Wollongong City Council

Management Accountant

At Wollongong City Council we have a steadfast commitment to creating an Extraordinary Wollongong. We are in an exciting period of transformation and focused on delivering exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community.

Our strength is the diversity of our people. Together our responsibility is to create an inclusive place where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. We lead with courage, openness and curiosity. Our conversations and actions celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about us here.

About the role

Our team is dedicated to providing accurate and insightful financial information to support and contribute to an Extraordinary Wollongong!

We are seeking an Accounting Professional to join our Finance team with the ability to provide valuable insights and support to our management team.

With your expertise in accounting and finance, you will proactively collaborate with individuals and teams throughout the organisation. You will provide professional financial advice and analysis on various aspects such as business operations, project evaluations, budgeting, and costing requirements. Additionally, you will promote awareness and understanding of financial policies, procedures, and information.

This is a Permanent full-time role, salary from $90,176.28 up to $105,571.26 per annum plus superannuation (salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications).

What you will be doing:

• Key Team Member: Join a small team responsible for delivering the Council's Budget and Reporting functions.
• Exceptional Service: Provide outstanding support to the organisation and operational managers/teams in setting and managing their budgets and reporting.
• Business Analysis: Conduct business analysis, support grant and restricted asset processes, and assist with asset projects through effective budgeting, timely transactions, and reconciliations.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively participate in the review and continuous improvement of systems, processes, and policies to ensure they meet the business requirements of the Council and all its internal and external customers.

About you:

You excel at building effective and constructive business relationships. Your well-developed communication skills enable you to work with, understand, support, influence, inform, educate, and negotiate with people at all levels of the organisation. You bring significant accounting experience, with a strong focus on budget preparation and review, financial analysis, presentation, and reporting. You are an accounting professional with high-level organisational and technical skills, holding a recognised accounting degree. You have experience using Financial Management Information Systems, spreadsheets, and other office applications

Benefits of working at Council:

• We provide flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and flex- you just need to ask!
• We are value-led, support and encourage personal and professional growth, recognise and reward performance and embrace change.
• We provide generous leave provisions including 5 weeks annual leave per year of service
• Long Service Leave after 5 years
• We are committed to providing a safe working environment for all, (everyone, every day and everywhere) and make available wellbeing programs to support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our staff to be at their best.
• Access to Fitness Passport

Interested?

For more information, click on Apply to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's E-recruitment site.

Contact Ricardo Rivas, Senior Accountant -Budget + Reporting, on (02) 42277610 for questions related to the job

For assistance in submitting your application, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on (02) 4227 7065.

Applications close 11:59pm, Monday 17 March 2025.

We encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability or gender identity. People with disability are encouraged to reach out so they can be supported in recruitment processes, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Criminal History and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.