Description:
A specialist government agency requires a financial accountant with strong analytical skills.Your new company
A high priority government organisation with offices in Parramatta is recruiting a financial accountant with an interest in financial analysis for this temporary contract role.
Your new role
Working in a busy team reporting to Senior Financial Analyst, duties will include:
- Monthly journal entries, prepayments and accruals
- Bank statement reconciliations and analysis
- Cost Centre analysis and recommendations
- Month reporting
- Expenditure review
- Cashflow forecasting
- Working with cost centre owners to identify opportunities and issues
- Assisting senior analysts with adhoc analysis and reporting
What you'll need to succeed
Ideally you will have gained solid experience in financial accounting in a medium to large organisation with high volume transactions, multiple cost centres and projects.
You will be looking to step into an analytical role where you can use your strong technical financial accounting knowledge.Key skills required include:
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Strong technical knowledge of reconciliations, journals and other financial accounting processes
- Excellent team player and communication skills
- Willingness to learn from the transactional level up, to then take on more complex analytical tasks in the future
- Solid systems skills including strong Excel
What you'll get in return
Work in a vibrant government team with strong funding for long term projects
- Enjoy opportunities to be involved in the analysis of major government initiatives
- Flexible work options
- Support from an experienced and inclusive team
- Good rates for the right level of experience - ideally someone ready to step up to the next level of their career
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, please email an updated copy of your resume to Katherine.mattick@hays.com.au or "click now" to apply.