Financial Accountant

About Us

At Winslow, it's more than just a job. We are a family that believes in and supports you as a person.

Picture yourself as a valued member of the team, surrounded by people who challenge you to be your best self, want to see you succeed, and inspire you to be extraordinary.

A place where onsite learning is fostered towards achieving your career goals and where people behave with integrity and treat others as they would like to be treated.

Winslow started as one person's passion and desire to be the best. Today that same pursuit of personal growth drives Winslowers.

We excel at identifying and nurturing future leaders through our inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their full potential.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced Financial Accountant looking to step into a broad, commercially focused role where you can truly partner with the business.

Based in our Essendon Fields Office and reporting directly to the Financial Controller, this role goes beyond the numbers. You'll be a trusted advisor to operational leaders, provide meaningful insights, and help shape financial strategies that drive performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet the Group financial reporting requirements

• Analyze and manage project work in progress and work in hand schedules

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts each month

• Manage all statutory and taxation matters including GST, PAYG, payroll tax, income tax, annual declarations

• Manage overheads to budget and drive achievement of overhead savings as required

• Ensure compliance with Forecasts, budgets, commercial: Work closely with operational management to provide monthly P&L and cash-flow forecasts and analyze trends

• Manage the divisional annual budget process

• Provide sound financial and commercial advice to the business

• Advise and support business unit managers with their reporting, project reviews, forecasts and strategies

• In conjunction with the business unit managers, advise on financial implications of various contractual issues and support the decision making process on contracts, deeds and other agreements

• Review capital requirements with the business

• Actively participate in system or process reviews that improve the business in all areas

Here's what we are looking for…

• Minimum 3-5 years of sound financial accounting experience in a commercial environment

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting, commerce or business

• Good working knowledge of financial processes, accounting principles and tax concepts, including an ability to analyze financial information and reconcile accounts

• Experience with Xero (preferred)

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

• Experience with various accounting software programs

• CA/CPA qualified, or part-way through is desirable (not essential)

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work efficiently in a team and independently

• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

• Eligibility to work in Australia on a full time basis

The Winslow Way…

Each person at Winslow is empowered to make good decisions to look after each other as family, be accountable to each other, and always operate safely. We are dedicated and passionate about doing our best and committed to doing it once and doing it right. This is seen every day on the projects and in the offices - it's what makes us so different from everyone else - It's the Winslow Way.

• Be supported along your career journey with people who have your best interests at heart.

• Learn and grow alongside the industry's best through hands-on experience on live projects.

• Create a future with unlimited opportunities, inspired by passion and ambition.

HOW TO APPLY

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ABOUT WINSLOW

The Winslow Group is a leading national civil construction company with diversified capabilities, operating across Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia, with an extensive history of successful project delivery. We are a vertically integrated business that provides skills and expert services to the construction industry to produce safe, sustainable and innovative solutions for our clients.

Winslow Constructors is Winslow's foremost business unit and a civil contractor of choice that constructs residential projects in broadacre subdivisions, local infrastructure, medium density and remediation projects through our road construction, project management and construction expertise, particularly on master-planned community sites.

Winslow Constructors is built on long standing client relationships spanning decades.

Nimble in approach, Winslow Constructors builds bespoke relationships with clients to support them in achieving their goals.

What sets Winslow Constructors apart is our unique vertically integrated capabilities and the largest modern fleet of heavy construction equipment in Australia, operated and maintained by our highly trained team.

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