Finance Officer (Melbourne / Geelong)

About the company

Government agency tasked with making life easier, accessible, and equitable for thousands of individuals and families across Australia. Currently seeking a Finance Officer to join their busy team for a 6-months temporary assignment.


About the role

As a Finance Officer, you will be responsible for the financial management of the organisation, and the provision of insightful financial reporting to enable strategic decision making. In addition, your key duties are as follow:

• Perform integrity of data and reconciliation of major supplier invoices and validating supplier invoice information against in-house records.
• Process supplier invoices on purchase orders, liaising and managing dispute charges, obtaining credit notes from suppliers and preparing supplier statement reconciliations.
• Assist with asset management, costing proposals and initiatives as required.
• Draft a range of written material including business cases, reports, executive briefs and corporate documentation.
• Establish, manage and provide financial management advice to internal and external stakeholders to improve the financial management and operations in the Agency.
• Monitor and report  on the achievement of business outcomes, key performance indicators and quality assurance to assist local management to manage overall performance.
• Undertake financial administration across the division’s cost centres and projects, including budgets, journals, quarterly analysis, forecasting, accruals, monitoring and reporting.
• Undertake weekly, end of month and end of financial year SAP FI system rollover activities and provide assistance to users of SAP FI as required.

• Previous experience in a Finance, Accounting, or other similar roles
• Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills
• Experience in SAP Accounts Payable and SAP Essentials
• Background working with a shared services provider
• Sound understanding of government procurement and goods receipting process
• Excellent stakeholder management and customer service skills

• 6-months casual temporary assignment
• ASA start date pending clearances
• Full-time hours, Monday to Friday
• $55.24 per hour + super
• Multiple locations available:
  • Sydney CBD, Melbourne VIC, Geelong VIC, Deakin ACT