Senior Finance Officer 1

About Alice Springs Town Council

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil is locat­ed in the heart and soul of Cen­tral Aus­tralia, fond­ly known as the Red Centre.

Our Vision is of a brighter future, a pros­per­ous and cohe­sive community.

The Oppor­tu­ni­ty

We seek an expe­ri­enced Senior Finance Offi­cer 1 to pro­vide expert advice to the finance, accounts, and cus­tomer ser­vice offi­cers on rates, accounts payable, accounts receiv­able, and oth­er finance mat­ters and make a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the Finance Depart­ment by estab­lish­ing account­ing and finance poli­cies and pro­ce­dures.

You will assist in the prepa­ra­tion of depart­men­tal bud­gets, report­ing, and in the pro­vi­sion of accu­rate and time­ly finan­cial and man­age­ment infor­ma­tion.

Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include men­tor­ing, coor­di­nat­ing, and pro­vid­ing expert advice to rates, accounts, and finance offi­cers on rates, accounts payable, accounts receiv­able, pur­chas­ing req­ui­si­tion, and order mat­ters, con­tribute to the man­age­ment and prepa­ra­tion of all busi­ness unit and sec­tion bud­gets and oth­er finan­cial doc­u­ments, and pro­vide direc­tion to finance and accounts offi­cers in dai­ly, week­ly, month­ly and annu­al pro­cess­ing and queries with oth­er busi­ness unit to address pur­chase and invoice pay­ment mat­ters, and assist the Man­ag­er Finance in main­tain­ing finan­cial, account­ing and admin­is­tra­tive ser­vices in order to meet leg­isla­tive requirements..

What will you get from join­ing the team?

• Attrac­tive salary of $99,295.80 exclu­sive of super­an­nu­a­tion p/​a plus dis­trict allowance — $ 2611 w/​dependents, $1498 w/​o dependents
• 6 weeks annu­al leave with addi­tion­al gen­er­ous leave entitlements.