About the role 

The Assistant Accountant plays a critical role in the financial operations of the organization, applying advanced analytical and systems knowledge to manage complex income allocations, multi-system reconciliations, and financial reporting across diverse business portfolios.

Responsibilities include processing and ensuring the accuracy of government funding, childcare subsidies, and direct debit transactions; overseeing general ledger integrity through reconciliations, depreciation calculations, and fixed asset register management; and participating in budgeting and forecasting functions.

The role also involves streamlining accounts payable processes through automation and performance monitoring, maintaining compliance with internal policies, and contributing to month-end close activities with a focus on efficient timeliness and precision. By leveraging multiple ERP platforms, the accountant ensures financial data is both actionable and compliant with accounting standards.

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform bank reconciliations and weekly cashflow reporting.
• Assist in preparation of month end and year end accounts.
• Reconciliation of general ledger and balance sheet accounts., depreciation and clearing accounts reconciled monthly.
• Processing of accruals, prepayments, and subsequent journals.
• Extraction and reconciliation of reports from sub systems and prepare and post revenue, stock and expense standing and reversing journals.
• Verify, allocate, post, and reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
• Assisting with fixed asset register and other business schedules.
• Managing lease schedules and preparation of associated journals.
• Managing intercompany transactions in bank and trial balance.
• Lodgement of ABS returns.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an Assistant Accounting role or similar.
• Demonstrated advanced capability in computer software and accounting packages user skills including advanced MS Excel skills, particularly with the ability to create large Excel workpapers that are clearly structured and automated, as well as use more advanced formulas such as INDEX-MATCH, OFFSET, UNIQUE, IF-AND/OR, etc.
• Educational background and work experience in finance or investments is preferred, to report on and help manage our diversified investment portfolio. Ability to calculate portfolio returns, benchmark comparison with market returns, and provide dashboard analysis to CFO for investment recommendations
• Experience with statistical packages such as MySQL, MATLAB and R
• Advanced financial modelling and forecasting skills, to help the FP&A team with Cash Flow forecasting, budgeting, 3-statement financial modelling, and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuations.
• Proficiency with the following systems would be highly considered: Business Central, Solver, Great Plains, Links, PerfectGym, Continia, VenueLife, iClassPro, XAP, Workplace, Management Reporter, Enrollsy, and Intrac
• Experience in financial system migrations and system integration development to help with our financial technology modernization projects pipeline
• Excellent time management skills to manage multiple competing deadlines and priorities

Qualifications

• At least a Bachelor’s degree with a major in Accounting and excellent grades (degree with Honours or similar)
• Educational background and work experience in finance or investments is preferred

Y work with us?  

• Work within a supportive team environment 
• Room to learn and develop within the organisation 
• Flexible hours and arrangements, for a work-life balance that works for you 
• Awesome discounts on The Y services and products 
• Corporate health insurance cover to keep you healthy  

Salary: $80,000

Support Services

Our Support Services Team is the glue that holds the Y NSW business lines together. Whether you have expertise in administration, marketing, IT, compliance, communications, HR or finance, in the Support Services Team, your contribution will truly make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities.

As part of the Support Services Team, you’ll be working with a group of inclusive, passionate, and encouraging individuals with access to continuous development and growth opportunities. Here at the Y NSW, we embrace diversity, encourage innovation and sharing of ideas so you can truly own your role and take your career anywhere.

If you want to use your corporate skills to make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities within a supportive and values-driven organisation, join the Y family and find your forever role.

Who What Y?

The Y NSW is a profit-for-purpose organisation focused on healthy living, social impact and empowering young people. We operate 18 recreation centres, 47 out-of-school-hours care services, and two camping locations which employ 1,500 staff across NSW – and fund our diverse range of enriching community programs.

We believe in building a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage people of all genders, ages, religions, disability, sexual orientation, family and caring responsibilities and cultures, including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, to apply.

Commitment to Safeguarding

At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we embed Safeguarding into everything that we do to make sure Children and Young People are kept at the front of our minds in all our programs and services. We also ensure that all our candidates are appropriately screened to make sure that the right people are in the right roles to keep our children and young people safe.

To learn more about our Commitment to Safeguarding Statement and our screening processes, click here.