Financial Accountant - Bluestone

About us

Enabling brokers to serve a wider range of clients, from self-employed to those with imperfect credit or seeking niche lending options.

With 25 years of experience, we’ve become a trusted leader in Australian lending, known for delivering flexible, innovative, and straightforward solutions that break the mould of traditional lending. At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to support more Australians achieve their dream of homeownership, because we believe everyone deserves the chance to build their future.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to sustainably deliver timely and accurate financial reporting, by contributing to the control environment and working alongside team members within Finance control with a focus on trust accounting.

This role is perfect for a proactive Assistant Accountant who is looking for that next step into a financial accounting space. You are a natural problem solver with sound attention to detail. Success in this role will come from learning quickly and ensuring robust controls surround key processes, including bank recs, broker commission and trust accounting.

• Responsible for trust bank rec, understanding of loan level transaction and inter trust cash movement/transfers.
• Ownership of the broker commissions process, from sourcing the reports from the loan system to reviewing the results, making periodic payments and posting accounting journals into the general ledger.
• Key contributor to the month end close by posting journal entries across a range of areas and reconciling balance sheet accounts to facilitate a timely month end close.
• Prepare the GST reports that feed into the Business Activity Statements for Bluestone.
• Continuously update skill set, expertise, and technical knowledge by attending the required workshops and courses.
• Actively participate in Finance and non-Finance led projects that make system enhancements to improve processes.
• Ad hoc analysis on financial and non-financial data as required, processing cash transfers as required.

• Professional Accounting degree or CPA/CA/ACCA qualified.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Prior experience with Trusts, Lending and Financial Services industry is preferred.
• Experienced with large ERP system such as NetSuite, SAP or TechOne

• High level of attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to communicate and present to senior members of Finance.
• Genuine team player who seeks and provides support to team members to enhance their effectiveness.
• Naturally curious, driven and wanting to develop their career.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Demonstrate good problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrate strong planning and organising skills that helps balance between often competing priorities.
• Demonstrate innovation with a focus to improve processes; enhance efficiencies and add value, ensuring quality consciousness in all aspects of the team.
• Comfortable tackling new concepts and ideas associated with on-going change in the business.

What makes us a great place to work?

Our most important asset is our people. We’re committed to investing in our employees and offer a range of holistic perks and benefits to support individual needs. Our supportive and inclusive culture enables our people to grow and learn, to achieve their personal and professional goals, through collaboration and innovation. Some of our benefits include:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bluestone Day
• Parental Leave
• Volunteer Leave

Next steps…

If you are invited to an interview, please advise us if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process, and what pronouns you use.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to us at hr@bluestone.com.au