How will you make an impact?
Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement? The Senior Accountant - Financial & Regulatory Reporting role supports the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant financial and regulatory reporting obligations and plays a key role in managing these obligations within the Finance Team. The role sits within the Finance Team and is responsible for financial and regulatory reporting, data analysis, control execution, issue management, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen financial and regulatory compliance and third-party data quality. This is a 12-month fixed term contract position.
The opportunity
- Prepare and support the delivery of financial reporting (annual statutory financial reports and monthly management reporting) and regulatory reporting (including APRA returns, PTRS reporting, etc) in accordance with legislation, reporting standards/guidelines and prescribed timelines.
- Work closely with the external auditors as part of the annual statutory audit process, for both financial reporting and APRA reporting.
- Perform data quality checks, reconciliations, and exception analysis across source data and regulatory outputs.
- Perform in-depth analysis and modelling to understand trends, identify emerging risks and support stakeholder management.
- Maintain, review and enhance Standard Operating Procedures for regulatory reporting activities within the Finance Team.
- Liaise with key third parties including the Administrator and Custodian, amongst other service providers on data and reporting requirements.
- Assist in responding to queries, internal reviews, and audit requests relating to regulatory reporting.
- Support investigation, root-cause analysis and remediation of regulatory reporting issues.
- Take ownership of data solutions within the Finance Team to automate reporting processes, improve efficiency and accuracy, maintain and uplift data governance framework.
- Support impact assessments and implementation activities for new or changing regulatory requirements.
- Support other key functions within the Finance Team including monthly flash reporting, daily cash flow reporting, and supporting other miscellaneous business needs as required.
- Stay informed of financial reporting developments, regulatory changes, and new APRA reporting obligations.
About you
- Bachelor Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Business or other relevant degree
- High competency in Excel
- Strong demonstrated experience in financial reporting and familiarity with related Accounting Standards
- Experience with APRA reporting, including familiarity with the related Prudential Standards and Guides.
- Experience in a big-4 or similar environment (preferred)
- Superannuation industry or related experience (preferred)
- Familiarity with design and implementation of controls over financial and regulatory reporting
- Strong analytical skills with experience working with large datasets
- High attention to detail
- Ability to manage competing deadlines in a dynamic environment
- Well developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organisation.
What can we offer you?
Our employees are passionate about what we do and are proud to be part of an organisation which helps everyday Australians achieve a brighter future. We value diversity of thought and have an open and flexible workplace. Some industry leading benefits we offer include:
- Hybrid and flexible work environment
- 15% superannuation
- Additional paid leave over Christmas and New Year
- Additional 5 days paid “flex leave”, so that you can take time out when you need it
- 18 weeks paid parental leave
- Total Wellness Program, including benefits such as free flu shots, comprehensive EAP support, access to medical experts and wellness related events throughout the year
- 3 days community service leave
- 4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave
- Access to long service leave at 5 years
- Access to subsidised financial advice
- Dedicated per person development budget to support your growth
Just to name a few!
About us
At Hostplus, we passionately provide around 1.8 million members with the best possible service; constantly looking for new ways to deliver better value while helping members get the most out of their super. We are inspired to help our members achieve greater security for their future and ensure they retire with dignity.
Your role at Hostplus will make a difference, whether you're in marketing, financial advice, operations or any of our other divisions - you'll be contributing to ensuring our members retire with the best possible outcomes, and what better feeling is there than knowing your role helps someone to retire with dignity and security?
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. We celebrate diversity and believe that different backgrounds and experiences enrich our relationships and bring meaningful benefits to our people, our members, and the communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone and if you require any adjustments made during the recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to us at [email protected] and to let us know how we can support.
How do I apply?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the prompts to make an application.
We have an important duty to our members, all appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Check. Applicants must have current and unrestricted work rights in Australia (sponsorship is not available for this role).
