Management & System Accountant

About the role

A newly created role for a well-established, purpose-driven not-for-profit organisation with a national presence and a head office in Canberra. Its Canberra office is growing as it expands commercial business units, and new finance systems are being introduced. You will own the finance system, the management reporting framework and the accounting for a key commercial business unit, combining systems ownership, management reporting and commercial accounting.

Key responsibilities

• First six months focused on systems and finance process design, then full accounting responsibility for the business unit
• Act as primary owner and administrator of the new ERP finance environment, supporting its implementation and configuration across business units
• Design, document and embed finance operating processes, and act as escalation point for finance system issues
• Owning payment reconciliation for a high-volume online revenue stream, including automating transaction flow into the ERP
• Build and maintain a consolidated management reporting framework, and produce monthly management reports, business unit P&Ls and commentary for the COO and Board
• Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, and provide commercial analysis and decision support to the COO
• Take end-to-end accounting responsibility: month-end close, reconciliations, revenue recognition, reporting and regulatory compliance
• Partner with business unit operations on performance reporting and margin analysis
• Contribute to statutory reporting, audit preparation and finance policy

Required profile

• CA/CPA qualified accountant with good experience in management accounting
• Experience producing management reports and consolidated reporting across multiple business units or entities
• Comfortable working independently, with the COO as main point of leadership
• Commercially minded, able to get inside a system, learn it quickly and own it
• Ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders

Required skills

• Strong Excel and data-handling skills
• ERP finance administration and configuration

What we offer

• Salary of $110k - $120k plus superannuation
• Full-time permanent role based in a new Canberra office, with flexible working (about 4 days a week in the office)
• Access to public benevolent institution salary packaging