Finance, Operations and HR Lead

Finance, Operations & HR Lead 

• Australian Owned – Industry Leader
• St Kilda Location 
• Great salary package & employee benefits

About:

A newly created position for a Finance, Operations and HR lead with an industry leader in insurance. This is a one of a kind opportunity that is looking for a extremely well versed office all-rounder. 

The Finance, Operations & HR lead has a dual reporting  line to the CFO and COO. They are pivotal in ensuring the seamless delivery of finance, operations, compliance, and people outcomes for the business. 

The individual will possess the technical expertise in finance, operations, and HR.

Key Functions: Finance, Operations and People & Culture

Finance:

• Managing accounts payable including data entry, following up queries, uploading supplier invoices and fixed asset movements
• Supporting the CFO in PTRS semi-annual reporting
• Processing fortnightly payroll & STP lodgements
• Preparing & filing monthly payroll tax returns
• Managing employee details and processing end of financial year group summaries
• Preparing & filing monthly/ quarterly BAS & PAYG, yearly GST reconciliation and relevant BAS adjustments
• Processing bank reconciliations, client refunds, underwriter payments and stamp duties
•  Filing remittances and supporting broking database management
•  Supporting the year end audit process, and processing of EoM journals, EoY tax schedules, cash management and FBT support schedules

Operations:

• Supporting the executive team in delivering continued strong company growth, business continuity planning, monitoring business success factors, managing risk, ensuring availability of sufficient resources, and reviewing internal policies and procedures
• Ensuring delivery of business objectives from end-to-end within set timeframes 
• Negotiating favourable terms with relevant suppliers and ensuring goods and services are always delivered as required
• Preparing and distributing internal reporting and taking appropriate follow-up action
• Supporting auditing procedures and the management of legal matters

HR/PEOPLE & Culture 

•  Inspiring staff to embrace our culture, ethics & philosophy
• Developing new initiatives to enhance the employee experience
• Implementing strategies to build high performance teams
• Drafting position descriptions, employment contracts and letters
• Managing the probation review process
• Performance coaching and management
• Updating, communicating and operationalising policies in line with business requirements and relevant legislation  
• Managing new starter onboarding including coordinating onboarding plans, completion of forms, police checks, passwords, access cards, seating, phone list, business cards, police checks and training registers
• Managing the delivery of staff training and supporting recruitment, learning, career pathway and culture initiatives
•  Ensuring that all employee data, records and governance matters are always maintained up to date

Skills & Experience: 

• Previous experience in a mid to senior level Finance / Operations / Compliance /HR role in the insurance industry, Accounting or legal industry background would be considered (If you have experience outside these industries, but have been exposed to all areas please do apply)
• Minimum 3 year book-keeping experience 
• HR Management experience is highly desirable
• Prior experience using Xero, WinBEAT and OfficeTech will be advantageous  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence a positive, high performance working environment

To be successful: 

OPEN FOR VARIETY. This is a very exciting challenge for some who is interested in a non-generalist role, where no day will be the same. It is truly exciting.