Senior Accountant (Finance & Process Automation)

About us::
Spectrum.Life is a digital health company delivering clinically backed mental health, wellbeing, and healthcare services across Ireland, the UK, and Australia. We work with insurers, employers, and education providers to give their people access to whole-of-population health support through a single, integrated platform. 
We have recently expanded into Australia, working with leading insurers and corporate. This is an early-stage market for us, which means the people who join now will have real influence over how the business is built.

Role Brief::
We are looking for a Senior Accountant to own the day-to-day accounting function for Spectrum.Life Australia while driving the process automation agenda that will scale it. 
This is a hands-on accounting role with a mandate to make the finance function materially better. You will be responsible for the core accounting work - managing the books, running month-end, overseeing accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring the numbers are accurate and timely. Alongside that, you will take ownership of process improvement and automation: identifying where manual effort can be eliminated, deploying AI tools to reduce transactional workload, and progressively building a technology-enabled operating model that scales with the business.

Responsibilities::
Accounting and Finance 

• Own the day-to-day accounting for Spectrum.Life Australia: accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, expense management,payrolland generalXeromaintenance
• Lead month-end close, producingaccuratemanagement accounts and supporting theFinanceOperations Director and wider finance team with financial reporting and variance analysis
• Maintain data integrity across financial systems,identifyingand resolving discrepancies promptly and ensuring the booksare audit-ready at all times
• Partner with theFinanceOperations Director and the widerSpectrum.Lifefinance team to manage the Australian budget and forecast cycle, providingaccuratedata, variance commentary, and financial modelling to support business planning decisions

Automation and AI 

• Identifyand deploy AI and automation tools to eliminate or reduce repetitive finance tasks
• Build and manage the automation layer across bookkeeping, data entry, and transactional processing
• Stay current with emerging tools and bring forward recommendations on where technology can drive further efficiency

Process Improvement 

• Audit existing finance workflows toidentifywheremanual effort, duplication, or error risk can be reduced through better process design
• Design and implement improved workflows that reduce time, reduce error rates, and scale with the business
• Document processes clearly so they can be handed off, automated, or replicated across markets as the business grows

Stakeholder Collaboration 

• Work closely with theFinanceOperations Director and, with the support of the wider finance team, align on process standards and reporting requirements
• Act as the internal subject matter expert on finance process improvement, advising on tooling, controls, and best practice
• Support the commercial team with financial data and analysis asrequired

Requirements::
• Qualified accountant (CA, CPA, or equivalent) with two to three years of post-qualification experience
• Demonstratedtrack recordofidentifyingand implementing finance process improvements, not just running existing processes
• Hands-on experience with automation tools, AI-assisted workflows, or finance technology platforms
• Strong analytical mindset: able to look at a process end to end,identifythe friction points, and build a case for change
• Self-starter who is comfortable in an ambiguous, high-growth environment where the playbook is still being written
• Clear, direct communicator who can work across finance and non-finance stakeholders

Desirable::
• Experience working in or with a SaaS, technology, or high-growth business
• Familiarity with cloud-based accounting platformssuch as Xero
• Experience with AI tooling and automation, with a genuine curiosity & eagerness to adopt and deploy within a finance context
• Experience building or improving finance functions from an early stage
• Exposure to multi-entity environments

 
Healthcare or insurance industry experience is not required. What matters is operational finance rigour and a genuine interest in making processes better through AI and technology

Your profile:
In the first 90 days, the books will be running cleanly under your ownership, you will have completed a full audit of current finance processes, and you will have begun implementing at least two material improvements. Within six months, month-end will be faster and more reliable, manual effort in routine transactional tasks will be measurably reduced, and you will have a clear automation roadmap in place for the function as it grows. 
You will be judged on both dimensions: the quality of the numbers you produce, and how much more efficiently the function operates because of you.