Accountant

Working with Southern Cross Care means you are valued, supported, and rewarded. Our Bee Well program gives you great discounts on groceries, travel, and health insurance, plus resources to boost your wellbeing. You will also enjoy salary packaging to help you take home more pay while building a career that makes a real difference.

As a core member of our finance team, you will manage retirement income streams and loans, oversee our fixed asset register, and work closely with the Finance Business Partner to drive key financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare monthly financial reports, journals, and accruals. Assist with board reporting, external compliance, scenario ("what if") analysis, and annual budgeting.

• Retirement Loans & Revenue: Oversee retirement loan records and provide accurate monthly reporting on revenue stream collections.

• Asset & Capital Works Management: Maintain robust processes for tracking capital expenditure and works expenses across the organisation.

• Systems & Compliance: Ensure high-accuracy accounting records, manage key billing systems, and support software upgrades and statutory compliance.

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the position description.

You are a proactive finance professional who takes pride in accuracy, values clear communication, and wants their work to make a meaningful difference.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Experience & Qualifications: Proven experience as an Accountant. A CPA/CA qualification (or progress towards one) is highly desirable.

• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency with financial systems and Google Workspace.

• Personal & Professional Attributes: Exceptional time management and communication skills, paired with high integrity, resilience, and a person-centered approach.

• Industry Knowledge: A basic understanding of relevant Aged Care Standards is advantageous.

• Values Alignment: A strong commitment to living our core values: Service, Courage, and Compassion.

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.

Apply online: careers.southerncrosscare.com.au/jobs/search

Enquiries: *******@southerncrosscare.com.au

Applications close: 14 September 2026