Finance and Business Services Division
Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact
Join a university ranked in the world's top 50
17% superannuation contributions and 17.5% annual leave loading
Based at St Lucia Campus
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 benefits and rewards are available, such as:
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
Discounted parking (from just $5.75 a day)
We are seeking a highly organised Management Accountant to deliver exceptional professional accounting services at the University of Queensland.
Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, the Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of professional accounting advice and services to senior leaders across client business units, to ensure effective and compliant cost management of project activity. The role delivers sound financial analysis, supporting commentary and advice to senior leaders to inform financial planning, budgeting, forecasting for operating activities.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Provides financial advice to senior business unit leaders to guide decision making around the development of effective strategies for compliant cost management.
Contributes to the development of financial and related business strategies to meet the financial management and reporting needs for a defined group of clients in the business units.
Supports the Senior Management Accountant with the preparation of business cases that guide the selection, validation and prioritisation of client business strategies and plans.
Manages application of financial processes, governance frameworks, policy controls and risk management frameworks across projects, to ensure ongoing compliance with University and external regulatory and compliance requirements.
Manages the delivery of management accounting advice and services to a defined group of clients in the business units including the development of organisational unit budgets and forecasts and the performance of other budgetary control activities.
Manages the escalation of key client issues or needs that require the expertise, input and/or approval of the Senior Management Accountant or specialist services in order to meet senior leader needs and requirements.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships acting as a trusted expert financial advisor.
This is a Full-time , Fixed term position up to 12 months. At HEW Level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $96,649.64 - $105,244.58 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $113,080.07 – $123,136.15 per annum.
About YouDegree qualifications in accounting, business, commerce or a related field with experience in accounting and/or equivalent combination of relevant extensive training and professional experience.
Progress towards or membership of a professional institution (CPA / CA or equivalent).
Demonstrated experience working in professional financial advisory or service delivery functions in complex stakeholder and policy environments, providing strategically aligned operational financial advice and solutions.
Experience working in professional financial advisory and/or service delivery functions in complex stakeholder and policy environments.
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.
Commitment to a high level of customer service.
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Mrs Nicola Gregory (Senior Management Accountant) via [email protected]
For application queries, please contact [email protected] 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
At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]
If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.
Applications close 28 February at 11.00pm AEST (R- 35386).