Accounting And Tax Deputy Manager

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The Opportunity

• Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science and Innovation Agency
• Blend of leadership & hands on responsibilities 
• Supportive, flexible team environment

Join team CISRO as our Accounting and Tax Deputy Manager, where you will drive business outcomes, ensuring delivery of timely, accurate, compliant, and relevant technical, compliance and operational processes and advice. Whilst also providing strategic input and analytical advice to CSIRO, subsidiary management, and other internal and external stakeholders, assisting management with the delivery of business objectives.

As the Accounting and Tax Deputy Manager, you will help to lead and mentor our Accounting and Tax team, playing a vital role in the development and success of our Junior Accountants and contributing to a high-performing team environment.

This position offers a unique blend of leadership and hands-on responsibilities allowing you to leverage your Accounting and Tax expertise in support of groundbreaking scientific innovation and national development that CSIRO is involved with. 

Your duties will include:

• Assisting the Manager to lead and coordinate the function, ensuring the provision of accurate, reliable, flexible, and efficient financial processes, governance, and systems.
• Coaching team members, taking accountability for the ongoing enhancement of the team’s capability, through learning and development and the effective transfer of knowledge.
• Assisting the Manager to establish and maintain a robust financial controls environment including the creation of financial policy standards and procedures.
• Management reporting, accounting, budgeting, and forecasting for CSIRO subsidiaries.
• Preparation of papers and provision of advice for CSIRO Board and CSIRO Board Audit and Risk Committee and subsidiary committees.
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring compliance with government legislation, taxation legislation and other relevant financial legislation, government practices and accounting standards.
• Meeting management expectations of a high-quality financial management service with an emphasis on best practice and innovation in service delivery standards.

Location: Canberra, Melbourne or Hobart preferred. All other Australian CSIRO sites may be considered.

Salary: AU$105,806 – AU$114,500 plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Indefinite, Full-time or Part-time

Reference: 96314

To be considered you will need:

• Degree qualified CA/CPA or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent leadership skills with a track record of developing, maintaining, and motivating high-performing staff to achieve finance key performance indicators and leading change initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience and strong technical and working knowledge of accounting standards, financial management frameworks and/or taxation.
• Proven experience in preparing financial statements and providing value-added financial advice (accounting or taxation) and information to management, executives, and the Board.
• Superior communication, interpersonal and influencing skills and successful track record in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships (externally and internally) at peer and executive as well as team level.
• Demonstrated ability to apply financial policies, plan, prioritise and manage Accounting and Tax activities, and shape and implement financial process and system improvements.
• Demonstrated experience in working proactively, prioritising goals and being principally accountable for delivering value-add team financial results and balancing competing priorities.

Desirable

• Experience in Australian taxation and working with the Australian Taxation Office (FBT, GST and other matters). Or experience in dealing with international taxation matters.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirement.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

27 March 2024, 11:00pm AEDT