Senior Finance Manager – Corporate Accounting

What’s on offer:

• Join one of the largest essential service providers in Australia and New Zealand.
• Split your time in our beautiful North Sydney head office and work from home.
• Full time permanent role with a respected stable ASX listed organisation with considerable room for career progression and development.
• Joining the Ventia team you will become part of our Finance Academy initiative. This program brings together all Finance professionals across the business to partake in opportunities for continuous learning and training, mentoring programs, networking and social events aimed at promoting career development and recognition.

About the role:

Join Ventia as our Senior Finance Manager – Corporate Accounting. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller this position will business partner with various executive leadership function owners and play a key role within Group Finance.

You will be responsible for the overall financial management, from a reporting, forecasting, budgeting and compliance perspective for a number of executive leadership functions. In addition to heading up the payroll accounting team.

A fantastic opportunity for a confident finance professional to grow their career.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead finance staff across responsible portfolio, developing & embedding systems & processes to drive performance and consistency.
• Monthly reporting & review for various executive leadership functions.
• Analysis & insights into performance, including benchmarking, comparisons to drive continual improvement, identifying areas for further cost savings and efficiency improvements.
• Lead strategic financial advice to function operations and management.
• R&O analysis – prepare & execute performance improvement plans to drive ‘better than budget’ outcomes and rolling reviews to identify ‘hidden’ problems early.
• Prepare and present financial reports, forecasts, and recommendations to senior management.
• Manage and deliver a range of services to the business including central journals, reconciliations and clearing accounts.
• Ensure compliance with the Group Service Recharge Policy (GSR). Manage and deliver a range of monthly corporate recharges including Plant and Property recharges, GSR, WCC and Insurances. Manage and deliver direct allocation of corporate expenses including invoices and FBT.
• Lead the payroll accounting team to ensure compliance from an accounting perspective including payroll accounting journals, LSL, AL, lodgement of payroll tax returns, payment of super.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field; MBA or relevant certification (e.g., qualified CA or CPA) preferred.
• Exceptional leadership and business partnering abilities.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Commercially astute decision maker with the ability to work with elements of ambiguity.
• Strategic thinking with an understanding of key financial drivers within complex organisation structures.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Understanding of property, payroll and fixed asset accounting and compliance.

About Ventia:

Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. No one else does exactly what we do in the way we do it. Making infrastructure work for our communities is at the heart of who we are and it’s what unites and excites us.

Diversity:

Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents, and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities.

How to apply:

If you are looking to expand your career with a business that rewards and values its employees, please apply by clicking on the ‘Apply for job’ button.

Position Reference Number: 160571