Wood is currently recruiting for a General Ledger Accountant based in our Melbourne office on a 6 month contract.

The GL Accountant supports the Corporate Management team in ensuring Balance Sheet Reconciliations and will be tasked to bring all Australian entity BS reconciliations back to current and up to the Wood standard. This will include identifying and aging transactions making up the balances, allowing the team to make informed decisions around the treatment and correction of balances, as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Month end close, including analytical review, in a timely and effective manner for Oracle trial balances
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations for prepaids, unbilled, etc, determining action plans to resolve reconciling differences, clearing of conversion balances, etc.
• Researching / analysing inconsistencies in treatment and areas of improvement to determine and implement best practices across the organizations
• Assisting in audit requests with internal and external audit teams

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Master's degree and/or CPA is a plus
  

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Minimum 4 years Accounting/Finance experience
• Strong understanding of IFRS and GAAP
• Experience with a major ERP system is a plus

Personal attributes:

• Develop workable solutions to problems
• Continuously adapt to changing business needs
• Maintain a positive ‘can do' attitude and a willingness to take on responsibility
• Ability to exercise professional judgment, speaking up and challenging where necessary
• Work to deadlines and to be self-reliant with excellent time management and organizational skills
• Establish excellent working relationships across the organisation
  

Candidates must have full work rights in Australia to be considered for this role.

If you're an experienced GL Accountant, ready for your next project, then we are keen to hear from you today.

Apply now and take the next step in your career with this exciting opportunity!

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.