Commercial Accountant - International Operations

Fortescue has an exciting future ahead. As well as producing over 180 million tonnes of iron ore per year, we’re diversifying our business to become an integrated global green energy and resources company.

Work Location: Fortescue Centre, East Perth.

Roster: Mondays to Fridays, but flexibility will be required to accommodate various time zones.

Overview:

The Senior/Commercial Accountant is a subject matter expert in financial accounting for International subsidiaries at FMG. As part of a lean team, this role exercises considerable judgement applying a broad understanding of IFRS/GAAP to ensure accuracy and effectiveness in all accounting tasks, supporting the financial accounting team by performing year-end close and reporting activities, performing technical research and owning complex reconciliations and journal entries.

Key responsibilities include:

• Establishment of initial finance and tax compliance services in conjunction with Fortescue’s tax, treasury, HR/payroll, cosec, and legal teams and appointed accounting/advisory firm.
• Coordinate the preparation/review of in-country statutory reporting, including preparation of work papers, note disclosures and management of external auditors and the sign off and approval of statutory accounts.
• Assist in the transition of basic accounting functions to in-country finance and administration teams.
• Assist in the coordination and management of accounting and audit services firms.
• Reconciliation between local GAAP and IFRS accounts and journal postings where required
• Regular communication with local accounting teams for ongoing corporate financial accounting support

Qualifications and Experience:

• Finance / Accounting / Business tertiary degree and post graduate qualification (CA/CPA)
• Strong technical accounting experience including financial statement preparation and management reporting.
• Previous Audit Experience preferred and knowledge of IFRS and other Accounting standards - ability to research accounting related issues
• Advanced excel skills, SAP experience is desirable and strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and bring complex issues to resolution
• Ability to foster strong working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified