Overview
Financial Accountant Are you an experienced Accountant looking to step into a meaningful role within the higher education sector? Our client is committed to student success, learning innovation and academic excellence. You\'ll play a key role in managing student financial processes and regulatory reporting across a highly compliant environment.
Responsibilities
* Manage student finance transactions including billing, receipting, refunds, adjustments and commission calculations.
* Prepare and reconcile student revenue, receivables and related balance sheet accounts.
* Complete revenue recognition calculations and journals (AASB/IFRS).
* Support FEE-HELP, SA-HELP and TCSI regulatory reporting.
* Prepare month-end and year-end schedules and assist with external audits.
* Supervise and mentor junior team members.
* Ensure accurate reconciliation across student systems, payment platforms and the general ledger.
* Partner with Admissions, Student Services and IT to resolve finance matters.
* Support budgeting, forecasting and ad hoc financial analysis.
* Drive process improvements to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
About you
* Degree qualification in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
* CA or CPA qualified.
* Minimum 4-6 years\' experience in financial accounting and reporting in a regulated or complex organisational environment.
* Demonstrated experience in revenue accounting, including reconciliations, journal preparation and revenue recognition in accordance with AASB/IFRS.
* Experience managing student-related financial processes (e.g. tuition billing, receivables, refunds, commission calculations) or equivalent high-volume revenue environments.
* Experience preparing regulatory or statutory reporting within a compliance framework (e.g. HESA, FEE-HELP, TCSI or similar funding/reporting environments).
* Strong balance sheet reconciliation experience and ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies independently.
* Experience using large ERP systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, Oracle or similar).
Benefits
* 3 days work-from-home each week, offering excellent work-life balance.
* Opportunity to work within a values-driven Higher Education Provider
* $105,000 - $115,000 + super
If this sounds like, we\'d love to hear from you! Click \"apply now\" or reach out to Liam liamg@people2people.com.au or Brooke brooket@people2people.com.au
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