Financial Accountant – Assets
Temporary Full-Time | South Eastern Suburbs | $45–$55 p/hour + super
ASAP Start | Contract to August 2025 | Hybrid: 2 Days Office / 3 Days WFH

We are looking for a Financial Accountant – Assets to support our client’s finance team in delivering high-quality asset accounting services. This is a temporary opportunity based in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs, offering hybrid flexibility and the chance to contribute to a high-performing local government team.

About the Role
You’ll provide critical support to the asset accounting function, ensuring accurate capitalisation, depreciation, revaluation, and reconciliation of assets. Working closely with capital project teams, you’ll ensure constructed assets are capitalised in a timely and accurate manner and maintain alignment between the asset register and general ledger.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and reconcile annual asset journals
• Maintain the Asset Register, including additions, disposals, impairments, and depreciation
• Reconcile work-in-progress accounts and oversee capitalisation of completed works
• Ensure accurate asset data is recorded including location, identification, and value
• Assist with asset revaluations and verifications
• Perform other accounting duties as required

About You
You will bring experience in fixed asset accounting, ideally in the public sector or a similar environment. You are detail-focused, organised, and confident working across systems and teams to ensure accurate reporting.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a public sector, NFP, education or healthcare setting
• Strong understanding of asset accounting and reconciliations
• Experience with TechOne/FinanceOne desirable
• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, or similar

For more information or to apply, contact Amanda at Public Sector People on 03 8535 3111 or email [email protected].

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.