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Job Summary
Location: Melbourne
Term: Full time permanent 35 hours per week
Ways of working: Hybrid role; 2 days in office and 3 days WFH
Guild Insurance is looking for a detaildriven curious and solutionsfocused Accountant to join our highperforming Finance team. If you thrive on solving problems love getting the numbers right and enjoy contributing to process improvements this is your opportunity to make an impact in a valuesled organisation.
Why Youll Love This Role
As a key member of our Insurance Finance team youll help ensure our ledgers are accurate complete and compliant while gaining exposure across statutory regulatory tax and monthend activities. No two days look the same. Youll work across balance sheet reconciliations referral fees cyber agency accounting reinsurance support fixed assets levies and more.
Youll join a collaborative team of finance professionals who value continuous improvement shared learning and delivering exceptional outcomes.
What Youll Do
In this role youll take ownership of core finance activities including:
- Support monthend and quarterend processes including preparing balance sheet reconciliations and assisting with reporting in line with the finance timetable
- Manage key reconciliations such as actuarial data fixed assets cyber agency accounts and clearing accounts within D365
- Contribute to daytoday accounting activities including weekly cashflow preparation reinsurance receipting and supporting reinsurance accounting
- Prepare and report monthly referral fees for association partners ensuring accuracy and alignment with agreement requirements
- Maintain the fixed asset register including monthly depreciation schedules and motor vehicle lease provision calculations
- Complete statutory and regulatory obligations including PAYG for workers compensation claims stamp duty levy returns GST exception testing and support for APRA reporting
- Assist with audit preparation by preparing documentation and responding to auditor queries
- Collaborate across the Finance team providing backup support to the Systems Accountant and contributing to process improvements and adhoc project work.
What You Bring
Were looking for someone with:
- 35 years Accounting experience
- Experience in balance sheet reconciliations
- Strong problemsolving skills and excellent attention to detail
- Intermediate Excel skills (vlookups pivots essential etc)
- Experience with D365 (desirable)
- Insurance industry exposure (nice to have but not required)
- Demonstrated ability to work with large data sets to support reporting as well as a comprehensive general ledger
- Strong communication and timemanagement skills
Why Guild
Guild Insurance is a proudly Australian owned insurer with more than 60 years of experience supporting professionals and businesses across the country. We partner with more than 40 industry associations to deliver specialised industry informed insurance solutions and we are trusted by over 110000 customers nationwide. Known for our strong customer focus deep sector relationships and commitment to innovation Guild is a respected leader in professional indemnity and business insurance for allied health and community focused sectors.
You will be joining a collaborative and hardworking team where your expertise will influence decisions shape strategy and contribute to meaningful outcomes for the communities we support.
What we offer
- Remuneration package annual short- term incentive
- Hybrid working arrangement (2 days in office 3 days from home)
- Paid parental leave for eligible staff and an extra day of paid leave in addition to annual leave entitlements
- Enhanced long-service leave
- Staff discounts and offers with leading retailers and an innovative Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing initiatives learning opportunities and purpose led businesses.
Guild Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and treat our people and clients with fairness dignity and respect.
If you have any questions please email Sandra at Please do not apply via email
Lets thrive together!
Key Skills
- Internal Audit
- Accounting Tally
- General Ledger Accounting
- External Audit
- Microsoft Excel
- PMP
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Payroll
- Financial Recouncilation
- Financial statement
- Accounting and Finance
- ACCA
- CPA
- Financial Reporting
About Company
Our people are at the heart of everything we do, we work hard to create an atmosphere for our people to thrive, grow & bring their best selves to work. Allowing us to focus on innovation and great solutions so customers & members can get great outcomes.
