Corporate Accountant

• 12 month max term  
• Location: Alexandria, Sydney NSW | Hybrid working

About Ampol

We are proud of our heritage. We have been powering better journeys for all Australians for over 100 years. As Australia’s very own fuel brand we are committed to making those journeys easier by meeting Australia’s needs at every step with the care and service we all deserve. And, as we grow, we continue to evolve, to ensure we have low carbon solutions that will meet the needs of our customers well into the future.

We are proud to be an endorsed employer of choice for women by WORK180. To understand more about how Ampol’s policies, benefits and how we support our people, check out some key female leader career stories on the Work180 website.

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the Head of Corporate FP&A in managing the Corporate business unit’s reporting processes. Responsible for linking in with Corporate stakeholders each month to book necessary journals (in particular prepayments and accruals) and preparing the consolidated Corporate month end result.

In addition to helping deliver improvement initiatives and completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for Corporate related accounts this role will assist in investigating and cleansing legacy SAP balance sheet entries.

Key responsibilities

• Provide accounting for Corporate Business Units, including processing journal entries and preparing account reconciliations, initiating corrective actions as required and following up outstanding balances.
• Managing the month end GL close process for Corporate Business Units, which includes linking in with cost centre owners for latest information for such things as prepayments & accruals and updating trackers to budget/forecast.
• Preparing the Corporate channel model each month and consolidating the Corporate month end financial result.

 About you

You will have strong attention to detail and enjoy elements of both financial accounting and FP&A in this role. You will have great communication and the ability to support the group finance activities.

Key skills and experience

• Related tertiary qualification and extensive experience in a finance role
• CA (or may be working toward completing)
• Working experience of month end processing/reporting, in particular the preparation of prepayments/accruals and completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (strong Excel skills)
• Experience in effectively planning and managing concurrent deliverables
• SAP highly desirable

Our benefits

• We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 
• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 
• Leave Options – Up to 6 weeks annual leave and additional Wellbeing leave days. 
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.   

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.

Applications close Monday 30 September 2024.