Business Services Accountant

Business Services Accountant

• Start ASAP
• Temporary role that could go temp to perm for right person
• Government opportunity

The Client

Government employer located in Cairns and is Australia's most northernly municipality, representing 15 unique island communities, spread across 42,000km2 of sea, and an international border with Papua New Guinea.

The Opportunity

This is a great opportunity for a qualified Accountant to join a busy local government team. You will help manage the annual budget process, working with managers to make sure everyone understands their responsibilities and meets deadlines.

You'll regularly provide accurate reports to key people and stay up to date with laws and accounting standards.

Your role also involves giving professional advice and support to meet the financial needs of both internal and external customers.

About You

Highly Desirable, but not essential:

• Possession of Bachelor level qualifications in Business or Commerce (Accounting)
• Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA Australia), Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia) would be highly regarded.
• 2 years experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience in operating the TechOne Software

To be considered for this role, you'll need to have experience with:

• Helping to organize, prepare, and review the yearly budget, including setting goals and tracking performance.
• Creating monthly reports for management, analyzing differences from the budget, and explaining any variations.
• Providing training and support on financial processes, systems, and interpreting financial information.
• Preparing and recording financial entries, like monthly revenue and expense adjustments, internal charges, and prepayments.
• Investigating and fixing issues related to project spending.
• Helping resolve internal accounting or process problems.
• Offering financial advice to help with decision-making and managing costs effectively, including handling grants.
• Handling other tasks, like financial administration, grant management, and monthly financial reviews.
• Contributing to the development of financial strategies to meet reporting needs.
• Preparing account reconciliations.
• Supporting operations with financial reports and project performance analysis.

To Apply

Applications in Word format should be forwarded to us by clicking the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion, you are welcome to call Daria on (07) 4034 5000.

About Us

With offices in Cairns and Townsville, Precruitment is Regional Queensland's leading recruitment consultancy, specialising in permanent and temporary roles. With a focus on administration and professional talent, we are selected suppliers to local businesses, Queensland Government, Government Owned Corporations and Local Government. We have a broad client base throughout Regional, North and Western Queensland.

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