Management Accountant

Our Opportunity

Work Location:  Perth, Western Australia.  Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster:  Monday to Friday.

Join Fortescue's Capital Accounting team and play a key role in supporting the financial governance of major capital investment programs that underpin the future of our operations.

As a Capital Accountant, you'll work at the intersection of finance and project delivery, ensuring capital investments are accurately accounted for, compliant with accounting standards, and provide meaningful financial insights to support business decisions.

Reporting to the Manager Capital Accounting, you'll work closely with Finance, Project Delivery and operational stakeholders across the business, supporting the full lifecycle of capital projects and lease accounting—from project creation and capitalisation through to financial reporting, audits and statutory disclosures. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking to broaden their experience in a collaborative, high-performing team while contributing to one of Australia's largest and most dynamic capital portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Process end of months transactions for capital and lease accounting, including journal entries, accruals, reporting and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review projects during budget and forecast cycles to determine if they are capital in nature.
• Assess capital expenditure requests to determine if they are capital in nature, approve requests and create projects records in SAP.
• Support the closure of projects and capitalisations, depreciation and amortisations postings, asset disposals and sales of assets.
• Assist with lease accounting, maintenance of SAP leasing module and lease payment reconciliations.
• Support the preparation of capital and lease disclosure notes for half year and year end reporting cycles.
• Support the preparation of information to answer audit requests during interim, half year and end of financial year audits.
• Coordinate and prepare external capital reporting to various government agencies.
• Support the update of training materials and standard procedures on capital accounting and lease accounting.

Qualifications and Experience

• CPA or CA qualification or working towards.
• SAP experience preferable.
• Previous experience across either financial accounting, project accounting or management accounting preferable.
• Understanding of Accounting Standards.
• Advance excel use preferable.
• Attention to detail and accuracy, with analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.
• The capacity to work well under pressure and manage competing deadlines, while demonstrating commitment to the Fortescue Values.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.