BlueCare | Accountant | Retirement Living
Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.
Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.
Your part in the Blue Care Team
Blue Care operate over 32 retirement villages across Queensland, with more than 3,300 residents choosing to make a Blue Care communities their home.
Step into the Accountant role where your financial expertise truly makes an impact. As an Accountant, you’ll report to the Commercial Manager, Retirement Living to drive the delivery of high-quality financial accounting across our Retirement Livings team. Your problem-solving mindset and passion for process improvement will help lift performance, strengthen compliance and support better business outcomes.
You’ll be part of a highly collaborative team, playing a key role in delivering core financial, management and day-to-day accounting activities and supporting monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
We’re looking for someone proactive, detail driven and compliance focused—someone who takes initiative, thrives on continuous improvement and brings real energy to their work.
Please note, this is a full time, 12 month max term position. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you, too - this role supports hybrid working.
Your part in the BlueCare team:
Support and Contribute to and deliver the financial reporting month end close process per agreed timetable, as required
Support and Contribute to and deliver the annual budget at a village and operator level per agreed timetable and legislative requirements, as required.
Support and Provide general ledger account reconciliation and verification activities, as required.
Maintain the systems and processes to ensure the appropriate accounting and reporting, including retirement living accounting.
Support and Deliver village annual audited financial statements as per agreed timetable and legislative requirements, as required.
Support the internal audit requirements of activities that fall within the financial accounting and reporting team responsibilities.
Support the external audit requirements, at both the village and operator level, as required
Support in Delivering accurate financial reporting that meets all relevant legislative requirements, accounting standards, regulatory requirements, funders requirements and/or approved policy in a timely and efficient manner, as required
Assistance in gathering data and responding to resident and village queries.
Participate in prioritizing and implementing process improvements in retirement living accounting.
Active consultation and interaction with stakeholders on retirement living accounting concepts and finance queries.
Undertake other duties as and when directed within the scope of the role and the capabilities of the incumbent.
What makes a difference for us?
Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies. This may include a Nationally Coordinated Police Check, Right to Work in Australia, Insolvency Check
Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Business or a related field, ideally with a CAANZ/CPA or similar membership (or working towards).
Preferred: Experience within Not-For-Profit organisations, Retirement Living
Strong finance and accounting expertise, with solid knowledge of relevant accounting standards and legislation is highly regarded.
Advanced technology skills, especially in Excel, with experience in tools like Microsoft Dynamics, PowerQuery, PowerPivot and Power BI highly regarded.
A collaborative, organised team player who applies logical problem-solving to deliver quality outcomes.
Skilled in investigation, interpretation and analysis, with a track record of improving processes.
Clear and confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively with nonfinancial audiences.
High attention to detail, accuracy and a proactive approach to getting things done.
Employee Benefits:
Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too
Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email reconciliation@ucareqld.com.au
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.