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Form of work- Newly created role! Bring your innovative ideas and experience to the rebranded Financial Reporting team
- Location: Raymond Terrace – Live and breathe flexible working - offering a hybrid work from home/office model designed to support flexibility
- Permanent full-time position. Work within a flexitime band that enables you design your own work patterns for a 35 hour week!
About Port Stephens Council (PSC)
Port Stephens is known for its incredible natural beauty and vibrant community, covering an area of close to 900 square kilometers and populated by over 75,000 people.
Port Stephens is diverse – with coastal villages, riverside suburbs, rural lands and historic town centres, it’s the ideal tourism and retirement destination as well as a great place to live, work and play.
We acknowledge the Worimi as the original Custodians and inhabitants of Port Stephens. May we walk the road to tomorrow with mutual respect and admiration as we care for the beautiful land and waterways together.
The Perfect Opportunity
Due to the rebranded Financial Reporting team, we have a newly created position available for a dynamic and highly motivated Finance professional, with exceptional interpersonal skills and professional integrity.
With a dispersed workforce of over 500 people and 60 business areas, it’s a unique role giving you broad exposure across a myriad of sectors. Your work days will be varied with no two days the same – your primary purpose will be to provide a high level of professional service to Council with respect to the internal Business Partnering functions of the Financial Reporting Unit. Including the monitoring and reporting of the annual & quarterly budget, providing financial information, processing financial information, monthly analysis and support for sustainable decision making to deliver the Council’s vision and objectives.
Your Team
This exciting, newly created role is part of our Financial Reporting Team within the broader Finance Section. You’ll be part a collaborative group made up of high performing accountants who thrive in a fast-paced environment. In an environment where change is the norm, this innovative group love to challenge the status quo.
We work hard to deliver for our community – we thrive in an active environment where change and innovation is the norm. We love to explore, experiment and have lots of fun along the way. Bring your high level skills, commitment and enthusiasm to this dynamic team
Why our employees love PSC?
When you join PSC, you’ll be joining an organisation who truly believes that one size doesn’t fit all. We offer an inclusive and supportive culture, a focus on personal and professional growth and a deep respect for our community.
We embrace the level of difference that each of our employees bring with them and offer working arrangements that allow you to focus on the things you consider most important to you outside of your career throughout all stages of your life!
PSC values Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and strives to create an inclusive workplace. We provide fair opportunities for development, progression, and work conditions to all. We celebrate differences in age, ethnicity, gender, religion, language, physical appearance, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, and diversity of thought. We’re inclusive and commit to creating a respectful and supportive environment for all individuals and groups, making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace.
Enough about us, we want to hear about you! So tell us about…
- What motivates you to pursue a professional role in local government and how do you see yourself contributing to the success of the Financial Reporting team?
- A time when you needed to gain commitment from a stakeholder to execute a project, or assignment. What went well? What difficulties did you have?
- Why do you want this role?
Please note: Only the criteria above needs to be addressed in the application, however you’ll be assessed against the full list of Essential Criteria located within the Position Description
We want you to love PSC as much as we do, so here’s a taste of some of the perks you can expect:
- Base Salary Range: $71,519 - $84,138 pa based on a 35 hour week + 11% superannuation + $2,284 retention allowance
- Confidential support (including mental health) through our employee assistance program
- Long service leave when you’ve been with us for just over 5 years
- A wellbeing program, including meditation, gym discounts and fitness incentives
- Financial Assistance to assist with further studies and to achieve your career goals
- Ongoing personal and professional development programs available during work hours
- Mentoring in the workplace
- Free parking on site and a convenient local shopping centre
- Coffee and food to keep you sustained at our on-site café
- And lots more…
Ready to change your outlook and join the awesome team at PSC?
- These opportunities don’t come up often… apply by midnight, 14 April 2024.
- For further information on the role, please contact Mia Edwards, Team Leader - Business Partnering on 0403 963 764 for a confidential discussion.
- We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
- We’re a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
- We’ve partnered with the Veterans Employment Program to support veterans finding suitable, sustainable and meaningful employment.
- Port Stephens Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and supports children and young people having safe and welcoming experience in our community, accessing our facilities and in our care.
