Alice Springs Town Council

P2408- Manager Finance

• Peak local Coun­cil and com­mu­ni­ty leader for Cen­tral Australia
• Part of a dynam­ic and future focused community
• Key role sup­port­ing the smart and effi­cient run­ning of Council

About Alice Springs Town Council

Alice Springs Town Council is located in the heart and soul of Central Australia, fondly known as the Red Centre.

Our Vision is of a brighter future, a pros­per­ous and cohe­sive community.

The Oppor­tu­ni­ty

We seek a Man­ag­er Finance who will be locat­ed at the Civic Cen­tre, and pri­mar­i­ly respon­si­ble for:

> Over­see­ing the finan­cial man­age­ment and report­ing activ­i­ties of the finance depart­ment to ensure the effi­cient and effec­tive deliv­ery of account­ing and finan­cial ser­vices to the organ­i­sa­tion, includ­ing the devel­op­ment of finan­cial poli­cies and pro­ce­dures.
> Man­ag­ing the bud­get plan­ning process, com­pil­ing the annu­al bud­get, cap­i­tal expen­di­ture pro­gram, long-term finan­cial plan, bud­get revi­sions and the analy­sis of the end of finan­cial year posi­tion under the direc­tion of the Chief Finan­cial Offi­cer.
> Offer­ing finan­cial insights and advice to the exec­u­tive team to sup­port evi­dence-based and finan­cial­ly pru­dent deci­sion-mak­ing, includ­ing over­see­ing the prepa­ra­tion of the annu­al and month­ly finan­cial state­ments and reports.
> Ensur­ing com­pli­ance with strate­gic, leg­isla­tive and pol­i­cy require­ments applic­a­ble to the respon­si­bil­i­ties of the posi­tion.

Key Respon­si­bil­i­ties
> Ensure the integri­ty of the finan­cial sys­tem is main­tained.
> Man­age month end and year clo­sure and process­es, includ­ing:
• Bal­ance sheet rec­on­cil­i­a­tion
• Gen­er­al jour­nals and accru­als
• Statu­to­ry Finan­cial State­ments.
> Com­pile the annu­al bud­get, cap­i­tal expen­di­ture pro­gram, long-term finan­cial plan, and the analy­sis of the end of finan­cial year posi­tion.
> Pre­pare reports for pre­sen­ta­tion to the Coun­cil such as the Month­ly Finance Reports.
> Over­see the prepa­ra­tion of the Annu­al Finan­cial State­ments.
> Ensure com­pli­ance with all reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments, over­see prepa­ra­tion and sub­mis­sion of BAS and FBT Returns.

> Pro­vide finan­cial infor­ma­tion applic­a­ble to the whole-of-organ­i­sa­tion grants report­ing frame­work and pre­pare and sub­mit Annu­al Grant Com­mis­sion Returns.
> Man­age the annu­al audit process­es, liais­ing with audi­tor, and the adop­tion of audit advices and rec­om­men­da­tions.
> Man­age Council’s invest­ment port­fo­lio in line with Council’s Invest­ment Pol­i­cy.
> Liaise with finan­cial insti­tu­tions regard­ing bank­ing arrange­ments.
> Ini­ti­ate, reg­u­lar­ly review and imple­ment new and updat­ed finan­cial process­es and poli­cies to strength­en cur­rent inter­nal con­trol and process improve­ment.
> Men­tor, man­age and train the finance team to ensure skills are up-to-date.
> Ensure that finance team’s goals and objec­tives are in line with organ­i­sa­tion­al per­for­mance and strate­gic objec­tives.
> Active­ly encour­age con­tin­u­ous improve­ment and inno­va­tion of ser­vice deliv­ery sys­tems and pro­grams.
> Assist the organ­i­sa­tion to access finan­cial sys­tems and appro­pri­ate finan­cial reports required to man­age their areas effec­tive­ly.
> Pro­vide mul­ti-func­tion­al finan­cial advice to oth­er direc­torates with­in Coun­cil.
> Act as a busi­ness part­ner and advi­so­ry ser­vice to inter­nal busi­ness unit leaders.

Qual­i­fi­ca­tions
Ter­tiary qual­i­fi­ca­tions in Finance and/​or Account­ing, and mem­ber­ship of a rel­e­vant
pro­fes­sion­al asso­ci­a­tion (such as CA or CPA) is essential.

Selec­tion Cri­te­ria
Essen­tial
1. A degree or high­er in Finance and/​or Account­ing.
2. Mem­ber­ship of a pro­fes­sion­al account­ing asso­ci­a­tion, such as CPA and CA.
3. Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence of at least three years in finance team man­age­ment, staff train­ing and men­tor­ing.
4. Proven sub­stan­tial work expe­ri­ence in Aus­tralia in account­ing, bud­get­ing, asset man­age­ment, month end and year clo­sure process, statu­to­ry finan­cial state­ments.
5. Expe­ri­ence in the imple­men­ta­tion and improve­ment of finan­cial process­es and ini­tia­tives.
6. High­ly devel­oped inter­per­son­al skills, liais­ing and build­ing pro­duc­tive work­ing rela­tion­ships with all inter­nal and exter­nal clients and con­tacts at all lev­els.
7. Abil­i­ty to pro­vide a high lev­el of cus­tomer ser­vice to both inter­nal and exter­nal cus­tomers.
8. High lev­el oper­a­tional lead­er­ship and man­age­ment skills with abil­i­ty to align and com­mit to cor­po­rate cul­ture and work in a cross-cul­tur­al envi­ron­ment.
9. Sound ana­lyt­i­cal and busi­ness acu­men skills with the abil­i­ty to assist with effec­tive strate­gic plan­ning, change man­age­ment and pol­i­cy devel­op­ment with­in the organ­i­sa­tion.
10. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and pro­fi­cient in using account­ing and finan­cial sys­tem plat­forms and report­ing tools.

Desir­able
1. Expe­ri­ence in local gov­ern­ment.
2. Expe­ri­ence using Civi­ca Author­i­ty ERP system.

What will you get from join­ing the team?

• Lev­el 8  p/​a $119,384.16 – $127,431.71p/a plus super­an­nu­a­tion plus skill short­age allowance, which also attracts a 3% salary increase annu­al­ly in Decem­ber 2024
• Dis­trict allowance — $ 2611 w/​dependents, $1498 w/​o depen­dents on pro-rata basis.
• 6 weeks annu­al leave (with a leave load­ing of 17.5%) + 3 weeks per­son­al leave + long ser­vice leave
• Relocation(up to $7,500) + tem­po­rary accom­mo­da­tion assis­tance avail­able ($600 per week, up to 6 weeks)
• Salary pack­age includes 50% util­i­ties, rent, mort­gage, and exclu­sive novat­ed lease deals.
• Oth­er leaves (unac­cu­mu­lat­ed) sub­ject to approval based on cur­rent Enter­prise Agree­ment includ­ing: 

         - up to 4 times Blood Dona­tion Leave,

         - 2 days Vol­un­teer leave,

         - 3 Cul­tur­al / Cer­e­mo­ni­al leave 

• 14 weeks Parental leave or 2 weeks part­ner leave paid by Coun­cil after 12 months employments