Finance Manager

Description:

Investa

We will harness the full potential of our expertise, to diversify into new asset classes and services for our customers and partners. We aspire to create a net-positive business that delivers sustainable real estate asset performance, with tangible human benefit.

Investa is driving the future of real estate by enriching the lives of our customers, delivering outstanding performance for our partners and exceptional opportunities for our people.

We’ve made it our business to understand how people want to live and work today, tomorrow and beyond and as you’d expect, we practise what we preach in our own workplace as well.​ For more than two decades, Investa has led the way in making positive change in Australia’s workplaces. We’re an Australian diversified real estate company. We have a recognised track-record of investment and development across both office and living markets. Our purpose is to create a legacy of positive impact for our people, our customers, and for our investment partners. Investa designs buildings and communities for the way people work and live today – and the way we want to work and live in the future.

At Investa we’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented **Finance Manager **to provide overall financial support to the Funds Management business. This newly created role will be primarily responsible for the effective management of third-party providers, delivery of the financial and tax reporting, manage finance compliance matters as well as providing support to the Head of Finance – Funds and Mandates and the broader Funds Management team.

Key responsibilities:

• Fund monthly unit pricing, monthly and quarterly reporting (financial information)
• Managing outsource provider who is responsible for trust administration
• Financial Reporting, including annual Financial Reports and managing external audits ensuring compliance with IFRS/AASB and other regulatory requirements
• Tax reporting, including income tax, GST returns, depreciation and distributions
• Review balance sheet reconciliations monthly prepared by either internal or external trust accounting team
• Assist the resolution of any accounting technical matters and preparation of accounting papers
• Effectively interface with the internal and external Tax team
• Ensure accurate and timely payment of payments including fund distributions
• Provide recommendations regarding policies and governance issues
• Early identification and reporting of potential risks to statutory compliance
• Prepare and review all debt compliance covenant certificates
• Prepare materials and attend the Management Accounts Committee.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Must have Commerce or Business / Commerce Degree majoring in Accounting qualification
• Professional qualifications: CA or CPA (desirable, but not essential)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• People management and leadership
• Strong knowledge of IFRS/AASB and financial regulations
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and reporting systems
• Experience in preparation of Statutory Reports and Income Tax Returns for Trusts and Companies
• Experience within property sector
• Experience in dealing at the most senior level of an organisation
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Hands on approach to getting the job done and strong attention to detail
• Teamwork and team development both within direct team and a broader matrixed finance group
• Sound negotiation & influencing skills at all levels.

• Development of Finance Strategy

  Recommend improvements to optimize and improve financial performance and development of strategic long-term plans

• Operational and Financial Reporting

  Analyze financial data to prepare timely reports to support business decisions

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  Financial Modeling

  Analyze data to create financial models that support planning and projections

• Collaboration

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

• Numerical problem solving

  Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

• Critical thinking

  Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight