Financial Operations Team Leader

Wholly owned by the ACT Government, Icon Water are a leading Canberra business with a history of providing essential services to Canberra for over 100 years.  Not only do they play a pivotal role in servicing the community, but they are also a unique entity in Australia. 

Whilst primarily a water and sewerage business, Icon Water also manage investments in electricity and gas through partnerships with private companies.  This means that the business operates in a unique environment across government and commercial activities.  With a proud history, Icon Water are also forward looking, playing a major role in navigating climate change impacts, protecting the environment, securing water into the future and achieving net zero emissions by 2045.
 
With approximately 190,000 customers in the Capital region, their assets are worth over $3.2 billion comprising of the ACT’s network of dams, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, reservoirs, mains, and water and sewage pumping stations.  They turnover approximately $490M in revenue annually.
 
The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for a Financial Operations Supervisor/Leader to join the Finance and Strategy Group, helping the team move forward in a period of transformation.  Led by a forward-thinking CFO, they continue to attract a team of high performing problem solvers.  The long-term strategy is to continually move towards an enabling environment where manual processes are streamlined, and data is used to drive smart business decisions as well as implementing a new corporate services delivery model which has resulted in a wide range of opportunities. 
 
This is a greenfield opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated Financial Operations Team Leader overseeing a team of 5 people.  You will be responsible for leading the accounts payable and accounts receivable function ensuring they are efficient and effective.  You will play a crucial role in optimising Financial Operations, driving process improvements, and fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration within the team.  This also extends to collaborating with internal managers as well as external clients. 
 
The Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage transactional processing of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Bank Reconciliations
• Managing the team to ensure all support requests are responded to in a timely and customer-centric manner
• Ensuring all required bank transactions are posted and reconciled, including investigating, and resolving any issues
• Supporting the reconciliation of associated balance sheet accounts to subsidiary ledgers and supporting documentation
• Manages the finance Source to Pay and Order to Cash end-to-end process and is responsible for driving process improvements
• Ensure invoices, expenses and payments are accurate and meet deadlines
• Perform financial and operational analysis to support and challenge business decisions
• Ensure completion of the month-end close and prepare financial reporting requirements by Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Bank Reconciliation teams
• Assist in preparing documents for and assisting in information gathering requirements for audits 

Whilst having strong experience in Financial Operations is critical, you will be naturally curious and keen to understand how the business works so that you can contribute towards ongoing process and systems improvements. 

You are an achievement driven people person who enjoys leading and coaching a high performing team towards key business outcomes and metrics.  A natural affinity to systems is important as Icon Water have a range of evolving systems.
 
Salary / Rate

The salary band starts at $112,116 + 15% Super.   
 
In addition to an attractive renumeration package, Icon Water offer great employee benefits including flexible working arrangements, career development opportunity, health and wellbeing contributions and salary sacrifice options to name a few. 
 
How to Apply

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link to submit your resume & cover letter addressing how you meet the requirements of the role.

Please note applications for this role close on Tuesday 7th May at 12pm (AEST).
 
Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Alan Larby or Kristelle Gadd on 02 6108 4*** quoting ref no. 19251.
 
Alternatively, contact us via email at *********@horizonone.com.au
 
An information pack is available for this role, please email us, as above to request a copy.
 
HorizonOne is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and we encourage applications from people of all cultures, capabilities and backgrounds.