Accountant

Arnold Bloch Leibler is a premium Australian commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. Clients turn to ABL for advice on their most important transactions, disputes and commercial decisions.

The firm is particularly known for its work with large private and founder-led businesses, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, entrepreneurial ASX-listed companies, private capital investors, and international businesses with interests in Australia.

ABL provides strategic, commercially focused advice that takes account of legal, reputational and stakeholder considerations. The firm is also distinguished by its longstanding public interest law practice and decades of work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations.

The Accountant is responsible for managing key financial functions within the firm's Finance department, including management accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, tax compliance, trust account management and audit coordination.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of key financial outcomes. You will develop direct reports and drive process improvements, contributing to firm-wide projects that shape how our Finance function operates.

Your duties will include:

• Lead the preparation of monthly financial results, budgets and forecasts, providing insightful analysis to support decision making.

• Manage key financial accounting and compliance obligations, including annual reporting, audit, tax reconciliations, BAS and FBT.

• Oversee trust and CMA accounting, ensuring transactions, reporting and compliance requirements are completed accurately and on time.

• Support effective working capital management, including WIP, debtors, partner capital and cash flow targets.

• Lead, coach and develop members of the Finance team while building strong relationships with partners and stakeholders across the firm.

• Drive process improvement, innovation and technology initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Finance operations and reporting.

About You

You are a CA or CPA qualified finance professional with strong technical accounting capability and experience in a professional services environment. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level, you’ll bring sound commercial judgement, exceptional attention to detail and confidence working closely with senior stakeholders.

Staff Benefits
The salary package offered for this position is competitive and includes a range of benefits, such as:

• fully subsidised corporate gym membership;

• an in-house café providing fully subsidised beverages and snacks;

• discounted corporate health plan;

• staff social events;

• health and well-being program;

• complimentary legal advice for wills, estate planning and conveyancing; and

• prime CBD office location.

Applications
To apply please address your letter of application and CV to Lawra Bello, Human Resources Business Partner via the apply button.