Financial Accountant

Description

At VetPartners, we support more than 270 veterinary clinics across Australia and New Zealand, enabling our teams to deliver outstanding care to pets and their owners. Our people are at the heart of everything we do—and the finance team plays a critical role in helping them thrive. 

We’re looking for an experienced and priority-driven Financial Accountant to provide end-to-end Financial Accounting support across the Vet Partners and be the lead on Payroll related accruals, journals and monthly reviews. This is a hands-on, value adding role for someone seeking a high-impact role with growth opportunity.  

Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you’ll be responsible for the management, preparation and reporting of financial and accounting data for VetPartners, with a key focus on payroll reporting. With your strong customer service skills, you’ll also contribute to meaningful process improvements while enjoying a supportive environment where balancing priorities comes naturally.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Responsible for the Payroll reconciliations, ensuring payroll transactions are accurate, compliant and correctly recorded.

• Perform general accounting duties, including prepayments and accruals.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as FBT, BAS, and IRD.

• Conduct monthly balance sheet reconciliations and highlight variances to the Finance Manager.

• Review and reconcile clinic P&Ls and allocate wholesaler invoices.

• Manage intercompany accounting and clearing account reconciliations.

• Support year-end audit processes and liaise with auditors.

• Ensure adherence to internal financial policies, controls, and systems.

• Identify and contribute to process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency.

About you 

You’re an experienced accounting professional with strong technical capability, advanced Excel skills, and exposure to multi‑site operations across Australia and New Zealand. You combine attention to detail with clear communication, a proactive attitude, and the ability to meet deadlines in fast‑paced environments.

You’ll bring: 

• Demonstrated experience in a similar multi-site, high volume operation role with exposure to Australia and New Zealand territories

• Experience with hands-on month end and year end closing

• CA/CPA Qualifications or currently studying towards

• Strong excel skills, being confident working with large data sets

• Strong time-management skills and ability to prioritise moving deadlines.

• High attention to detail and accurate reconciliation skills

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and a collaborative mindset 

• Experience with Pronto (advantageous, not essential

• A supportive team player who’s equally confident working autonomously.

Why join VetPartners 

• Purpose-led work: Make a meaningful difference every day by supporting those who care for pets and their families 

• Autonomy & impact: Own the Payroll Financial Accounting with real influence 

• Collaborative culture: Work alongside passionate, committed people who value learning and growth 

• Development opportunities: Ongoing professional development and the chance to grow with a dynamic organisation 

If you’re seeking a high-impact accounting role with growth opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. 

This role features a hybrid work arrangement, with four days in our dog friendly office to promote collaboration, build strong connections, and enhance team engagement, and will directly support our mission of delivering exceptional veterinary care. 

VetPartners is committed to Equal Employment Opportunities. We are dedicated to providing an inclusive, diverse, and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.  

 A note to recruitment agencies: We are not accepting candidates from recruitment agencies.  We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.