Accountant

The Accountant position at St Jude's takes responsibility for overseeing the general ledger, compliance reporting, asset management/budgets and management reporting for all business units. The position provides both financial and management accounting support by ensuring that the financial transactions, policies and procedures of the organisation are represented accurately and reported on a timely basis, leading to credible and timely financial management reports. The Accountant is a crucial position for the organisation in maintaining financial acuity, and for ensuring that a continuous improvement model is in place for all relevant systems and processes. 

Responsibilities and Duties

• Producing timely, accurate and insightful management reports on an annual basis for all of the various St Jude's business units 

• Managing and ensuring the integrity of the general ledger for all business units 

• Ensuring compliance with all auditable standards and delivering accurate, timely reporting on compliance measures 

• Engaging with a broad range of internal stakeholders on financial reporting, data and analysis 

• Overseeing the use of accounting systems/processes such that they are as effective as possible 

This role is being hired on a permanent full-time basis and is located at our central office in Kewdale.    

Skills, Attributes and Experience

We are searching for a significantly experienced finance professional, who will have ideally gained some or all of their accounting experience within a large, complex organisation. Our ideal candidate will have previous management experience, and be familiar with guiding a positive, high achieving team towards the goals set out by the organisation. We are looking for someone who is a confident professional with effective time management, who leads from the front and always looks for ways to better the processes and systems being used by the finance team. Our ideal candidate is also an effective communicator, who won't hesitate to challenge their management when they think that there are better ways to achieving outcomes. We are also hoping to find someone who will possess the resilience and adaptability required to work in the constantly changing and evolving health sectors. 

Key Criteria Includes:

• CA/CPA qualified

• Experience gained within the health care sectors, particularly the NDIS or aged care, will be highly regarded but is not essential

• Previous experience or familiarity working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central will be highly regarded

• Preparedness to supply all required compliance documentation, including an NDIS clearance check