CSIRO Hiring for Finance Officer Job at Melbourne Full Time

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The Opportunity

• Are you a finance professional looking to gain more experience in financial accounting tasks?
• Flexible working arrangements available
• Join CSIRO – Australia’s national science agency today!

CSIRO are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our Finance team on a 12 month fixed term basis! This is a great role for a Finance professional looking to further their experience in financial accounting tasks and gain experience in an established organisation.

CSIRO Finance’s objective is to provide reliable, accurate, timely, customer-focused information and relevant value-adding, strategic insight to support and enable CSIRO’s financial sustainability through the effective use of resources.

The successful candidate will undertake day-to-day financial accounting tasks with a strong focus on providing financial support to CSIRO and its controlled subsidiary entities. The Officer will contribute to the delivery of accurate and high quality financial services, including book keeping, preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, BAS Statements, cash forecasting and management, compliance activities and management reporting against budgets and forecasts. This position will input to the delivery of value-add financial management and analytical advice and assist management with the delivery of their CSIRO business objectives.

Your duties will include:

• Accurately and efficiently undertaking and managing financial accounting activities for CSIRO’s subsidiary entities, including maintaining the general ledger, preparation of ad-hoc reports, financial statements, reconciliations and BAS Statements ensuring statutory compliance and adhering to the CSIRO Finance policies and processes.
• Analysing data, identify variances or issues and draw conclusions or potential solutions for discussion with the team.
• Assisting with the preparation of subsidiary budgets and forecasts and ad hoc reporting
• Assisting in the preparation of monthly and annual actuals CSIRO Group reporting to the Department of Finance
• Supporting the CSIRO consolidated financial statements process and audit, including reconciliation and preparation of appropriate audit working papers.

Location: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth

Salary: AU$66,163k – AU$84,207k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term of 12 months

Reference: 82061

To be considered you will need:

• Holds or is working towards a tertiary qualification in accounting or finance and /or equivalent relevant work experience in a financial environment.
• Demonstrated experience in accounting tasks (such as recording of transactions, undertaking reconciliations, preparing monthly reports, tracking and managing cash flows to facilitate payments)
• Demonstrated experience being proactive and using sound judgement and problem solving skills to resolve issues and implement improved business practices.
• Demonstrated experience in working with accounting systems (such as XERO, SAP)
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency in using the Microsoft Office suite of programs.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia’s national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

Wednesday 2 March, 11:00pm AEDT