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Senior Commercial Accountant

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Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
The Senior Commercial Accountant will prepare and review financial reports, budgets, and forecasts while providing analysis and commentary. They will engage with senior management and partners, analyzing key performance indicators and supporting business initiatives. Advanced Excel skills and experience with Business Intelligence tools are essential for this collaborative role.
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The role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Accountant to join our Commercial Finance team located in Sydney on a full time basis.
The Finance team
Our national Commercial Finance team is a professional, motivated and focused team responsible for proactively delivering high-quality financial analysis, information and advice for our legal and non-legal business groups.

You will be expected to engage with Partners and Senior Managers on financial issues, requiring well-honed business acumen and an ability to communicate financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

Key responsibilities
This collaborative and dynamic role will encompass:

  • Preparation and review of monthly management reports including profit & loss accounts

  • Budget and forecast preparation

  • PowerPoint presentations

  • Analysis of key performance indicators

  • Business partnering with senior stakeholders

  • Preparation of financial documents including commentary to support business promotions

  • Value-add projects

Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you will be a results-focused team player, with high integrity, a broad skill set, accounting knowledge and a desire to learn and diversify. We are looking for a detail-oriented, focused and driven individual. Further skills and experience:

  • 5+ years' relevant work experience. Experience in a professional services environment is desirable but not essential

  • Experience in preparing and delivering annual budgets/forecasts

  • The ability to provide insightful commentary and analysis based on financial reports and data

  • Advanced Excel skills (including ability to use advanced functions such as pivot tables, vlookup's, graphs/charts, etc.) as well as proficiency in other Microsoft applications

  • Experienced user of Business Intelligence tools, IBM Cognos TM1

  • Degree qualified with CPA/CA qualification

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How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Jade Evans, (02) 9353 4358

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to [email protected].

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here.

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.

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