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Project Accountant

Melbourne CBD & Inner Suburbs, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Partner with Project and Operational Leaders to deliver financial insights, manage project performance, and drive successful financial outcomes throughout the project lifecycle for major infrastructure projects.

Role type

Senior Project Accountant (Major Projects)

Builds

Monthly project finance reports, consolidated status reports, progress claims, and cash flow forecasts for large-scale infrastructure programs.

Domain

Construction & Engineering (Transport Infrastructure)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Project accounting, cost analysis & variance management, financial forecasting, budgeting, invoice processing, WBS cost allocation, balance sheet reconciliation, statutory reporting

Preferred skills

CA or CPA qualification, commercial/finance/business degree, SAP proficiency, negotiation and influencing skills

Technologies

SAP, MS Excel, MS Word

Responsibilities

Interpret and apply company accounting policies to project activities; prepare monthly project finance reports including cost to date, forecast cost to complete, and variances; review and analyze actual costs against standard costs to identify discrepancies; update cost to complete forecasts monthly; ensure timely payment and settlement of project invoices; allocate costs and timesheets to correct WBS; present financial information to project team members; assist in preparation of monthly progress claims; coordinate intellectual property activities including royalty arrangements; perform monthly balance sheet reconciliation and cash flow reporting.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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