporting: Act as the primary contact for external auditors (RSM, E&Y), including DS, DP, and consolidated file reviews.
9. Prepare supporting documentation and respond to audit queries.
10. Assist in annual statutory account preparation and compliance certifications.
11. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with the FP&A Manager to align on month-end performance, variance analysis, and balance sheet reviews.
12. Support group-level compliance with accounting policy and reporting requirements.
13. Liaise with operations, shared services (Salt Lake City/Poland), and finance leaders in DP where required.
14. Cashflow & Payment Oversight: Review payment runs, assist with Corpay international remittance, and support cashflow forecasting.
15. Help assess vendor credit terms and coordinate internal approvals.
16. Systems & Process Tools: Use Oracle ERP, OneStream, QlikView/OBIEE, LeaseQuery, Micropay, Esker, ASIC/ATO portals, and Excel to manage compliance and reporting.
17. Help identify and implement process improvements, automation, and workflow efficiency opportunities.
18. Ad Hoc & Project Work: Assist the Regional Financial Controller in handling regulatory updates, audit prep, local project tasks, and one-off adjustments or write-off journals.
19. Act as a point of escalation for finance-related queries and control issues.