Description:
The key duties of the position include
The Role
As an APS 6 Financial Advisor within the Financial Accounting and Assets Directorates, you will be accountable for the following:
- Providing qualitative and quantitative data analysis with a focus on the presentation of data to feed into strategic management reporting.
- Managing and implementing practical governance requirements, risk oversight and facilitating compliance with the financial management framework.
- Contributing to the management of Fixed Assets Register and Inventory Holdings including maintenance of asset classes and effective lives, additions and disposals.
- Contributing proactively to the completion of Defence's external financial reporting functions including journal preparation and reconciliations, balance sheet management with investigation into reconciling items and financial statement analysis.
- Liaising with a broad range of stakeholders including auditors, business areas, procurement and systems specialists, contractors and members of the military.
- Providing sound practical advice and guidance to stakeholders on technical financial accounting and asset lifecycle assurance activities. Understanding, applying and aligning Defence's mission and business objectives to financial reporting and asset management.
- Providing clear and consistent communication, managing expectations and setting clear performance and behavioural standards.
- Providing leadership, advice, guidance and support to more junior roles in the team and across the wider directorate.
About our Team
There is no single employer in the Commonwealth that offers the breadth of technical challenges that Defence Finance Group (DFG) tackle. Working in the Financial Accounting and Asset Accounting team means you will be applying your professional judgement and knowledge to a huge range of complex accounting issues.
The Asset Accounting and Project Finance Governance team is responsible for the full financial reporting and the financial accounting of Defence's assets through their capability lifecycle. They are also accountable for policy advice, compliance assurance, conducting quality assurance checks on financial accounting activities and liaison with external auditors. The team's practical judgement is relied upon to deliver professional advice and reporting around complex assets, business processes, procurements and multi-year billion-dollar projects.
The teams are responsible for the financial accounting of the largest asset base in the Commonwealth valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Think big, physical tangible assets like aircraft, ships, submarines plus a huge property portfolio, specialist military equipment, complex intellectual property and bespoke technology. Career growth prospects are strong because if you understand assets underpinning Defence you will gain a knowledge of the business.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Strong initiative, sound practical judgement and resilience.
- Thorough experience in asset accounting encompassing the full range of asset lifecycle activities.
- Strong technical accounting skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to produce quality work within short timeframes.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A commitment to continuous improvement.
16 Mar 2025;
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