* Salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,650 Meals
* Hybrid workplace with work from home options
* Generous annual leave and entitlements
About The Role
Northcott is on the look‐out for a Senior Accountant to join our team on a full‐time temp position for 6 months. The role is based in North Parramatta with a salary paying $120,000 pro rata.
The Senior Accountant is accountable for financial accounting processes at Northcott ensuring balance sheet accounts and supporting schedules meet Australian statutory accounting requirements and that Northcotts financials are accurate and timely. The role will include month end journals, balance sheet reconciliations. The role will rapidly learn the business and finance environment.
Responsibilities
* Support delivery of the month‐end close process, including maintaining the close timetable, coordinating inputs, and meeting reporting deadlines.
* Prepare, review and post month‐end journals (e.g., accruals, prepayments, provisions, payroll, allocations, fixed assets, lease accounting and intercompany), ensuring appropriate support and approvals.
* Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring reconciling items are investigated and resolved in a timely manner.
* Maintain reconciliation schedules and supporting documentation to an audit‐ready standard, including clear explanations for movements and variances.
* Partner with operational leaders and finance stakeholders to resolve accounting issues and ensure accurate coding, cut‐off and treatment of transactions.
Benefits
* 5 Weeks Annual Leave - More time for life beyond work.
* Salary Packaging - Make your money go further with up to $15,900 tax‐free for rent/mortgage and $2,650 for meals and entertainment.
* Perkbox Access - Everyday savings, rewards, and exclusive offers — because you deserve a few extra perks.
* 13 Days Personal Leave - Take care of yourself when you need to.
* Paid Parental Leave - Enjoy 14 weeks of paid maternity leave after 12 months of service — supporting you through life's big moments.
Essential Skills and Experience
* CPA/CA qualified (or near completion), with strong grounding in statutory reporting.
* Intermediate to advanced excel skills.
* Strong technical accounting capability (AASB/IFRS), especially balance sheet recognition, measurement, and disclosure.
* Advanced balance sheet reconciliation and financial control skills—able to uplift quality quickly.
* Strong stakeholder management: can coordinate inputs across multiple teams and drive deadlines.
* Excellent written communication—able to prepare audit‐ready schedules, position papers, and clear response.
* Highly organised: able to run trackers, document control, and manage competing priorities to deadlines.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Northcott actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process and throughout employment. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected and supported to progress. Northcott welcomes applications from and ensures no one is disadvantaged on the basis of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, culture, LGBTIQ+ identity, disability, gender, age, religion or caring responsibilities. We welcome bilingual and multilingual applicants, recognising the important role language and cultural understanding play in connecting with and supporting our diverse communities. If you require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, if you have a preferred contact method or require any information provided in an alternative format, please contact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at diversity@northcott.com.au.
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