Senior Finance Officer | Asset Accontant

Financial Accountant

NSW State Government
$67 per hour + Super
Parramatta | WFH

Proactively contribute to the team in delivering the assigned accountability within the organization overall budgeting and financial reporting processes and enable organization to achieve budget performance and compliance with policies, statutory requirements and external regulators.

About the Role

Utilise appropriate systems and processes to review, maintain and manage accounting and financial information with the end objective of facilitating a robust and consistent approach to financial management and reporting across the division and ensuring compliance with organzation objectives, government policy, accounting standards and statutory requirements.
Develop and implement finance policies and accounting standards for the organization to ensure consistency in finance policy, protocols and reporting across divisions and compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
Review organzations performance and provide reporting and analysis, end-to-end finance and reporting functions, to understand and optimise the whole financial position.
Undertake analysis and review of management reports and identify critical financial issues and risks in order to generate strategic insights that support the business to optimise its financial position, protocols and internal processes.
Provide high level expert advice to the Director and Manager and liaise with key stakeholders on relevant financial matters to inform decision making, mitigate risk, and enable achievement of efficiency, savings targets and strategic outcomes.
Design and implement strategies to educate relevant business areas to develop financial capability and improve confidence and accountability in financial business decision making, which promotes a consistent financial management approach across organization
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including senior managers and service delivery divisions to exchange information, obtain cooperation and support and provide financial advice.
Work effectively with team members towards mutual continued development and to provide feedback to each other on tasks undertaken.

Skills & Experience

Recent SAP experience, Fixed Assets, GL experience
Month end/ year end including audit exposure
Exposure to AASB 16 Leases and/or AASB 116 PP&E
GST fundamentals
Intermediate to Advanced excel skills
Strong communication and written skills
Preferable knowledge, not a must of Accounting Standards – especially AASB 15, AASB 1058 or AASB 13. (Sound knowledge of Lease Accounting)
Bonus knowledge, but not a must, Project Accounting, SAP S4 Hana and SAP Ariba experience
CA or CPA

How to Apply

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