Senior Financial Accountant

Busy Bees is a leading global, early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children's lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

Bee Safe: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.

We're seeking an experienced and technically strong Senior Financial Accountant to join our Finance team in this newly created position. Working closely with the Finance Manager, you'll play a key role in strengthening our financial reporting and compliance framework, with responsibility across financial accounting, statutory reporting, audit, compliance lodgements and grant acquittals.

What you'll do

• Prepare and lodge indirect tax returns including BAS, GST, FBT and payroll tax.
• Ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Own the preparation of statutory accounts and corporate reporting obligations.
• Lead audit readiness activities, including preparation of annual audit workpapers and supporting documentation.
• Support the Finance Manager with financial reporting, analysis and process improvements.

What you'll bring

• A genuine commitment to child safety and wellbeing & alignment to our Busy Bee values.
• Bachelor's degree in business, commerce, finance or a related field.
• CPA or CA qualification is mandatory.
• Strong technical knowledge of current Australian Accounting Standards and demonstrated experience with statutory financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience preparing statutory financial statements, compliance reporting and audit workpapers.
• High-level proficiency in ERP systems and Excel.
• Prior experience in large multi-site operations (e.g., childcare, retail, or healthcare) is highly regarded.

Why Busy Bees?

Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:
Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service, and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.

• Enjoy 1 day working from home, plus flexible start and finish times.
• Convenient Nundah location - close to public transport, street parking, shops and cafes.
• 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
• Connect with with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia).
• A global organisation with a local feel, where child safety, wellbeing and quality are never compromised.
• Work alongside approachable leaders and a collaborative Finance team.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.

Busy Bees does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Please do not submit candidate details without prior written agreement from our Talent Acquisition team. Any unsolicited resumes will be treated as a direct application and no agency fee will be payable.