Financial Accountant

• Challenge yourself in a fast paced accounting  role within the Jetstar Finance team
• Enjoy staff travel benefits from day one
• Full Time opportunity based at our Head office in Collingwood

Love travel and passionate about all things aviation? You’re in the right place. At Jetstar, you get to take off at work, and in life.

As a team, we’re lucky we get to do both for a living – and we want you to be part of where we go next. Helping our teammates soar is what we’re all about. And with a new fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft, plus new routes being added, the sky’s the limit.

Are you a qualified accountant with a passion for financial integrity and capital expenditure (CAPEX) accounting and reporting? Jetstar is looking for a Financial Accountant to join our Financial Control team and support our fast-paced, high-performing environment.

Reporting to the Finance Manager – Engineering, Inventory and Fixed Assets, this role is responsible for delivering accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting, with a particular focus on CAPEX. You will work closely with FP&A, Jetstar Branded Airlines, and Qantas Group stakeholders to ensure sound accounting practices across complex CAPEX transactions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering end-to-end CAPEX reporting and financial analysis aligned to group frameworks
• Supporting business case reviews and advising on CAPEX accounting treatment
• Preparing CAPEX dashboard reports for project owners and stakeholders
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and process enhancements
• Providing audit support and partnering with internal/external stakeholders
• Reviewing outsourced provider outputs related to CAPEX

What you’ll bring:

• CA/CPA qualification with minimum 3 years’ post-graduate experience
• Strong technical accounting skills, ideally with CAPEX experience
• ERP experience (preferably Oracle, TM1, HFM) and advanced Excel skills
• Proven ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills and commercial acumen
• A collaborative, can-do attitude and comfort working with ambiguity

About Us
The Jetstar Group has airlines in Australia and New Zealand. Since launch in 2004, we have grown from a team of 8000 and have flown more than 250 million passengers. Collectively we now offer more than 5000 flights a week to more than 85 destinations in 18 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, with a fleet of more than 130 aircraft.

Our Culture
Jetstar is alive with a sense of adventure. Day in and day out, our teams search for new places to fly, new ways to add value and new ideas to improve performance. If you love the road less travelled, you’ll love working here because ours is a team who innovate every day, thrive on delivery, support each other and celebrate our successes. You’ll be supported to challenge, anticipate and explore while your work will connect people and enrich lives. We encourage diversity and aim to create an environment where our employees feel valued, respected and enabled.

Our Benefits
Team members have access to heavily discounted fares to destinations all over the world – not only for team members, but for their favourite travel companions too. Our staff travel benefit includes discounts on airfares, accommodation, car hire and travel insurance for both domestic and international travel. Discounts can be used within the Jetstar Group airlines, Qantas and other partner airlines.

Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship

We’re Jetstar.  Let’s takeoff together

Applications close Monday 30 June 2025.