Senior Financial Accountant managing daily accounting operations for Dentons. Delivering end-to-end Partner Services and financial information across the finance team.
Responsibilities
Day ‑ to ‑ day accounting operations, including journals, accruals and prepayments.
Ledger maintenance and ensuring compliance with accounting standards (AASB/IFRS).
Prepare daily cash flow reports, monitor cash movements, and provide recommendations based on cash flow outcomes to support decision making.
Complete month ‑ end close process including monthly P&L reviews, variance analysis, and commentary against budgets
Assist in the preparation of board reporting packs and management reporting
Review all monthly balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules prepared by junior team members.
Provide financial information and analysis to support budgeting and forecasting.
Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and firm policies, as well as tax compliance and other statutory obligations,
Coordinate external audit activities and prepare audit documentation.
Mentor junior team members, providing guidance and review of their work.
Deliver end ‑ to ‑ end Partner Services, including onboarding, offboarding, and all weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual processes.
Manage the Partner Services inbox, ensuring timely, accurate, and service ‑ focused responses.
Maintain and assist with partner remuneration, benefits, documentation and records.
Process monthly and quarterly partner ‑ related transactions such as drawings and top ‑ ups, ensuring compliance with ATO PCG rule 2021/4.
Support year ‑ end profit distribution and tax ‑ related processes, including preparing annual partner tax packs statements, draw and top up statements, and dividend entitlements calculations.
Requirements
CA or CPA qualified with 5+ years’ experience ideally within a large professional services firm.
Sound understanding of management accounting, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting.
Experience using a Practice Management System (Preferably 3E)
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Excel.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engagement effectively with senior stakeholders and work collaboratively within a team.
Benefits
Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
Salary sacrificing and novated leases
5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
Additional leave options
Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
Exclusive retailer discounts
Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
Learning & Development opportunities
Generous health and wellbeing programs
Agile and flexible working for all
Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
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