Senior Financial Accountant Job at Koala (Sydney)

Job Description

We're hiring a Senior Financial Accountant to join Koala's Sydney-based finance team. Reporting to the Finance Manager (AU) and working closely with the Group Finance Manager and Group Financial Controller, this role is for someone who wants to do more than close the books — you'll help mature our finance function as a listed company, drive a faster, sharper month-end close, and help embed AI and automation into how Koala's finance function operates. Koala is looking for a challenger - someone who can look at our existing processes globally and introduce best-practice systems, automation and efficiencies, while bringing strong technical rigour to our financial reporting.

Job Responsibility

Deliver accurate and timely financial results on a monthly basis for the Australian business, encompassing our DTC business as well as our retail stores, B2B and other channels
Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations to a high audit-ready standard, in line with Group accounting policies
Act as a point of contact for our external auditors at half-year and year-end, supporting a reduction in audit days
Drive month-end close acceleration - redesigning the close calendar, reconciliations and workpaper standards so we report faster and more accurately
Re-engineer finance processes using AI, automation and our systems stack (NetSuite + connected tooling), identifying where agents, scripts or workflow tools can replace manual effort and strengthen controls
Support Australian tax and statutory compliance (BAS, FBT, income tax and other ATO obligations) in partnership with the Finance Manager (AU)

Requirements

Degree-qualified in accounting, with full membership of a recognised professional accounting body (CA / CPA), or close to completion
Big 4 trained (preferred)
ideally a first or second mover out of audit / financial advisory into a high-growth commercial environment
3-5 years post-graduate experience, with exposure to AASB / IFRS, listed company reporting and audit (half-year and annual)
Previous experience in eCommerce, retail or manufacturing preferred, ideally with multi-entity / multi-currency exposure
AI-curious and AI-active, already using tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or similar to make your own work better, and excited to bring that mindset to a whole finance function
Builders' mentality - would rather rebuild a broken process than live with it. Sees continuous improvement as part of the job, not a side project
Demonstrated experience in problem solving to improve day-to-day workflows and uplift control environments
Strong commercial instincts and excellent stakeholder management — comfortable communicating technical accounting clearly to non-finance audiences
Strong attention to detail, self-motivated and forward thinking, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders
Excellent working knowledge of Excel / GSheet and ERP systems (NetSuite experience a bonus)

Nice to have

Big 4 trained
Previous experience in eCommerce, retail or manufacturing preferred, ideally with multi-entity / multi-currency exposure
NetSuite experience a bonus

What we offer

Hybrid working - We’re mixing it up with ~3 days back in the Alexandria Treehouse (office) and work from bed/home (WFB)
Take a break - Generous time off - volunteer, parental, Koala life leave and more to help keep your work-life balance, balanced
Treehouse goods - Fully stocked kitchen with an emphasis on healthy local produce, think bougie brekky, salad bar, kombucha on tap, monthly barbies and more
Pet-friendly - The Koala Treehouse is as pet-friendly as they get!
Surprise & delight - The two-word combo at the core of everything we do. All Koalas can expect to enjoy free Koala products with ‘mates rates’ for your friends and fam
Support & wellbeing - Our employee experience respects and embraces all families, formed, found and evolving. You’ll have access to our Employee Assistance Program, which includes unlimited sessions for financial, work, relationship, family or wellbeing support
Accelerate your career - via our Learning Management platform Juno, as well as individual and team growth budgets and dedicated days
Community & connection - We believe that simply doing ‘no harm’ isn’t good enough So, how are we doing our part? BCorp Certified, WWF Partnership, volunteer days, a member of SoftLanding, 1% and so much more

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