About The Team

The Finance team is a proactive, valued, and trusted business partner within the University and provides significant contributions towards the implementation of the University’s strategic plan. The team is dedicated to creating a customer focused and collaborative environment, empowering decision makers in the delivery of innovative education and research.

Your New Role!  

The Senior Management Accountant will support the Manager, Finance Business Partnering (Central, Offices & Capital) and the Head of Financial Performance to provide expert advice, guidance and support to the University Executive and Finance Executive with respect to a full scope of strategic and operational financial matters in the development and execution of the University’s strategy – Ngala Kwop Biddi: Building a Brighter Future, Together.

Your key responsibilities will include –

• Lead the governance and continuous improvement of financial performance reporting and analytics, ensuring a single source of truth through strong data governance, consistent metric definitions and reconciliations, and effective utilisation of Power BI or related finance systems and datasets.
• Design and embed an integrated financial management, planning and reporting framework for the University’s Office portfolio, including governance, standards and reporting cadence, to enable effective performance monitoring and decision making aligned to strategic objectives.
• Oversee the University’s budgeting, forecasting and reporting in consultation with the Manager, Finance Business Partnering (Central, Offices & Capital).
• Provide high quality strategic financial advice to Executive stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Lead the preparation of Operating budget and forecasts.
• Deliver evidence based financial modelling, analysis, and advice ensuring sound financial outcomes are delivered consistently to support decision making.
• Establish and maintain stakeholder engagement and financial literacy uplift activities for budget holders, enabling proactive financial management, accountability and early identification and mitigation of financial risks.
• Build trusted and collaborative relationships and partnerships.
• Lead, as required, specific projects and internal reviews, as identified by Finance Executives.

Please refer to the Position Description for further details.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Degree or other tertiary qualification, with over 10 years of experience in financial performance management or related discipline.
• Full professional member of a recognised Australian or International equivalent accounting body.
• Substantial leadership experience in strategic planning, financial analysis, budgeting, financial planning and management reporting.
• Understanding of data governance, reconciliation practices, single source of truth principles, and translating financial and operational data into consistent definitions, metrics, and management reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Power BI report development and governance, including data modelling, DAX measures, Power Query transformations, refresh scheduling, and designing executive-ready dashboards with appropriate security and data definitions.
• Experience with ERP (e.g. Workday) and planning tools.
• Advanced Excel capability (Power Pivot, complex formulas, pivoting, modelling discipline) and experience with SharePoint/Teams for collaboration and version control.

Please note, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a criminal record check in accordance with the University's Criminal Record Screening Procedure and Employee Background Checks Procedure.

Applicants should refer to the Position Description for further details on the work requirements, duties, skills and experience required for this role. Applications sent by post or email will not be accepted.

Visa sponsorship and relocation may be available for the right candidate.

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