Senior Financial Accountant

With offices in Australia, Africa, Canada and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high-quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

As we continue through an exciting period of growth, Lycopodium is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to join our Perth-based team.

Reporting to the Group Finance Manager, this role will play a critical role in delivering accurate financial and statutory reporting, supporting strategic decision-making, and driving continuous improvement across the Group Finance function.

The tasks you'll perform

• Lead the preparation and delivery of accurate and timely consolidated monthly financial and management reporting across the Group.
• Provide high-quality financial analysis, variance reporting, and commercial insights to support strategic decision-making and business performance.
• Drive the preparation of half-year and year-end statutory financial statements, ensuring compliance with ASX reporting obligations and accounting standards.
• Coordinate and manage external audit requirements, acting as a key liaison with auditors and ensuring the timely resolution of audit matters.
• Oversee taxation and statutory compliance activities, including BAS, FBT, PAYG, payroll tax, superannuation, and income tax reporting obligations.
• Partner with operational businesses to support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, working capital optimisation, and performance measurement initiatives.
• Champion continuous improvement across financial reporting, systems, controls, and governance frameworks while fostering effective collaboration across global finance teams.

The expertise you'll bring

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Commerce, or a related discipline, complemented by a CA or CPA qualification.
• Demonstrated experience in a Senior Financial Accountant or comparable position, with a proven track record in complex corporate reporting environments.
• Strong technical expertise across financial accounting, statutory reporting, consolidations, taxation, and Australian accounting standards.
• Highly developed analytical and commercial acumen, with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
• Proven capability to manage competing priorities, meet critical deadlines, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of an organisation.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and ERP systems, with SAP S/4HANA experience and exposure to engineering, construction, EPCM, or project-based industries highly regarded.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a diverse range of international operations whilst working alongside a team of highly skilled finance professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That's why we:

• Invest in our people for the long term, building diverse and rewarding careers supported by industry-leading professionals.
• Offer flexible work arrangements that help balance work, family, and personal commitments.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards, and recognition platform with discounts across hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Offer exposure to complex global operations and ASX-listed reporting environments.
• Support ongoing professional development and technical learning opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive culture where expertise and innovation are valued.
• Continue to invest in people and technology initiatives that support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

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