City of Rockingham

Senior Financial Services Officer

Permanent
Full-time (average of 38 hours per week)

The City of Rockingham is an award winning local government located 40km south of the Perth CBD and is known as the place where the coast comes to life.  One of the fastest growing local governments in the south metropolitan area, we are responsible for the provision and delivery of high quality services, facilities and events that meet or exceed community expectations.  Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City’s Values of Recognition, Ethics, Service, Professional Development, Empowerment, Communication and Teamwork – RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

The Senior Financial Services Officer (Expenditure) is primarily responsible for the expenditure related finance functions of the City, ensuring the City’s financial service systems are efficient, effective and dynamic and comply with all relevant accounting standards and other statutory and financial requirements.  In addition you will assist in the preparation of the City’s Annual Budget and coordinate the budget review process.

You will have a high level of knowledge of contemporary accounting principles and practices and have developed experience in a financial administration position with a commercial or local government authority with exposure to functions relevant to this position.

In addition to your highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, you pride yourself on your teamwork, professionalism and attention to detail.

To be considered for this role, you must address the following selection criteria when completing your online application:

• An Undergraduate Degree level qualification in Accounting or Finance is essential with membership or progressing towards achieving membership of Certified Practising Accountants (CPA)/Chartered Accountants (CA) desirable.
• A high-level knowledge of contemporary accounting principles and practices with supervisory experience in a financial administration position is essential. Particularly, exposure to complex areas such as fixed asset management, accounts payable, stock control, benchmarking system reviews and taxation compliance.
• A high level of numeracy and computer literacy with developed Microsoft Excel skills is essential.
• A high level of interpersonal, organisational and communication skills is essential.

This position offers a salary from $102,707 to $110,461 per annum (dependent on skills and experience), and:

• 12% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5%
• A variety of health and wellbeing programs including a physical health reimbursement subsidy payment of up to $200 per annum, free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
• Flexible working arrangements, including rostered days off and two additional paid days of absence per annum
• A culture of learning with training/development opportunities including paid study leave and study fees
• Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles, etc.

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

Applications are open until 4pm, Wednesday 17 June 2026, or until a suitable pool of potential candidates exist.  This means applications will close without notice so, if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible! 

This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.

If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process please contact the Recruitment Team via email at [email protected] or phone 08 9528 0333. We’re happy to discuss options to assist you e.g. we can provide alternate formats for application forms, or alternate methods of applying. 

The City of Rockingham encourages applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including First Nations people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.