* $83,706 - $89,659 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
* Canberra - ACT
The Role
Your role as an APS 5 Asset Accounting and Reporting Officer within the Financial Accounting and Assets team is accountable for the following:
* Analysing information and communicating key messages to stakeholders in a variety of formats including written and oral.
* Managing financial governance requirements and ensuring compliance with the financial management framework.
* Contributing to the management of Fixed Assets Register and Inventory Holdings including maintenance of asset classes and effective lives, additions and disposals.
* Analysing data to proactively support the completion of Defence’s external financial reporting functions including journal preparation and reconciliations, balance sheet management with investigation into reconciling items and financial statement analysis.
* Building and sustaining relationships with stakeholders and subject matter experts to deliver outcomes, which includes liaising with a broad range of people including auditors, business areas, procurement and the military.
* Providing sound practical advice and guidance to stakeholders on technical financial accounting and asset lifecycle assurance activities. Understanding, applying and aligning Defence’s mission and business objectives to financial reporting and asset management.
About our Team
There is no single employer in the Commonwealth that offers the breadth of technical challenges that Defence Finance Group (DFG) tackle. Working in the Financial Accounting and Asset Accounting team means you will be applying your professional judgement and knowledge to a huge range of complex accounting issues.
The Asset Accounting team is responsible for the full financial reporting and the financial accounting of Defence’s assets through their capability lifecycle. They are also accountable for policy advice, compliance assurance, conducting quality assurance checks on financial accounting activities and liaison with external auditors. The team’s practical judgement is relied upon to deliver professional advice and reporting around complex assets, business processes, procurements and multi-year billion-dollar projects.
The teams are responsible for the financial accounting of the largest asset base in the Commonwealth valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Think big, physical tangible assets like aircraft, ships, submarines plus a huge property portfolio, specialist military equipment, complex intellectual property and bespoke technology. Career growth prospects are strong because if you understand assets underpinning Defence you will gain a knowledge of the business.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:
* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
* Strong initiative, sound practical judgement and resilience.
* Experience in asset accounting encompassing a range of asset lifecycle activities.
* Well-developed base technical accounting skills.
* Strong written and oral communication skills.
* Ability to produce quality work within short timeframes.
* Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
* A commitment to continuous improvement.
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