Senior Financial Accountant

Join Our Team as a Senior Financial Accountant!
Are you ready to take your accounting expertise to the next level? At Team Global Express, we are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join our high-performing corporate finance team. This role offers the opportunity to influence change and drive continuous improvement within our accounting practices.

Scope & Overall Purpose of the Job:

As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will assume ownership of key accounting requirements for Global Express. You will be responsible for designing and implementing best practice accounting policies, financial processes, and internal controls. Supporting the Financial Controller, you will collaborate closely with our Integrated Business Services and Business Unit finance teams to ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting and balance sheet reconciliations. Bring your wealth of technical experience and a positive attitude to help us achieve our financial goals!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accounting Policy Development: Develop and implement accounting policies, ensuring compliance with AASB and accounting standards across all business units.
• Technical Advice: Provide independent technical advice on key areas of the P&L and balance sheet, including lease accounting, hedge accounting, consolidation, revenue recognition, and business combinations.
• Governance Framework: Draft technical accounting papers for the Audit & Risk Committee and Board. Develop and implement a governance framework for reporting and monitoring balance sheet reconciliations.
• Balance Sheet Management: Prepare and review key balance sheet reconciliations, coordinating timely resolution of variances. Prepare balance sheet budgets and forecasts, analyzing and commenting on variances.
• Risk Assessments: Conduct group-wide financial and control risk assessments and provide inputs to senior stakeholders to mitigate financial risks.
• External Audit Liaison: Act as a key contact for external auditors, ensuring timely resolution of issues and conducting robust technical discussions.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare Group Consolidation Financial statements and lead the implementation of the Group Financial Control Framework, supporting Internal Audit action plans.
• Process Improvement: Identify process improvement opportunities and implement best practice end-to-end financial processes for key technical areas. Develop detailed documentation for new processes and ensure effective knowledge transfer to broader finance teams.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and guidance in decision-making processes.

Required Skills & Capabilities:

Knowledge/Experience

• Minimum of 15 years post-qualification experience in similar roles within large organizations or from audit (Big 4 audit experience preferred).
• Ability to identify and mitigate financial risks and drive actions across teams.
• Strong technical financial accounting knowledge of AASB and IFRS, capable of providing solid technical advice.
• Ability to grasp complex ideas quickly and communicate effectively.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Technical/Professional Skills Required

• Advanced knowledge of AASB.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Microsoft Suite.
• Oracle experience is advantageous, though not necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Commerce with a Finance/Accounting focus.
• Registered CA/CPA or an equivalent global qualification.

Essential Personal Attributes:

• Team-oriented with a positive attitude.
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritize issues.
• Ability to influence and deliver change.
• Willingness to initiate continuous improvement.
• Proactive and capable of investigating anomalies as they arise.

About Team Global Express

Team Global Express (TGE) is an Australian-owned transport and logistics business delivering to Australia and New Zealand. We’re not only transforming our operations but striving towards changing the logistics industry and becoming an Environmental, Social, and Governance leader by 2030. To learn more about our story, visit https://teamglobalexp.com/.

Why TGE

We care about our customers, our people, and our planet. We are always innovating and improving our services. We are driven by passion and purpose, and we never stop.

What we offer

• Competitive salary above industry standards

• Upskilling, training, mentoring and more to support your career development journey

• Fun and practical employee perks and discounts

• Flexible work, including work from home

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• Peer recognition awards acknowledge when you go above and beyond.

An inclusive workplace, works for everyone

We celebrate difference. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that gives everyone the chance to contribute to a bigger and brighter future with us. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and invite applicants of all ages, cultural backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, people living with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply. Team Global Express acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia and the Māori, as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Our recruitment process

Applying for a job starts with an online application form, from there you may be invited to complete an online assessment followed by a virtual or in person interview. The last step is undergoing pre-employment checks, which includes a criminal history check and a medical assessment including fitness to work and drug & alcohol screening.

Other things to note

• When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.

• During the recruitment process, please keep an eye on your junk emails and spam folders for updates.

• TGE is listed as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies of 2023 and 2024 in Australia.