Finance Manager

Title:                           Finance Manager

Location:                    National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill Sydney NSW

Hours of Work:          35 per week

Reporting to:              Director Finance

Department:               Finance

Salary Package:        circa $100,211 incl super and leave loading. Free parking onsite in CBD

About the Role

The Finance Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the organisation’s statutory and financial reporting, from routine reporting obligations and complex cash flow management to ongoing process improvement.

To be successful you will need to have strong financial management and analytical skills, exceptional stakeholder management, a commitment to compliance and a strong passion for people development. Above all else you should have a desire to be involved in the operational running of the department to ensure all processes are efficient and effective.

Managing a team of 3 staff, this role will suit an organised and passionate leader who is willing to work hands on, develop their staff, improve systems and processes and produce outstanding results while bringing their people along with them.

Day-to-day duties

• Preparing monthly financial statements, analysing and investigating variances and summarising data, information and trends for internal stakeholders to understand and advise on financial performance.
• Working closely with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts.
• Preparing numerous financial reports including, visitation statistics, grant schedules and cash flow
• Reviewing existing processes and procedures to develop improvements and streamline processes
• Undertaking transactional activity and preparing reconciliation
• Assisting in fringe benefits tax, supervising BAS returns and liaison with external auditors for half year and annual auditing
• Building strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and providing training in financial processes as required
• Overseeing the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll function
• Supporting and developing direct reports to improve skills and implement system process improvements

 About you

Aside from being great with figures, you are great with people and are willing to spend time upskilling our internal clients who might need assistance. You have a friendly and outgoing nature, treat others with respect and can motivate and lead a team to deliver to a high standard.

You are not afraid to take on new ideas, challenge existing processes and enjoy working through issues to identify and resolve roadblocks. Most importantly you have the curiosity, drive and motivation to create better systems and reporting methodologies.

If you enjoy being ‘hands-on’ yet have the capability to be strategic, we’d like to hear from you. As a Not-For-profit organisation, we offer generous salary packaging benefits and free on-site parking in the CBD

The Basics

• You need a degree in Business, Finance or a related field with a CPA/CMA/CA (or similar) qualification,
• Min 3 years’ experience in a financial role, preferably at management level
• Experience in forecasting and budgeting
• Experience in reporting software strongly preferred (e.g. Great Plains, Calumo, Microsoft Analytics)
• High level Excel skills and ability to develop and deliver reports as required.
• A drive for continuous learning and development
• Evidence of leadership and people management with the ability to motivate and drive results
• Effective communication skills, including ability to structure clear presentations
• Proficient written and verbal communication
• The ability to simplify a financial message to non-finance stakeholders

Like you, we’re unique. We’d love you to get out from behind your desk, visit our properties and meet our people. We believe in order to really achieve your goals you need to understand the passion people have for their work and we will encourage you to spend time doing just that. This is a Finance role with a difference.