Title: Lead Accountant
Date:
27 May 2026
Location:
West Perth
Business Unit:
St Jude's Group
St Jude’s Health Care Group is a trusted provider of Aged Care, Allied Health and Disability Services, established in 1982. With a strong reputation built over four decades and as a purpose-driven organisation, we operate with a clear philosophy: we do not provide any service that isn’t good enough for our own families. Our work is grounded in respect, integrity, commitment, and genuine partnerships with the individuals and communities we support.
Role Summary
The Group Management Accountant plays a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting across the organisation. This position supports executive decision-making through strong financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, while ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory and funding requirements within a multi-entity environment.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Prepare and manage monthly group management accounts, including consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Oversee intercompany accounting, eliminations, and reconciliations across multiple entities
- Provide high-quality financial insights, analysis, and executive-level commentary to support decision-making
- Analyse key operational drivers, including funding utilisation, care hours vs revenue, occupancy, and cost efficiency
- Support and contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting processes
- Lead financial systems management (Microsoft Dynamics Business Central/D365) and maintain reporting tools such as Jet Reporting
- Drive process improvements, automation, and standardisation of reporting practices
- Maintain strong governance and internal controls, including compliance with GST, payroll tax, and regulatory obligations
- Support audits, statutory reporting, and risk management across the group
- Mentor junior finance team members and collaborate with non-finance stakeholders to build financial understanding
This role is being hired on a permanent full time basis and is located at our new modern office in West Perth.
Skills, Attributes and Experience
- Proven experience as a Senior or Management Accountant in a multi-entity or group environment
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics (Business Central/D365)
- Solid understanding of financial reporting, consolidation, and commercial analysis
- CA or CPA qualified (or near completion)
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial insights clearly to stakeholders
- Experience within aged care and/or disability services
- Advanced capability in Jet Reporting
- Exposure to executive or board-level reporting
- Experience in system implementation or finance transformation initiatives
- Ability to obtain and maintain required compliance checks, including NDIS clearance and National Police Clearance
St Jude's Health Care Services are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If the above opportunity is one that excites and encourages you, we would welcome and encourage your application. If your application is selected for progression then we will be in touch to discuss it with you soon.