Hitachi Energy Hiring for Financial Accountant Job at Moorebank Full Time

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

We are currently looking for a Financial Accountant to join our Finance team in Moorebank.
The focus for this role is to perform general accounting activities, applying techniques and standards to solve unusual issues. Provides limited advice on accounting matters based on well-established principles and practices.
Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn and grow. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation
Hitachi Energy is a pioneering technology leader. We are helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep industry and factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. We offer power and automation products, systems, service and software solutions across the generation, transmission, and distribution value chain.
That is what we do – Why we do it – sustainability. We are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure. We are playing a significant role in enabling a sustainable energy future – for today’s generations and those to come.

Your responsibilities

• Prepare statutory accounts and facilitating audit processes/liasing with auditors
• Review & manage all aspects of leases and lease accounting including process on lease creation
• Work closely with CSS HUB and oversees FA process
• ABACUS vs SAP vs statutory account reconciliation
• Payment Times Reporting to comply with legislation
• Oversees the month end close process for relevant product groups (PGs) including account reconciliation, preparation of various journal entries, and review of monthly financial accounts of these PGs. Books monthly entries as necessary based on supporting documentation.
• Applies accounting techniques and standard practices to the classification and recording of financial transactions including treasury transactions. Books monthly treasury entries as necessary based on supporting documentation.
• Executes accounting analyses and reports as assigned and performs analysis of accounts and highlights discrepancies/anomalies for correction. Serves as escalation point for such accounting discrepancies/anomalies. Conducts investigations and reconciliations of accounts as necessary. oversees and work with CSS Hub
• Assists in developing and implementing processes and procedures, and continuously optimizes to gain efficiency and drive productivity gains.
• Participates in internal control testing and prepares relevant documentation. Ensures compliance with internal financial policies, procedures, controls, and systems
• Prepares payroll tax and assist with some tax work as required
• Other duties and responsibilities as directed in line with the work level standards for this role

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in CPA/CA ideal
• Minimum experience of 4 years in accounting/finance
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel; accounting software, SAP
• What we Offer (crowd sourced from our team members)
• A strong focus on learning – we offer multiple options to upskill in both your professional field and areas of interest
• In addition to the standard EAP offering we fund access to specialist help lines for our people in the following fields of expertise – First Nations People, LGBTIQ+, Domestic and Family Violence, Eldercare and Disability and Carers
• Wellbeing support – a range of initiatives to support wellbeing including webinars, RUOK?365, mindfulness programs, resilience programs
• Career opportunities – we encourage people to build their career here and roles in Australia are advertised internally and communicated weekly
• Flexible working for roles that can accommodate that
• Genuinely multicultural workplace
• The opportunity to purchase additional leave to support you integrate home and work
• Paid parental leave
• Additional leave including charity, compassionate, serious illness
• The ability to swap public holidays for religious days that have meaning for you
• A global organization focused on sustainability and harnessing the power of renewable energy

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD.
Hitachi Energy is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and recognizes the importance of attracting the right people for the right job. We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our team and encourage applications from people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women, the LGBTQI+ community, people living with disability/ies and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

2022-05-31