Senior Accountant, Working Capital

Overview

Ensures accuracy and control of working capital accounts across multiple entities.

Key Responsibilities

• data reconciliation
• sql queries
• power bi
• automation
• intercompany reconciliations
• close management

Tasks

-Prepare and review reconciliations for all working capital accounts, including AP, AR, accruals, and intra/intercompany balances. -Support monthly and quarterly close, ensuring reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries are completed within tight timelines. -Design and execute data reconciliation routines to identify mismatches or exceptions in large-volume transaction tables. -Identify opportunities to automate data extraction, matching, and reporting tasks. -With Controllership: Ensure reconciliation signoffs, journal approval, and accounting accuracy. -Intercompany Governance: Lead intra- and intercompany reconciliations across multiple subsidiaries; align entries between parent and BU ledgers. -Support working capital rollforward analyses and financial statement tie-outs. -Audit & Compliance: Maintain an audit-ready control environment with clear documentation, signoffs, and traceability. -Partner with Governance & Close on control testing, evidence submission, and compliance. -Validate that all intra/intercompany revenue, cost, and expense transactions eliminate properly during consolidation. -Ensure all balance sheet and income statement impacts from intercompany activity are properly captured and disclosed. -Develop repeatable data validation scripts or queries to monitor subledger-to-GL integrity. -Extract, clean, and reconcile large financial data sets across D365, subledgers, and BI environments using SQL queries and Power BI dashboards. -Provide variance analysis and working capital commentary to Controllership and FP&A. -Support internal and external auditors with schedules, samples, and explanations. -With Treasury: Coordinate cash settlements, funding reconciliations, and clearing account monitoring. -With Vendor Master & Controls: Ensure intercompany vendor setup accuracy and SoD compliance. -Manage intra/intercompany eliminations and settlements for both balance sheet and P&L accounts between parent and subsidiaries. -Balance Sheet & P&L Integrity: Ensure all working capital accounts, AP, AR, accruals, and intra/intercompany are reconciled accurately and in compliance with policy. -Maintain complete documentation for all reconciliations, eliminations, and adjusting entries. -Drive remediation for audit findings or reconciliation control gaps. -With AP Operations & AR Teams: Align subledger balances, resolve unmatched transactions, and validate cutoff postings. -Maintain close checklists, control signoffs, and audit-ready documentation. -Proactively refine processes to improve speed, accuracy, and audit traceability. -Investigate and resolve out-of-balance conditions or recurring variances between entities. -Develop standard templates for reconciliations and variance analyses. -Collaborate with the AP and AR Technology teams to design and test system enhancements. -Partner with AP, AR, and Treasury teams to automate reconciliation workflows and exception tracking. -With FP&A: Provide working capital metrics and cash flow visibility through analytic reporting. -Close Optimization: Standardize reconciliation processes and automate key close activities to support accelerated timelines.

Requirements

• sql
• power bi
• excel
• d365
• cpa
• gaap

What You Bring

-7–10 years of accounting experience within a multi-entity or parent company environment. -Data-Driven Accounting: Leverage SQL, Power BI, and advanced Excel analytics to reconcile large data sets and automate variance detection. -Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required; CPA or MBA strongly preferred. -Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and ability to thrive under tight deadlines. -Proven expertise managing intercompany reconciliations and eliminations across multiple BUs and legal entities. -Experience supporting audit, SOX, and internal control environments. -Advanced proficiency in Microsoft D365 F&O, subledger accounting, and reconciliation workflows. -Strong understanding of GAAP, consolidation accounting, and working capital components. -Demonstrated experience working with large datasets using SQL, Power BI, and advanced Excel (Power Query, Pivot Tables, Macros).

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About Meriton

-Dominates Australia’s skylines with high-scale developments. -Blends scale with ambition in major east-coast cities. -Operates its own serviced apartment arm with properties in Sydney, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast. -Sustains a multi-billion-dollar project pipeline. -Projects include high-rise towers and mixed-use urban precincts. -Specializes in large-scale residential development, long-stay serviced accommodation, and integrated retail and childcare precincts. -Founder remains deeply involved in design and construction, ensuring continuity in its evolution.

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