Senior Accountant

Join an Organisation where we Serve Something Greater; See Something Greater; and Strive for Something Greater!

• Drive Impact - Play a key role in strategic planning and decision-making by delivering high-quality financial insights to executives and senior leadership.
• Shape the Future - Champion data integrity and continuous improvement in a dynamic private hospital environment where your expertise makes a real difference.
• Lead & Influence - Oversee Assistant Accountants, own critical accounting processes, and guide commercial outcomes across departments.
• Fixed Term, Full-Time role: Until 31st July 2026
  

ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE:
As a Senior Accountant, you will play a critical role in driving financial excellence across SVPHM. Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will deliver accurate, high-quality insights to senior stakeholders, empowering strategic decisions through business analysis, budget formulation, monthly reporting, and finance administration. With your sharp focus on data integrity and attention to detail, you will own key accounting processes, oversee Assistant Accountants, and maintain governance of accounting policies and procedures. Your deep understanding of accounting standards, reconciliations, and the Private Hospital industry will be essential to support strategic planning and deliver robust annual budgets. You will champion continuous improvement in management information, ensuring that data across systems remains accurate, reliable, and aligned. As a trusted resource for executives, senior leaders, and department heads, you will be pivotal in shaping the future commercial success of the organisation.

In this rewarding opportunity you will join the St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne (SVPHM) team as Senior Accountant in our Finance department at our Fitzroy campus.

WHY WORK FOR SVPHM:
You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.

• Join the St Vincent's Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD
• Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay!)
• Gain access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
• Option to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good
• A great work life balance with options to purchase additional leave
• Receive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private Hospital

ABOUT YOU:
As an outstanding Senior Accountant, you are a master and a SME at all things accounting and come with extensice experience that will make you our SUPERSTAR.

Your skills will include:

• CA / CPA or relevant post graduate qualification.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Five years' experience in a similar role
• Experience in managing diverse and complex corporate structures, stakeholders and accountants.
• Previous experience in Healthcare is preferred, with an understanding of revenue and cost drivers and private hospital funding
• Detailed understanding of hospital revenue and cost drivers- "preferred but not essential"
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practice.
• Committed to continuous improvement of management reports and reporting tools.
• Ability to support and liaise within the Finance Department and Department Heads.
• Committed to assist the Financial Accountant with the preparation of end-of-month financial reports and reconciliations and in using work-papers to support these.
• A willingness to be flexible in order meet objectives and timeframes.
• Extensive knowledge of the private hospital funding model.
• Sound understanding and practical experience in accounting including knowledge of accounting standards.
• A willingness to be flexible in order to meet objectives and timeframes.
• Advanced computer skills - particularly the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint, with prior exposure to multiple database management platforms and ERP systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to analyse complex financial and performance data, draw appropriate inferences and make appropriate judgements on findings.
• Logical thought processes with excellent analytical skills.
• Conscientious in conducting ones-self in a professional manner and also in maintaining the professional reputation of the Finance Department

Desirable Skills and Experience Personal Attributes

• A commitment to patient/staff/corporate confidentiality.
• Ability to respond appropriately to emergency situations
• A collaborative and inclusive working style
• A positive work ethic
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Willing to uphold the core values of St Vincent's Health Australia

ABOUT ST VINCENTS PRIVATE HOSPITAL MELBOURNE
Our experienced team of clinical professionals, care givers and support staff are equipped to provide the highest level of therapeutic, medical and surgical services. We work together to ensure patient safety, well-being and recovery. We are a not-for-profit Catholic private hospital which operates across four sites at Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee.

APPLY NOW!
If this is the role for you, please hit the APPLY button now! Your application must include:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at ***************@svha.org.au.

REQUIREMENTS:
Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.

SVPHM has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

SVHA generally requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

HAVE A QUESTION AND WANT TO KNOW MORE:
If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact insert name of Yohan Pereira- Finance Manager on 03 9411 7*** for a confidential discussion and quote job requisition number JR142166.

CLOSING DATE: 12th May 2025.

*Please note this job advertisement will close at Midnight the day before the closing date listed.