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About the Role
This is a critical leadership role responsible for the delivery of financial accounting, statutory reporting, financial governance and year-end reporting obligations. Leading a team of skilled finance professionals, you will ensure the integrity of our financial records, maintain strong internal controls and support the organisation in meeting its legislative and reporting requirements. Beyond technical excellence, we are looking for a leader who can build capability, foster accountability and create an environment where people are empowered to take ownership and grow. You will provide clear direction, coach and develop your team, and drive a culture of continuous improvement. Working closely with senior leaders across the organisation, you will provide strategic advice on financial governance, reporting and compliance matters while identifying opportunities to improve processes, systems and ways of working.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Financial Control team within the City of Sydney's Financial Planning and Reporting Unit.
- Ensure the integrity of financial records.
- Maintain strong internal controls.
- Support the organisation in meeting its legislative and reporting requirements.
- Build team capability.
- Foster accountability.
- Create an environment where people are empowered to take ownership and grow.
- Provide clear direction, coach and develop your team.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement.
- Provide strategic advice on financial governance, reporting and compliance matters.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and ways of working.
Requirements
- Ability to balance operational delivery with strategic leadership.
- Ability to step away from the detail, empower others to succeed, challenge traditional approaches and lead the team through change.
- Tertiary qualifications in accounting, finance, commerce or a related discipline.
- Membership of a recognised professional accounting body.
- Must complete a pre-employment health declaration and criminal history check.
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full Time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Experienced people leader
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in accounting, finance, commerce or a related discipline
- Membership of a recognised professional accounting body
Salary/Compensations
- $206,913 per annum plus superannuation
Benefits
- Rostered day off each month (19-day month)
- Flexible working
- 3 days of care and cultural leave each year
- Leadership and management development program
- Further education program providing reimbursement of course fees, and study and exam leave
- Opportunity to attend external courses and conferences
- Long service and employee recognition awards
- Employee assistance program offering free, confidential counselling
- 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents
- Paid and unpaid adoption and long-term fostering leave
- Paid superannuation for up to 52 weeks of parental leave
- Part-time and job-sharing options available
- Supportive return-to-work environment
About the Company
- Caring for our city, creating a future for all.
- Our people are passionate about their communities and connected to their teams.
- Motivated by our genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion, and our clear, compelling plan for our global city: Sustainable Sydney 2030 – 2050 Continuing the Vision.
- Be part of a purpose-led organisation with care at its core.
- You’ll make a difference by acting in the best interests of our communities and city.
- Be better together with collaborative and inclusive partnerships.
- Embrace possibilities and be open to new ideas and creating bold solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome candidates from all backgrounds in a workplace as diverse as our communities.
- We’re passionate about gender balance, with an executive team two-thirds female and half of leadership roles held by women.
- All applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, veterans and people of diverse sexualities and genders, and those from culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to join us.
- We’re a disability confident recruiter.