Senior Finance Operations Accountant

Own finance operations, strengthen controls, and apply your hands-on commercial experience. Senior Finance Operations AccountantPermanent | CanberraA privately owned organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Operations Accountant to take ownership of core finance operations, controls, and transactional integrity. This is a hands-on role suited to a technically strong accountant with a commercial mindset and experience improving how finance functions operate.
Your new roleReporting into senior finance leadership, you will play a key role in ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and operational insight across the business. With a strong focus on accounts payable and transactional accounting, you will also contribute to finance process improvement, systems uplift, and high-quality operational reporting.This role will appeal to a Big-4 or mid-tier trained accountant looking to apply their technical foundation in a commercial, operational environment.
Key responsibilities

• Ownership of end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, including reconciliations and payment runs
• Ensuring strong financial controls, GST accuracy, and compliance across finance processes
• Supporting month-end activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and ledger integrity
• Analysing spend and operational financial data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow analysis at a business-operations level
• Acting as a finance SME on system and process improvements
• Liaising with internal stakeholders, external accountants, and auditors as required

What you'll need to succeed

• Background in public practice (Big-4 or mid-tier) and/or strong commercial finance experience
• Solid technical accounting knowledge with hands-on transactional exposure
• Proven experience in finance operations, AP oversight, or control-focused roles
• Understanding of Australian accounting standards and tax requirements (GST, BAS, PAYG)
• Strong Excel capability and confidence working with financial data
• A practical, detail-driven approach with an improvement mindset
• A CA/CPA qualification (or working towards) is highly regarded.

What you'll get in return

• $100,000 - $120,000 + super, depending on experience
• A senior operational accounting role with genuine ownership and influence
• Exposure to finance transformation and systems improvement
• A stable private-sector environment with a commercially focused finance team

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Geoff now (02) 6112 7659 or e: [email protected].
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Geoff Symons
Manager - Accountancy & Finance
Hays Specialist Recruitment
(02) 6112 7659 | [email protected] #2958577