Management Accountant

Be a part of sharing special places and shaping lasting memories with Australia’s leading experiential tourism business.

 About Journey Beyond

Australia’s leading experiential tourism group, Journey Beyond, is privileged to operate 20 brands spanning the country and New Zealand, connecting guests to the land, and to each other.

Headquartered in Adelaide, Journey Beyond formed in 2016 and now comprises tourism brands including: iconic trains The Ghan, Indian Pacific, Great Southern, The Overland; premium small-group outback operator Outback Spirit; eco-luxury lodge Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef; aquatic adventures Cruise Whitsundays, Rottnest Express, Sailaway Port Douglas, Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures, Darwin Harbour Cruises and Journey Beyond Cruise Sydney; our tallest members, Melbourne Skydeck and Eureka 89; the historic Vintage Rail Journeys; The Telegraph Station in Alice Springs; Monarto Safari Resort; Exmouth Dive & Whalesharks Ningaloo, New Zealand coach tour specialist Grand Pacific Tours, and Voyages Tourism Australia.

About the Role

We have a unique opportunity for a Management Accountant for our Rail business. The position would suit a results focused individual who is passionate about delivering a high level of financial support to the business. This is a hands-on role, working within the rail operations and finance team, optimising our finance function to best support our growth plans. The role will support the business in providing timely and effective financial reporting, analysis and modelling relating to all aspects of the business.

Your working week will be primarily based at Journey Beyond’s Adelaide Parklands Rail Terminal (Keswick), with time spent at our Head Office on North Terrace.

Key roles and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Month end accounting, performance analysis, data integration and reporting.
• Assisting with annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Supporting on business case modelling.
• Preparing monthly reports for business leaders and department managers including P&L’s, cost and labour reports, KPI’s and financial metrics.
• Support in inventory reporting and analysis including stocktakes and wastage report.
• Provide day to day support and business partnering services to the broader Rail team and ensure clear visibility on cost drivers to drive efficiency performance.
• Build collaborative working relationships across Finance and the broader organisation and utilise data to assist in decision making.
• Identifying, developing, implementing reporting and process improvements.

To be successful:

You will have degree qualifications in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, along with previous experience in management accounting, financial analysis, financial systems and modelling.

You will be able to prepare and use data to aid and influence business decisions and have an advanced understanding of excel, data tables and extraction.  

You will be reliable, professional, organised and show initiative, while also demonstrating a strong customer service orientation and have exceptional business acumen.

How to apply:

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for and you feel you have the right skills and experience we would like to hear from you.