AddressOVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
The Financial Accountant position reports to and assists the Financial Controller and is primarily responsible for managing the National Gallery’s financial assets and manage the administration of the National Gallery’s tax obligations (GST and FBT).
THE KEY DUTIES OF THE POSITION - WHAT WILL YOU DO?
In accordance with the APS 5 work level standards, you will:
- Prepare and process monthly financial accounting journals and reconciliations.
- Assist in delivering the National Gallery’s cash management, treasury, and banking functions.
- Assist with the preparation and lodgement of the National Gallery’s tax and statutory returns.
- Prepare monthly and annual financial accounting journals, work papers and reconciliations including but not limited to prepayments, investments etc.
- Undertake research and analysis on special projects.
- Provide advice on system and workflow problems and analysing recommendations for improvement/solutions.
- Assist with ensuring timely responses to audit queries.
- Undertake other various finance duties and providing support to other areas in the finance department, commensurate with the skill and capability requirements at this level.
ELIGIBILITY:
Citizenship - To be eligible for employment with the Gallery, you must be an Australian citizen.
Police Check: to be eligible for this role you must complete a police check.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Qualifications, Certifications and Registrations
Role specific mandatory qualifications certification and/or registrations include:
- Relevant qualifications in financial accounting, commerce or equivalent is essential.
- Professional certification - Certified Practising Accountant / Chartered Accountant (CPA/CA), or progress towards certification, or a desire to undertake a professional certification, is desirable.
HOW TO APPLY
To view or download the complete position description, go to the Gallery's website.
To apply for this role please forward your CV, statement and personal particulars form to ***********@nga.gov.au.
You should provide a tailored CV (maximum of three pages) along with a statement of no more than two pages that outlines your skills, capabilities and experience, against the ‘Our ideal candidate’ information above.
In your statement response you should keep in mind the capabilities and behaviours required to be successful for this role, as identified in the ‘Who are we looking for?’ section. Try not to duplicate information that can be found in your CV but do highlight any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.
As part of your application process, we ask that you also complete the personal particulars form as well.
An order of merit may be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. If you do not wish to be added to an order of merit, please notify us in your application.
