Australian National Maritime Museum Hiring for Financial Controller Job at Sydney Full Time

• Executive Level 1 – Attractive salary package and employee benefits including 15.4% superannuation
• 18 months Full-Time, Fixed term contract with possibility of extension
• Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is committed to being a world leader in maritime history, sharing the national maritime story across Australia and providing a must-visit museum experience.

• Executive Level 1 – Attractive salary package and employee benefits including 15.4% superannuation
• 18 months Ful-Time, Fixed term contract with possibility of extension
• Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

The Financial Controller is responsible for management and oversight of the day to day performance of the museum’s finance function while contributing to the development and implementation of the museum’s financial strategy.

The role will operate largely autono mously, under the direction of the Head of Finance.

The key responsibilities will include:

• Managing all aspects of financial performance and reporting, including with responsibility for the delivery of transactional accounting (incl. AP/AR, payroll, capital works and fixed asset register), month/year end close (incl. journals, reconciliations and variance/exceptions analysis), and treasury and cash management function (incl. banking and investments).
• Manage all aspects of financial planning & budgeting, including coordination and development of internal and external operating, capital and project budgets, at the whole of museum and operational business area levels.
• Deliver the museum’s and foundation’s annual financial statements, including interpretation of accounting standards (incl. fixed asset valuation/impairment testing and revenue recognition), implementation of commonwealth government accounting policies and practices, and external audit liaison with the ANAO.
• Manage external financial and risk reporting and compliance obligations, including various Commonwealth government requirements (incl. financial planning and performance, questions on notice and portfolio returns) and taxation with the ATO (incl. GST; FBT; PAYG).
• Implement risk management and compliance practices, including maintaining key policies and procedures (incl. fraud, risk management and procurement) and meeting insurance obligations with Comcover (exc. workers’ compensation requirements with Comcare).
• Develop and/or review business cases, project budgets and other planning and delivery documents, to champion and support major projects and business initiatives.
• Drive improvements in business performance, monitoring and design, including streamlining procedures and processes, system optimisation/replacement and greater coordination across the museum’s corporate services and broader business.
• Represent the museum with internal and external stakeholders, including the museum’s audit committee, internal and external auditors, and other commercial and government entities (incl. insurers, portfolio and finance departments and independent valuers).
• Provide regular assistance to the Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance and the museum executive on a variety of financial matters.
• Fulfil the key competencies of the classification of this position as defined and described by the Integrated Leadership System (ILS).
• Any other lawful and reasonable request made within this position.

Ideally you will have:

• At least three (3) years’ experience in a similar role, managing an entity’s day to day finance function, and implementing an entity’s financial strategies and objectives.
• Professional accounting qualification – Chartered Accountant (CA); Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) or equivalent as appropriate.
• Proven financial and business acumen, including as it relates to developing strategic and operational plans, managing risk and driving business efficiency and improvement
• Extensive knowledge of Australian accounting standards (particularly as they relate to not?for?profit and government entities) and taxation legislation (inc. GST; FBT; PAYG)
• Broad experience and capability with a variety of financial software and other specialised applications, including demonstrated ability to undertake system optimisation, upgrade and/or replacement.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively, provide exemplary leadership and manage multiple staff.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills and the ability to convey information to both financial and non-financial audiences at all levels of an organisation, including governing bodies.

Applications Close: 11:30 pm AEST, Thursday April 28, 2022. No Applications will be accepted by mail or email.

Selection for this position will be made on the basis of relative merit which will be assessed against each item of the selection criteria. Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered for short listing by the Selection Committee. As part of the selection process the selection committee may invite candidates to undertake psychometric test, you should advise the selection committee if you have any special needs. Psychometric tests may be used as the initial short-listing test or later in the selection process. Some tests are very short while others may take one or more hours.

This position is open to all eligible members of the community and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people from every cultural and linguistic background. To be an eligible member of the community, you must be an Australian citizen. Applications may be accepted from Australian permanent residents who are in the process of acquiring Australian citizenship.