Finance Manager

ASC is Australia’s only established sovereign submarine company.  Our team of leading, submarine platform engineers, trades and professionals are committed to the delivery of an agile and potent submarine capability for the Royal Australian Navy.

About the Opportunity

The LOTE Finance Manager role is a key Management role in the ASC Finance Team, and is required to drive a performance-based culture to deliver high quality accounting services within the program. The Finance Manager will be the key Finance interface to the ASC LOTE (Life of Type Extension) project team and CoA customer. The role is heavily project accounting focused and will be responsible for key activities such as program reporting and analysis, forecasting, invoicing, bidding and tendering, management of the rates and overheads, foreign currency, escalation and overall financial management of the LOTE contract.

The LOTE Program works to extend the life of the Collins Class submarines is a strategically important project to both ASC and Australian Defence.The Life of Type Extension (LOTE) of the Collins Class submarine fleet will provide the nation with world-class submarine capability into the 2040s and beyond.

The role currently has one direct report and will Reporting to the Head of Finance – Programs on issues of significance arising from activities performed.

Responsibilities

The LOTE program is a highly complex and fast moving environment. It requires a good communicator with advanced interpersonal skills who can build and maintain strong working relationships with in the team and the customer.

Key Activities and Tasks include:

• Program Reporting , Budgeting and Analysis
• Forecasting including a Program Cost Estimate
• Month Invoicing and Annual True-up
• Bidding and Pricing
• Management of labour rates and overheads
• Foreign Currency and Escalation
• Overall financial management of the LOTE contract
• Profit and Revenue Trading
• Management of External and Customer Audits
• Supporting Quarterly EAC (forecast) reviews
• Any other task as requested by Manager

About you 

The position will require you to operate with a reasonable degree of autonomy, drive and self-motivation. The role requires a solid level of technical knowledge of project accounting as well as the ability to drive change within a large project.

 Desirable competencies and experiences

• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce or Accounting. Full professional membership in ASCPA, ICA, CIMA or equivalent accounting qualification with significant post-membership experience
• Proven successful experience in project financial management;
• Good communicator with excellent time management skills;
• Advanced interpersonal skills; build and maintain strong working relationships
• Pro-active approach to problem solving
• Ability to hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance (Level NV1)
• Demonstrated ability in financial planning and analysis;
• Ability to understand, analyse and communicate the financial results of the business operations and financial consequences
• Ability to use and adapt written and verbal communication skills to suit a variety of different audiences
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Well-organised and effective under pressure
• Experience within the Defence Industry
• Sound working knowledge of ERP
• Knowledge of Earned Value Project Management Techniques

Eligibility and Requirements

The successful candidate must provide ASC with a current National Police Clearance prior as well as be eligible for an Australian Defence Security Clearance, part of this eligibility requirement includes Australian Citizenship.  Access protected US Defence Technology will be taken into account in assessing an applicant's suitability for this role.

ASC also requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. If you are applying for a role at ASC please consider this new requirement when submitting your application. ASC will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.

About our offer

We offer more than just a challenging and rewarding career.  We have put together a range of programs, initiatives and benefits that help empower our employees to reach their personal and professional goals to ensure their career with us is both challenging and rewarding.

• Staff training and leadership development programs
• Additional 2 weeks of leave
• Paid parental leave
• Salary sacrificing options
• Paid defence reservist leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• Onsite cafeteria & parking
• Access to our onsite gym and wellbeing programs
• Annual Flu vaccinations and onsite health centre

About ASC

ASC has proudly served as Australia’s sovereign submarine builder and sustainer for over 35 years and our 1,800 strong workforce are based in the Osborne Naval Shipyard in SA and in the Henderson Maritime Precinct and Garden Island in WA. We are an enduring and integral part of Australia’s maritime strategy and national security, and a trusted and efficient partner with sovereign design, build and sustainment capabilities, driving best value for our customers. At ASC, our values of protect, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence drive our standards, behaviours and the decisions we make each day to create a culture which is safe, engaged and customer focused.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At ASC, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing a work environment where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage diversity of age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, thinking styles, experience, family background and gender identity or expression. We know there are many aspects of our employee’s lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits including flexible working options, a generous parental leave policy and other leave entitlements. ASC’s Reconciliation Action Plan sets out our commitment to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, organisations and communities – the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters on or near our operations in WA and SA, the Whadjuk Noongar people of Perth’s Swan Coastal Plain and the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains. We pay our respects to past, present and emerging elders and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.