About the role:

Northcott is on the look-out for a Senior Accountant to join our team on a full-time temp position for 6 months. The role is based in North Parramatta with a salary paying $120,000 pro rata.

The Senior Accountant is accountable for financial accounting processes at Northcott ensuring balance sheet accounts and supporting schedules meet Australian statutory accounting requirements and that Northcotts financials are accurate and timely. The role will include month end journals, balance sheet reconciliations.  The role will rapidly learn the business and finance environment.

Some of the responsibilities you’ll be doing:

• Support delivery of the month-end close process, including maintaining the close timetable, coordinating inputs, and meeting reporting deadlines.
• Prepare, review and post month-end journals (e.g., accruals, prepayments, provisions, payroll, allocations, fixed assets, lease accounting and intercompany), ensuring appropriate support and approvals.
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, ensuring reconciling items are investigated and resolved in a timely manner.
• Maintain reconciliation schedules and supporting documentation to an audit-ready standard, including clear explanations for movements and variances.
• Partner with operational leaders and finance stakeholders to resolve accounting issues and ensure accurate coding, cut-off and treatment of transactions.

Benefits, Perks, and Well-being:

• 5 Weeks Annual Leave – More time for life beyond work.
• Salary Packaging – Make your money go further with up to $15,900 tax-free for rent/mortgage and $2,650 for meals and entertainment.
• Perkbox Access – Everyday savings, rewards, and exclusive offers — because you deserve a few extra perks.
• 13 Days Personal Leave – Take care of yourself when you need to.
• Paid Parental Leave – Enjoy 14 weeks of paid maternity leave after 12 months of service — supporting you through life’s big moments.
  

Essential Skills and Experience:

• CPA/CA qualified (or near completion), with strong grounding in statutory reporting.
• Intermediate to advanced excel skills.
• Strong technical accounting capability (AASB/IFRS), especially balance sheet recognition, measurement, and disclosure.
• Advanced balance sheet reconciliation and financial control skills—able to uplift quality quickly.
• Strong stakeholder management: can coordinate inputs across multiple teams and drive deadlines.
• Excellent written communication—able to prepare audit-ready schedules, position papers, and clear response
• Highly organised: able to run trackers, document control, and manage competing priorities to deadlines.

How to Apply:

To apply, simply submit your updated resume highlighting your skills, experience, and why you’d be a great fit for this role.

If you’re a current Northcott employee, please let your manager know that you’re applying — they may be asked to provide an endorsement as part of the process.

We review applications as they come in, so don’t wait to apply! You’ll be contacted as soon as there’s an update on your application.

For general questions about this role, please email us at recruitment@northcott.com.au — we’re happy to help.

About the Company:

Northcott is a registered NDIS disability provider that works with customers to realise their potential. We have nearly 100 years of experience and expertise in disability services and support. In FY2025, we provided empowering, personalised services to more than 5,400 people with disability, and supported more than 23,000 children with disability and development delay and their families as an NDIS Early Childhood Partner in the Community.