Senior Project Accountant | Major Construction Projects | $150k + Super
- Manage financial accounting, month-end and year-end reporting, reconciliations and compliance.
- Monitor WIP, project costs, profitability, budgets and forecasts across major construction projects.
- Analyse project performance and risks, strengthen controls and work with project teams and senior finance stakeholders.
We're working with an established and growing construction business to recruit a Senior Project Accountant who brings strong technical accounting skills, an audit background and the confidence to work across major construction projects valued at $80 million and above.
This is an opportunity for an experienced accountant who wants more than traditional financial reporting. You'll work closely with the Financial Controller and project teams, helping the business understand project performance, manage financial risks and make informed commercial decisions.
With a strong pipeline of major commercial and industrial construction projects, this is an opportunity to build your career in a business where finance plays an important role in project delivery.
The Role
Reporting to the Financial Controller, you'll take ownership of key financial accounting and reporting activities while providing valuable insight into the financial performance of major projects.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing month-end and year-end financial reporting, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Overseeing work-in-progress (WIP), project cost allocations and profitability reporting.
- Analysing project financial performance, investigating variances and identifying potential margin risks.
- Supporting budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections and financial planning across major construction projects.
- Preparing accurate financial reports and commercial analysis for senior management.
- Applying your audit experience to strengthen internal controls, improve reporting processes and support external audits.
- Working closely with project managers and operational teams to understand project costs and financial performance.
- Supporting statutory reporting, taxation compliance and broader financial governance.
- Identifying opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting and processes.
About You
We're looking for a commercially minded accountant with strong technical foundations who enjoys understanding the detail behind the numbers.
Ideally, you'll bring:
- Strong audit experience, gained within public practice or a complex commercial environment.
- Experience in construction, infrastructure, engineering or another project-based industry.
- Exposure to large-scale projects, ideally valued at $80 million or more.
- Strong financial accounting experience, including month-end, year-end and financial reporting.
- Experience with WIP, project costing, profitability analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
- Sound knowledge of accounting standards, compliance and internal financial controls.
- Confidence communicating with project managers, senior stakeholders and finance leadership.
- A relevant accounting degree, with CA or CPA qualifications highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial or project accounting systems.
You'll be someone who can balance strong attention to detail with a broader commercial perspective. You enjoy solving problems, asking questions and helping others understand what the numbers mean.
What's on Offer?
- $150,000 + superannuation
- Exposure to major construction projects valued at $80m+
- A broad role combining technical accounting and commercial project finance
- Direct access to an experienced Financial Controller
- An established business with a strong pipeline of construction projects
- Opportunities to develop your commercial experience and progress your career
- Supportive finance team and collaborative working environment
Interested?
If you have a strong audit background and are looking to apply your accounting expertise in a major construction environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or contact Sarah Purdue at Bluefin Resources at sarah.purdue@bluefinresources.com.au for a confidential discussion.
All applications and enquiries will be treated confidentially.
Consultant
sarah.purdue@bluefinresources.com.au
Reference number: BH-63126-2
Profession:Accounting & FinanceCost Accountant / Project Accountant
Company: BlueFin
Date posted: 13th Nov, 2026
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