Financial Accountant – Remote
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Job Summary
About Us
Lumiere Foundation is a registered Australian charity supporting people facing lifes toughest challenges across youth family violence disability ageing homelessness mental health substance use and housing insecurity.
We provide skilled teams to the broader community care sector delivering personalised high-quality care. Every role contributes to helping people live with dignity safety and purposecreating brighter futures one day at a time.
About the Role
The Financial Accountant is a hands-on role responsible for accurate compliant and audit-ready financial records across a group of Australian entities. Key responsibilities include technical accounting balance sheet integrity and statutory compliance under Australian Accounting Standards and regulatory requirements. The role supports strong financial governance external audits and high-quality management and statutory reporting while collaborating closely with senior finance leaders and driving continuous improvement in controls processes and documentation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Technical Financial Accounting & Compliance: Manage complex accounting entries and statutory tax obligations while ensuring compliance with Australian Accounting Standards taxation legislation and not-for-profit reporting requirements.
- Month-End & Year-End Close: Deliver accurate and timely month-end and year-end close processes including general ledger review balance sheet reconciliations and audit-ready financial statements.
- Reporting & Analysis: Prepare high-quality management and board reports with clear variance analysis performance insights and alignment between management statutory and tax reporting.
- Audit Governance & Statutory Reporting: Support external audits and statutory reporting by preparing audit-quality documentation maintaining strong controls and ensuring compliance with regulatory and ACNC requirements.
- Systems Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Drive consistent accounting treatment system enhancements automation and improved documentation to strengthen reporting accuracy audit trails and finance capability.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with finance and non-finance stakeholders to provide clear accounting guidance communicate complex financial matters and promote accountability and sound financial governance.
What Youll Bring to the Role
- CA or CPA qualified with a tertiary degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Minimum 7 years senior financial accounting experience with strong technical and audit exposure.
- Experience in not-for-profit community services healthcare or government-funded environments highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience using Xero.
- Ability to work remotely.
Why Join Us:
- Competitive salary $80000$100000 plus super plus salary packaging plus NFP Benefits
- Increase your take-home pay with salary packaging of up to $15900 pre-tax each year.
- Save on lifestyle expenses using up to $2650 pre-tax for meals entertainment and holiday accommodation.
- Purpose-driven work make a direct impact on people facing real challenges.
Click Apply Now and help us deliver care thats consistent compliant and compassionate. If you have any questions please contact the Lumiere Foundation recruitment team at
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- SRP systems
- Financial Statement Preparation
- Accounting Software
- Hyperion
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounting
- Regulatory Reporting
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Financial Analysis
