Join to apply for the Financial Accountant role at Ricardo plc
Join to apply for the Financial Accountant role at Ricardo plc
Overview
Role: Financial Accountant
Location: Melbourne, Australia - Hybrid
Role ID: 2025-2783
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
E3 Advisory, part of the Ricardo Group, is seeking an Interim Financial Accountant responsible for all financial operations, ensuring the financial health of the company while driving continuous process improvement, performance and efficiency, ensuring robust financial planning, cost management, and performance reporting.
Key Accountabilities
* Live the Ricardo values to achieve outstanding outcomes for the organisation and customers
* Manage payroll, accounts payable and receivable, cash flow and banking relationships
* Manage financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery and providing meaningful commentary for leadership
* Responsible for revenue recognition, manage the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring all financial statements and reports are completed on time
* Sound knowledge of GST, PAYG Withholding, Superannuation, Payroll Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax and Work Cover
* Support internal and external audits, addressing any issues raised by auditors and ensuring compliance with Australian financial regulations.
* Manage and optimise the finance software and systems in place to improve reporting, financial management, and operational efficiency.
* Identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to support the business
* Conduct variance analysis to track financial performance against budgets and forecasts.
* Provide insights into key financial metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
* Support risk management and ensure compliance with relevant financial and regulatory standards.
Key Competencies
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to identify issues and develop solutions
* Ability to adapt and adopt change
* Enjoy being part of a team, sharing ideas and contributing to a positive team environment
* Working in a busy, frequently changing and complex environment
* Managing and prioritising competing requests and requirements
The role operates with autonomy within the requirements of the agreed work plan and establishes operational priorities in consultation with the line leader.
Essential
* Bachelor of Business or equivalent.
* 5+ years of relevant finance experience in Australia
* Experience with XERO
* Extensive experience with Excel including but not limited to Pivot tables, Xlookup, Conditional formatting, and If statements.
Desirable
* CPA/CA or studying toward
* Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and IFRS requirements
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Ricardo plc by 2x
Get notified about new Financial Accountant jobs in Australia .
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 8 hours ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia A$115,000.00-A$120,000.00 2 weeks ago
Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago
Payroll Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Australia
Greystanes, New South Wales, Australia 2 weeks ago
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A$130,000.00-A$140,000.00 1 week ago
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 16 hours ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 5 days ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 22 hours ago
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 6 days ago
Townsville, Queensland, Australia 1 month ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 16 hours ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 5 days ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 hour ago
Business Services Senior/Supervisor - FT or PT
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago
Perth, Western Australia, Australia 1 month ago
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 5 days ago
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1 month ago
Senior Consultant, Professional Services - 5 Month Contract
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1 week ago
Partner Community Manager (12 months, fixed-term)
Trust Accountant, Australia (Fixed-Term, Remote from AUS)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 3 weeks ago
Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia 1 month ago
Senior Financial Analyst - Revenue Projects (High Touch)
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
#J-18808-Ljbffr