Financial Accountant
Job No:
GEORGE919
Location:
Sydney
Our mission is to improve the health of millions of people worldwide.
- Full Time Opportunity (5 days per week)
- Barangaroo, Sydney CBD (Relocation to Randwick in September, 2025)
- 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
- Hybrid working environment (1-2 Days per week in office)
The Opportunity: .
The Financial Accountant is a broad role and will provide support to the team in several important areas. These include, but are not limited to, banking, foreign exchange management, accounts receivable assistance with accounts payable, journal processing, month end reconciliations, and other general finance record keeping. The Financial Accountant works closely with all Divisional team members to provide high level financial and accounting services to the Institute.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Timely and accurate entry of all financial transactions for the group of companies, with the goal of providing clean and relevant financial reports to be used in management decision making.
- Ownership of philanthropy accounting including receipt, disbursements and recording of funds into the accounting system.
- Revalue all foreign currency debtor balances at month-end
- Prepare annual, semi-annual and ad-hoc financial acquittals for all grants, as required
- Complete weekly cash reporting
- Understand and apply revenue recognition criteria to grants/contracts in accordance with AASB9, AASB1058 and AASB15
- Support to regional finance teams in the UK, China and India for guidance on contract assessments in accordance to accounting standards
- Calculate correct revenue recognition amounts based on assessed AASB standards and post journals to projects
- Reconciliations of all assigned BS accounts, monthly and in a timely manner
- Ensure all debtor invoices are accurately entered into accounting system, in format described and collected in a timely manner, with responsibility for all invoicing for TGI and GHE
- Design spreadsheets and maintain for various on-going and ad-hoc requirements for the Institute and GHE e.g. RBG calculations, Acquittal templates, etc.
For more information on this role, please see our detailed Position Description here.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Qualified (CA, CPA, ACCA, or CIMA) with 2+ years post qualification experience
- Proven experience handling revenue recognition and contract assessments in line with AASB standards
- Solid understanding of accounting principles, reconciliation and journal requirements
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Skills, Knowledge and Experience/ Our Successful Candidate
- Tertiary qualifications in a related science or health care discipline
- At least 2 years of monitoring experience working on clinical projects within an academic, CRO or pharmaceutical environment.
- Working knowledge of, and ability to implement project activities in accordance with, ICH/GCP and all applicable regulations and guidelines in the relevant regions
- Understanding of medical terminology
- Excellent knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines
- Understanding of confidentiality and privacy laws and all guidelines relevant to medical research
- Excellent skills in MS Office applications including Excel and Word
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well and flexibly i.e. autonomously, in small teams and with a wide range of varying stakeholders
- Strong focus on producing the highest quality of work and on ensuring optimum accuracy of outputs
- Ability and willingness to travel.
- Experience working on oncology randomized controlled trials
Closing Date
The closing date for applications is 18th July, 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found
The unrestricted right to work in Australia is a requirement for this position. Candidates who require sponsorship will not be considered.
About the George
The George Institute for Global Health (The George) is 700+ employees around the world and projects in over 40 countries all focused on improving the health of millions of people worldwide.
As a medical research institute affiliated with leading universities, we are challenging the status quo in healthcare to:
- Lead world-class, large-scale clinical trials, epidemiological studies and health systems research to transform treatments and healthcare delivery
- Look beyond single diseases, across the life course, to identify patient-centred approaches to care that can be implemented at scale
- Develop low-cost, innovative solutions to global unmet needs
- Drive our global impact through a program of research, advocacy, thought leadership and disruptive social entrepreneurship
We pride ourselves with our 6 core values: excellence, integrity, can-do approach, creativity, impact, and humanitarian commitment.
Please visit our website for more on The George: Home | The George Institute for Global Health
Our big and bold mission to improve the health of millions of people worldwide needs a diverse and innovative team to deliver it. So we foster a dynamic, inclusive and flexible workplace where each individual can bring their best selves to work.
We value workplace diversity and encourage applications from people living with disability; women; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people who identify as LGBTIQ+; mature-aged people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Why The George?
We are committed to attracting, developing, rewarding and retaining the best people in their fields to conduct and support our innovative and highest quality research programs.
Take advantage of our rewards you may enjoy as part of The George team.
- Generous salary packaging benefits increasing your take home pay
- Learning and career development opportunities
- Extra leave days including extended Christmas break and study leave
- YourFlex arrangements e.g. start/finish times, purchase leave, location
- A global, diverse, inclusive team committed to making impact