Senior Financial Accountant

Koala®

Senior Financial Accountant managing finance function for Koala's Australian business. Delivering timely financial results and optimizing processes through automation and AI.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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.
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).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid working - We’re mixing it up with ~3 days back in the Alexandria Treehouse (office) and work from bed/home (WFB)
Generous time off - volunteer, parental, Koala life leave and more to help keep your work-life balance, balanced.
Fully stocked kitchen with an emphasis on healthy local produce, think bougie brekky, salad bar, kombucha on tap, monthly barbies and more.
The Koala Treehouse is as pet-friendly as they get!
All Koalas can expect to enjoy free Koala products with ‘mates rates’ for your friends and fam.
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.
via our Learning Management platform Juno, as well as individual and team growth budgets and dedicated days.
We believe that simply doing ‘no harm’ isn’t good enough.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial reportingbalance sheet reconciliationaudit readinessmonth-end close accelerationfinance process re-engineeringAASBIFRStax compliancestatutory complianceeCommerce

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementattention to detailself-motivatedforward thinkingstrong commercial instinctscommunication skillsbuilders' mentalityadaptabilityproblem-solvingteam collaboration

Certifications

CACPA