Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant – Fixed Assets, Projects & RV Operations

Use your accounting expertise to support fixed assets, projects and retirement living operations in a purpose-driven organisation.

• Manage fixed assets, capital projects and retirement living accounting activities
• Support audits, reporting, reconciliations and continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintaining accurate asset registers and supporting organisational projects

About the Opportunity:

Your accounting expertise will help support essential community and retirement living services. Reporting to the Finance Manager – Reporting & Compliance, this role is responsible for managing fixed asset accounting, capital project accounting, and day-to-day Retirement Living financial operations across the organisation.

You will play a key role in maintaining the integrity of the fixed asset register, supporting project accounting, and delivering accurate financial reporting and reconciliations. Working closely with finance and operational stakeholders, you will contribute to compliance, process improvement, and informed financial decision-making.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• Managing fixed asset accounting including additions, disposals, depreciation, and reconciliations
• Supporting month-end close processes, journals, accruals, and reporting
• Maintaining capital project accounting and tracking project expenditure
• Preparing management reports with variance analysis and financial insights
• Supporting annual asset revaluations, audits, and year-end financial reporting
• Processing Retirement Village accounting transactions and reconciliations
• Assisting with ERP optimisation, reporting enhancements, and process improvements
• Liaising with operational teams, residents, auditors, and external stakeholders as required

About you:

You are a proactive and detail-focused finance professional who enjoys working across both operational and strategic accounting activities. You bring strong technical accounting capability, particularly in fixed assets and reconciliations, along with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. You enjoy improving systems and processes, can manage competing priorities, and work well both independently and collaboratively. Experience within retirement living, aged care, property, projects, or not-for-profit environments will be highly regarded.

You will bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
• CPA or CA designation
• Strong experience in financial and management accounting
• Demonstrated experience managing fixed asset accounting and reconciliations
• Knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards including fixed asset accounting principles
• Experience with month-end reporting, journals, accruals, and financial analysis
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills
• ERP systems experience, ideally TechnologyOne
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Current driver licence and willingness to complete required checks including National Police Check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check

Desirable Experience

• Experience within retirement living, aged care, property, projects, or not-for-profit sectors
• Knowledge of Retirement Village financial reporting obligations and project accounting
• Familiarity with AASB 116 and AASB 140 standards
• Experience with TechnologyOne fixed asset modules and reporting tools

The benefits of joining the Carinity team:

• Appealing not-for-profit (PBI) salary packaging options and 17.5% leave loading
• We recognise your ongoing effort with a monthly RDO to support work-life balance
• Access to an employee assistance program
• At Carinity we acknowledge the need to balance your work and personal life and are genuinely committed to this
• On-going professional development and training

How do I apply?

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Carinity actively encourages and invites applications from people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.