Property Accountant - Scentre Group Support Office

Your opportunity

Our Finance teams are integral to supporting the business achieve its goals and you’ll see the impact of your contribution on our business as we collectively deliver against Our Purpose: creating extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities.

We have eight different internal P&Ls that our finance professionals work with, providing opportunities to move around, continually develop different skillsets and work in an area of our business that they are passionate about.

Our NZ Finance team is looking for a motivated Property Accountant to support our NZ destinations with various financial and administrative tasks. This role offers you an opportunity to grow your career in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

This is a 12-month fixed term full time role based in the NZ Support Office above Westfield Newmarket.

Day-to-day you will be responsible for:

• Playing a lead role in the completion of key financial deliverables including the NOI report, finance assumptions, budgets/LTF, forecasts and year end reporting for both centre operations and tenant reporting.
• Data entry review, financial control and approval for centre receivables and payables as well as the general ledger.
• Ensuring all finance issues and tenant reporting are completed on time.
• Developing good working relationships with each major tenant to ensure all finance issues are settled in good time.
• Coordinating any tax returns for centre owners.
• Providing financial support, advice and portfolio-wide analysis as required on key asset management decisions including majors tenants, land acquisitions and divestments.

What sets you apart

You will have a passion for the property industry and excellent business partnering and stakeholder management ability. You are a strong communicator with exceptional influencing skills and a high level of commercial acumen as well as analytical and problem-solving skills. You plan and manage multiple deadlines and conflicting priorities easily.

• Approximately 5 years’ experience in relevant positions with experience in the property industry is advantageous.
• A CA qualification and bachelor’s degree (preferred but negotiable).
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of numeracy.
• Experience with JD Edwards and TM1.
• Advanced MS Excel ability.
• Can-do attitude, enthusiasm, and integrity.

About us

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage.
Discover more about working with us: https://www.scentregroup.com/careers/working-with-us

Applications close: Tuesday 8 April 2025 (unless filled prior).