Senior Financial Accountant
Amber Electric
Accounting & Finance, Sales & Business Development
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Posted on Jul 28, 2025
⚡About Amber
Amber is an entirely new way of thinking about buying, banking and selling energy – where home energy technology works to put money back in customers’ pockets and accelerate the renewable energy transition. Everything we build is about making that possible and putting traditional retailers in the shade.
We believe the cheapest, fastest and most rewarding way to reach 100% renewables is to automate the growing wave of home batteries and EVs. Customers get direct access to the real-time wholesale electricity price and the technology to shift energy usage to the times when cheaper renewables are available in the grid and export to the grid at times when the price they can be paid for it is highest.
We are backed by Australia’s leading VCs (including Square Peg Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Rubio Impact Ventures, and Breakthrough Victoria), impact-focused investors and individuals, and most recently by Commonwealth Bank, NRMA, Gentrack and ETF Partners (UK/Europe based).
We are growing rapidly and have thousands of customers who love what we are doing and a great product that will play a significant role in driving Australia and the world towards a renewable future.
We’re now at a critical moment in taking the business to real scale as we disrupt a huge market for the better. You’d be a part of a rapidly growing team of over 150, with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world.
Amber for Batteries unlocks more value for homeowners with batteries, driving down their energy bills and their payback periods. By storing energy when it’s cheap and exporting it to the grid for wholesale feed-in rates of up to $19/kWh, Amber’s software is completely changing the economics of home batteries and accelerating the energy transition.
Amber for EVs is our EV smart charging solution that helps EV owners save on their charging costs by using more cheap, renewable energy - whether that’s their own excess solar energy, or renewable energy that’s abundant in the grid. In 2025, we are kicking off development of our game-changing vehicle-to-grid technology.
Want to help improve the environment by shifting Australia and the world’s energy usage towards renewables?
💻 About the Role
The Amber Electricity product is Australia's leading electricity flexibility product. We pass-through real-time wholesale electricity directly to customers, allowing them benefit financially while supporting the energy transition.
This role is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate preparation of statutory financial reports in compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulations, and internal policies. This role plays a key part in the coordination of external audits, continuous improvement of financial reporting processes, and the implementation of best practices in compliance and disclosure.
👉🏽 Key Responsibilities
- Statutory Reporting:
- Prepare annual and interim statutory financial statements for the group and individual legal entities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, AASB) and regulatory requirements.
- Work with external auditors to facilitate smooth and timely audits, providing necessary documentation and responding to audit queries.
- Compliance and Regulatory Filings:
- Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial statements and regulatory filings to relevant authorities.
- Monitor changes in financial reporting standards and assess implications for the business.
- Financial Analysis and Reconciliation:
- Support the preparation of financial statement disclosures and technical accounting papers.
- Review trial balances and perform variance analysis to ensure data accuracy.
- Reconcile key balance sheet accounts and assist with consolidations where necessary.
- Process Improvement and Governance:
- Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting processes and controls.
- Support the development and implementation of internal policies related to financial reporting and compliance.
- Assist in automation initiatives and system enhancements impacting statutory reporting.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Liaise with external auditors, tax advisors, legal teams, and regulatory bodies as required.
- Collaborate with internal finance teams to gather necessary inputs for statutory reporting.
- Collaborate with finance, marketing and operations to align risk management practices with business needs.
🎯 Key Requirements
- CA or CPA Qualification (or near completion)
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in statutory or financial reporting, preferably in a multinational or audit environment.
- Experience with complex consolidations and multi-entity reporting is highly regarded
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS, AASB, or equivalent).
- Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in financial systems including Excel/Google.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and work under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
🎉 Benefits
- At Amber we believe that enabling a culture where everyone at Amber is set up to do the best work of their lives and feels connected and supported is one of the most important things we can do to ensure Amber’s long-term success.
- We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world.
- You’d be a part of a rapidly growing team of over 150 with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations.
- Be part of a growing technology start-up that will shape the future of household and grid energy use.
- Flexible working hours with provision for regular work from home arrangements and a central hub in Melbourne CBD.
- Equitable gender-neutral parental leave policies.
- An external Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for mental health support.
- Competitive salary and share options in Amber.
- Annual Learning & Development budget to support your personal growth.
This is a full-time role to be based ideally from Melbourne, but we are also open to considering the right candidate anywhere within Australia.
We have an office in the Melbourne CBD, where we work flexibly between the office and home. For those based in Sydney, work from a co-working space in the city, and the rest of the locations in Australia work from home. We expect to remain Melbourne based but maintain flexibility between the office and WFH.
🌈 If this kind of work gets you excited, we'd love to hear from you!
Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements listed above, we still encourage you to apply. We're open to all backgrounds and encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
🪄 How to Apply
Please include your resume and a cover letter and tell us:
- How is Amber’s model different to other retailers?
- Why do you want to join Amber?
Our hiring process will include the following steps:
- An initial screening interview with our Talent team
- A conversation with our Finance Manager (who is both the Reporting and Hiring Manager for the role) and a member of the Finance team
- A take-home case study or assignment, designed to take no more than 2-3 hours to complete
- A follow-up case study discussion with our CFO and another member of the Finance team
- A final conversation with one or two members of our Executive Leadership Team
We promise to be respectful of your time as an applicant while trying to be as thorough as possible in finding the right fit for our team.
Applications will be accepted only from candidates already based in Australia, preferably Melbourne with full working rights.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted promptly. All other applicants will also be notified of the outcome as soon as possible.
No recruitment agencies please. We've got this! Thank you.