AddressCommencing as soon as possible, St Peters Lutheran College is seeking to appoint a Group Finance Accountant on a full-time basis at our Indooroopilly School.
We are a large independent College with a mission of “Excellence in Christian Co-education” ensuring Every Child Learns, Every Day. With 2700 Prep to Year 12 students across two Colleges and an iconic outdoor education centre, Ironbark, our employee community need to collaborate across multiple stakeholders to create results. We ask our students and employees to embrace our motto of ‘Plus Ultra’ and contribute to Challenging Minds | Nurturing Hearts | Building Futures.
The successful candidate will use their accomplished technical expertise and refined communication and people skills to provide the College with financial and accounting services. Under the broad direction of the Director, Finance and Business Services, this role includes responsibility for coordinating the daily operations of the Finance Function and team and maintain the accounting records for St Peters Lutheran College, St Peters Lutheran College Springfield and Future Foundation.
About you:
- Bachelor of Accounting, with five (5) years’ experience or a combination of equivalent qualifications and/or experience. CPA or CA and experience in working in a school or education environment is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated management of a Finance function and ability to lead others, possessing contemporary knowledge of accounting standards and practice.
- Demonstrated well-developed skills in research, evaluation and interpretation of data to inform robust decision making.
- Experience in leading and executing service improvement projects and the exploitation of technologies relevant to the goals of the workgroup.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills with experience in working with diverse stakeholders both within and external to an organisation.
- Demonstrated high level of interpersonal skills such as personal drive, executive presence, integrity, time management and ability to prioritise and work effectively in a high-volume environment.
- Value contributing to diverse and inclusive community and accept the responsibility to uphold the Christian Ethos, including core values of care, dignity and respect and identify with the College professional behaviours of trust, accountability, unconditional positive regard and open communication and feedback and apply these in all that you do.
To apply, please submit your response to the selection criteria and resume via this link.
Applications which do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.
If you have any questions, please contact Karen Hill on 07 3377 6591.
Closing date: 10 AM Monday 18 March 2024.
Agency applications are respectfully declined.
A copy of the Position Description can be found here.
Eligibility requirements to work within a Queensland SchoolAll Teachers in Queensland must be registered to teach with the QCT. To find out more about teacher registration requirements and processes please go to the QCT website here. All other employees must hold a current paid Blue Card / Exemption Card or be issued with a paid Blue Card / Exemption Card before commencing work. To find out more about Blue Card requirements or to submit an application for a Blue Card/Exemption Card please go to the Blue Card Services website here.
