Project Accountant (North Sydney Council)

Ventia is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to support a key project within our growing Telecommunications portfolio, playing a critical role in driving project performance, financial integrity, and delivering meaningful insight. You will join a supportive, collaborative finance team that values accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. This role can be based anywhere in Australia, with a preference for Sydney. Why work with Ventia?
- Market-competitive salary package plus employee benefits including corporate travel discounts, novated leasing and private health offers.
- Hybrid and flexible work conditions.
- Internal career mobility across the broader Ventia business and wider telecommunications portfolio.
- Work with a highly skilled, supportive and collaborative team on large scale, high profile projects with exposure to our key clients.
- Extensive health and wellbeing programs (EAP, Fitness Passport, Healthy Minds & Healthy Bodies).
- Participation in our Finance Academy, offering continuous learning, mentoring, networking and career development opportunities.
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA within a large-scale project environment. About The Role You’ll deliver strong commercial insight and analytical capability while partnering with operations to translate high volume project data into meaningful performance outcomes and continuous improvement. You will also take ownership of end-to-end financial management across your assigned project. Responsibilities
- Deliver accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and project accounting outputs that ensure financial integrity across complex contracts.
- Analyse and interpret project performance drivers, including margins, overheads and cost structures, to provide clear commercial insights.
- Partner closely with operational stakeholders to influence decision-making and improve project performance outcomes.
- Own end-to-end project financials including forecasting, cost control, and financial planning.
- Oversee project billing, WIP and cash collection to ensure accurate revenue recognition and strong cash flow outcomes.
- Build strong cross‑functional relationships and support project teams with financial insight and guidance. About You You will bring a strong blend of technical accounting capability, commercial acumen, and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to work confidently in a high‑volume contracting setting. Additionally, you'll possess:
- Bachelor degree in Business, Commerce or related field.
- CPA or CA qualification or working towards.
- Advanced Excel & Power BI tools to create dashboards and reports.
- Proven ability to partner with operational stakeholders and influence business decisions. Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage. Position Reference Number: #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qgdh2