Job Description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Finance Manager, JRC

What’s the role?

As Finance Manager, Journals, Reconciliation & Controls (JRC), you’ll own and optimise high‑volume month‑end finance processes delivered at scale across the Group. Sitting within Financial Services, this role operates at the intersection of onshore stakeholders, offshore delivery teams (Genpact), and Business Unit Finance, ensuring strong governance, quality outcomes, and efficient delivery.

You’ll provide hands‑on oversight of journals, accruals, reconciliations, and balance‑sheet controls, while supporting the monthly close and Group Flash P&L. This is a BAU‑critical role, requiring comfort with recurring cycles, tight deadlines, and accountability for end‑to‑end outcomes - while still driving continuous improvement over time.

A key part of the role is improving how finance operations are delivered: identifying opportunities to standardise, automate, and uplift controls, supporting offshore performance against SLAs, and strengthening documentation, knowledge transfer, and resilience in the operating model

This is a permanent, full‑time role based in Sydney, operating under a hybrid working model (three days per week in the office).

What do I need?

• Qualified accountant (CA/CPA/CIMA or equivalent) with strong fundamentals in journals, reconciliations, and balance‑sheet controls
• Experience supporting month‑end close and financial control activities in a large, complex environment
• Hands‑on experience overseeing or working with offshore / shared services providers, managing quality and SLAs
• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end finance processes, from source transactions through to GL and reporting
• Proven process improvement mindset, with exposure to standardisation, automation, or AI‑enabled finance uplift
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, comfortable working across Finance, systems, and business teams

Why Join us?

We’re obsessed with partnering with our customers for life and we’re looking for colleagues who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making your ongoing journey at Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Lead and improve finance operations delivered at scale, balancing control, quality, and efficiency while shaping the future of Finance Services.
• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

Create your future today

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