Senior Management Accountant

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About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.
Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting, real-world impact.
Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of are available, such as:
26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
17% superannuation contributions
17.5% annual leave loading
Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
On campus childcare options
About This Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Management Accountant to deliver exceptional financial analysis, supporting commentary and advice to senior leaders to inform periodic financial planning, forecasting and monitoring. This position is based at the Gatton Campus.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Senior Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of overall financial management advice and related services to the client portfolio, supporting the achievement of client business and service delivery objectives. This includes partnering with client leaders to manage annual budgets, establish financial controls and reporting disciplines, support the management of research grants and other contracts, and embed appropriate financial risk management practices across the client business units and/or project teams.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Manages the development, alignment and execution of financial and related business strategies, client service plans and annual budgets to meet the financial management and reporting needs of client business units.
Undertakes proactive financial and business analysis and consults with the Finance Manager and/or specialist services to coordinate the development of financial strategies and plans that best meet client needs and requirements.
Supports the Finance Manager with the preparation of business cases that guide the selection, validation and prioritisation of client portfolio business strategies and plans.
Participates in financial planning and review sessions and forums with the client executive leadership team to maintain a deep understanding of current issues, emerging trends and future client requirements.
Manages the operational delivery of end to end financial advice and related services to the client business units, to support the achievement of client business and service delivery objectives, including the escalation of key client issues or needs that require additional expertise.
Leads budgetary control activities for client business units, including expenditure and variation analysis, and provides advice to clients on control mechanisms that drive fiscal accountability, transparency and financial performance for the client portfolio.
Provides reporting, commentary and analysis of business unit performance against objectives, critical success factors and KPI’s, and identifies initiatives and opportunities to achieve performance improvement.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships acting as a trusted expert financial advisor and fosters a truly valued partnership with the client executive leadership team.
Supports the Finance Manager with the design and the implementation of strategic continuous improvement initiatives and projects aligned to client business unit objectives and the broader UQ strategy.
Ensures the appropriate application of the University’s financial governance policies, policy controls and risk management frameworks, ensuring full compliance with University and external regulatory and compliance requirements.
This is a Full-time,100% FTE, Continuing position. At HEW Level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $106,838.31 - $119,780.70 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $125,000.82 – $140,143.42 per annum.
About You
Postgraduate qualifications in accounting, business, commerce or a related field, or progress towards, with considerable experience in accounting, management and/or equivalent combination of relevant extensive professional experience
Membership of a professional institution (CPA / CA or equivalent) or progress towards eligibility for membership
Excellent financial management, accounting and analysis skills, with experience applying financial policy, compliance and risk frameworks
Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders and clients, and apply sound problem solving and communication skills to influence and achieve outcomes
Ability to provide strategically aligned operational financial advice and solutions, and partner with clients to achieve desired outcomes and results
Experience working in professional financial advisory and/or service delivery functions in complex stakeholder and policy environments
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ms Toni Hammond (Finance Manager) via
For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
Resume
Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.
Other Information
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Applications close 6 February 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R- 34527).