Senior Finance Officer

Job Description

Senior Finance Officer (Team Lead)

• Looking for a different challenge as a Senior Finance Officerwhereby you can still utilise your skills all whilst providing leadership to an already successful team?

• Temporary (Fixed Term) Full-time position with competitive renumeration and benefits

• Location: Murarrie, Queensland

• Contract end date: 31st December 2025  

• Join a dedicated and welcoming team

• Upskill and growth in an area your passionate about, whilst being fully supported and encouraged.

The Team Leader - Finance will be a key member of the ANZ Finance Team and will lead the day-to-day operational activities of the team of Finance Officers. This team is responsible for the financial transaction processing needs of 3 companies across 2 countries. The Team Leader – Finance will contribute towards meeting all reporting deadlines through continual development of people and processes. The Team Leader – Finance will actively work with external stakeholders (customers and suppliers) and internal departments.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

Leading the team of Finance Officers covering:

• Accounts Receivable with supervision duties

• Accounts Payable with supervision duties

• Debt Collecting consolidations

• Intercompany payments and reconciliations

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• General journals

• Contributions to projects

Responsibilities

• Act as coach and mentor to continually improve the overall performance of the team in order to meet all applicable reporting deadlines.

• Optimise the functioning of the team through effective workload distribution, cross training and upskilling, to meet group reporting deadlines and varying business needs.

• Effect and maintain a high standard of communication and co-operation with all internal and external parties.

• Influence and guide your team to ensure alignment of vision and execution strategies.

• Ensure financial controls and company policies are implemented and followed.

• Seek continual improvement through identification of processes and financial control measures that optimise business process while remaining compliant to business policies.

• Improve existing debt collection procedures to minimise overdue receivables whilst maintaining the relationship with our customers. 

• Build a high performing team of Finance Officers that demonstrate a team culture of collaboration and inclusiveness, respecting diversity, while acting with the highest of ethics and integrity.

Demonstrate leadership behaviours that are consistent with company values and ways of working centered around the following mindset & behaviours:

• From Silos to Networks

• From Controlling to Empowering

• From Planning to Experimentation

• From Withholding to Sharing

• From Knowing to Learning

• Purpose Driven

• Ethics and Integrity

• Customer Focused

• Diverse & Inclusive

What You Must have

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Direct experience in actively managing a team in charge of routine finance operations

• Demonstrated capability in building team performance to be outcome and results driven, while maintaining financial controls within company policy

• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive ‘focussed” attitude

• Superior communication skills

• Excellent organisation skills

• Ability to interpret company policy into routine finance control procedures

• Advanced Excel, Word and Computer skills mandatory

• ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics GP would be an advantage)

• Solid accounting experience with proven reconciliation ability

What You Can Expect

• Work autonomously whilst being supported, encouraged and being part of a trusted Global Leading Animal Health organisation

• Exposure to upskill and develop in your role

• Flexibility and opening doors to other opportunities and skillsets

• Joining a collaborative team of likeminded individuals

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Requisition ID:R289881