Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant
Permanent full-time position
Hybrid – Malvern office location & WFH

We’re building for the better!
By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well-resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

About the role
As Financial Accountant, you will be part of a team that drives the organisation’s financial integrity — collaborating with colleagues across finance, operations, and leadership to ensure accurate reporting, informed decision‑making, and strong compliance. You will be responsible for a range of core financial accounting activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, month-end reporting, fixed asset accounting, lease accounting, capital project accounting, and management reporting. You will help ensure financial compliance, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to the delivery of high-quality financial information that supports informed decision-making.

Key responsibilities include:

• Prepare and reconcile balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Complete monthly accounting and reconciliations for capital projects.
• Maintain and analyse the Fixed Asset Register, including monitoring capital expenditure and ensuring timely and accurate creation of assets.
• Perform monthly lease accounting and reconciliations in accordance with AASB 16.
• Analyse relevant profit and loss accounts with Finance Business Partners.
• Assist with monthly management and year-end financial reporting.
• Manage the Finance SharePoint site and digital forms.

What we’re looking for

• CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent recognised international qualification).
• Minimum five years' experience in financial accounting within a complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of financial accounting, reporting, fixed assets, capital expenditure and AASB 16 lease accounting.
• Experience preparing management reports and presenting financial information to a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and financial interpretation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems skills, with knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards and not-for-profit accounting highly regarded.

Why join Cabrini?
At Cabrini, you’ll be part of a values-driven organisation committed to delivering exceptional patient care. We offer:

• Opportunity to increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging up to $18,850 per year tax free
• Work life balance with hybrid working option 2 days per week
• Access to a range of staff benefits including retail offers, fitness passport, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Located close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fare
• Mission based, values led organisation with a welcoming culture

Interested? To view the full position description click here
Enquiries should be directed to: Arlene Jeffery, Recruitment Advisor - 0477 280 238

Apply early! This role may close sooner than the listed closing date if we find the right candidate – so don’t wait to get your application in.

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Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.