Your contribution:
As the Financial Accountant, you will deliver financial accounting and taxation services to the Corporate Administration Agency's clients through a shared service arrangement. This includes preparing financial statements for multiple clients, delivering taxation services (GST and FBT) and financial management training, and developing effective accounting structures.
Your role:
The Financial Accountant, AO7, is a role in which you will:
Co-ordinate and deliver financial accounting and taxation services to external clients, including the preparation of financial statements, Fringe Benefits Tax returns and related advice
Ensure compliance for multiple clients with Queensland Treasury's whole-of-government financial reporting requirements using the FRaMES system
Contribute to the development and maintenance of accounting structures, in collaboration with the Financial Management, Financial Operations and Systems teams, to support effective internal and external reporting
Liaise with key government agencies including Queensland Treasury, the Queensland Audit Office and the Australian Taxation Office regarding complex financial and taxation issues affecting the CAA and client agencies
Investigate and resolve issues within the financial consulting function using initiative and sound problem-solving skills
Deliver training to CAA clients to raise awareness of current financial accounting, taxation and legislative requirements
What we are looking for:
We will assess your merit for this role by looking at what you've done previously, the knowledge, skills and experience you've built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.
This position requires:
Demonstrated experience providing complex financial accounting services, with the ability to operate effectively in a purchaser/provider model of service delivery. Knowledge of Queensland Government financial management practices and accounting standards is desirable.
Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks efficiently in line with team commitments
Ability to embrace change by actively seeking new solutions and responding flexibly to changing requirements
Ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders to support customer-focussed service delivery
Personal accountability for development and continuous self-improvement through sharing ideas and seeking out learning opportunities in everyday work
In this role you will be valued for developing strong technical knowledge and skill in this area of expertise and demonstrating self-management. Corporate Administration Agency applies the Leadership Competencies for Queensland.
The role description will outline any qualifications, licences and specific requirements of the role. If you are interested in this job we encourage you to read the attached role description and talk to the contact officer.
Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies (identical or similar).
Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
Prior to appointment, current and previous public sector employees are required to disclose any history of serious disciplinary action in accordance with section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
All employees are required to disclose any interest/s that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with the discharge of their duties in accordance with section 89, 182 or 183 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
***APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO APPLY ONLINE - scroll down and click the 'APPLY ONLINE' button***
Please note any documents attached to Smart Jobs should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Please do not upload zipped files.<space>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
