Financial Accountant

• Drive financial accuracy and continuous improvement in a high growth fintech where your work directly shapes how we report, scale and make smarter decisions

• Pursuing CPA or CA with strong month end, reconciliations and Excel capability

• Hybrid working with team connection days in our Sydney office

Write your story with a career at Zip

Join Zip’s Finance team, a group of commercially minded problem solvers who enable smart, sustainable growth across our ANZ business. We partner closely with stakeholders at every level, ensuring strong financial control, accurate reporting and the insights needed to make confident decisions.

As a Financial Accountant reporting to the AU Finance Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the day to day accounting operations and month end reporting across our ANZ entities. This is an opportunity to step into a dynamic industry, build broad exposure across financial control, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our processes and systems as we continue to scale.

What you’ll own

• Contribute to the delivery of accurate and timely month end management accounts and executive reporting, including journals, accruals, prepayments, depreciation and intercompany entries

• Oversee corporate bank accounts across ANZ, performing daily and monthly reconciliations and resolving discrepancies efficiently

• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances in a timely manner

• Maintain key accounting schedules including fixed assets, depreciation, prepayments and AASB16 lease schedules

• Support the preparation of BAS and FBT returns and assist with broader tax requirements as needed

• Prepare quarterly ABS reporting and assist with statutory financial statement preparation for ANZ entities

• Partner with the business on new initiatives, providing finance input to ensure strong controls and commercial outcomes

• Assist with audit queries and contribute to strengthening internal controls and finance processes

• Play an active role in identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance efficiency and accuracy

What you’ll bring to the team

• CPA or CA qualification, or currently studying towards completion

• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar financial accounting role

• Experience working through a fast paced month end close process

• Proven experience performing bank reconciliations across multiple accounts

• Strong capability in preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations

• Solid understanding of accounting standards and core accounting principles

• ntermediate to advanced Excel skills, with the ability to work confidently with large datasets

• Demonstrated experience contributing to process improvement initiatives

• Strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with a broad range of stakeholders

• Excellent time management and attention to detail, with the ability to meet competing deadlines

• A proactive, commercially minded approach and a willingness to take ownership

• A mindset that embraces AI and new tools to adapt, learn and grow.

• An aptitude for identifying and managing risks. Whether you are a People Manager or an Individual Contributor, we are all leaders at Zip, therefore effective risk management is important to how we run our business and part of all our roles.

• Our values in your DNA. Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game.

What you’ll get in return

As we write this next exciting chapter in our story, we will continue to move at pace and embrace change. For you, this might mean opportunities to learn new skills with hands on experience, broader responsibilities, or the buzz of seeing your work impact customers faster.

Zip is a place where you’ll get out exactly what you put in. When you join the team, we will do our best to make sure you can be yourself and surround yourself with smart, friendly colleagues and leaders who have your back, so that you can make the big things happen.

Zipsters tell us these are just some of the best things about working here. You’ll also receive:

• 25 days paid leave annually, including birthday leave and quarterly wellbeing days

• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, and 4 weeks for supporting carers

• Family support policies including miscarriage bereavement leave and domestic violence leave

• Mental health and wellness initiatives, including $299 annual wellbeing allowance, free access for you and family members to our Wellbeing platform Sonder, discounted private health insurance, and great rates on fitness sessions through ClassPass

• 2 days paid volunteering leave, 2 days study leave and 2 days religious or cultural leave per year

• Fee free Zip products, and discounts with Zip merchant partners

• Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily, and weekly free lunches in Sydney

• Access the Flare Benefits Hub and Novated Leasing with exclusive health perks, wellbeing guidance and potential tax savings on car ownership

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know if there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

And finally…get to know us

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people centred products.

Operating in two core markets, Australia and New Zealand, and the US, Zip offers access to point of sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants.

We are proud to be a values led business and our values, Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game, guide us in everything we do.

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