Management Accountant

Permanent / Full Time
Location – Proserpine
$99,978 to $106,334 per annum

The Whitsunday Regional Council is situated at the heart of the Great Barrier Reef. The region encompasses the 74
tropical Whitsunday Islands, the coastal towns of Cannonvale, Airlie Beach, Jubilee Pocket, Shute Harbour and Bowen along with the rural towns of Proserpine and Collinsville. The Whitsunday region offers a dynamic environment and is perfectly placed to live, work, play and invest.

The Role

An exciting opportunity exists within our Corporate Services directorate for a Management Accountant. In
this role, you will be responsible for ensuring a high level of analysis, business performance reporting, provide
technical advice, business partnering with both internal and external clients, ensuring the integrity of the
finance system information and contributing to Council’s compliance with legislation and account standards.

Essential

1. Tertiary qualifications in Business, Accounting, or other areas relevant to the position.
2. Hold or working towards obtaining a recognised professional accounting qualification (eg Chartered
Accountants or CPA)
3. Demonstrated experience in a similar role within a complex environment.
4. Demonstrated experience in using an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Technology One.
5. Demonstrated analytical skills, with strong problem solving and attention to detail.
6. Self-motivated and well-developed planning and organisational skills with the ability to work independently, work on multiple tasks, determine priorities and meet deadlines
7. Exceptional presentation and interpersonal skills with well developed written and verbal communication skills to enable successful business partnering.
8. Demonstrated high level computer literacy, with the ability to utilise financial, records management and Microsoft suite of programs to review and implement improvements to business and performance reporting processes.
9. Thorough understanding of relevant finance standards, statutory accounting and budget development requirements in Local Government.

Desirable

1. Previous experience in a Local Government environment highly regarded.
2. High level of experience with Microsoft products including power enquiries, power BI and SharePoint.
3. Knowledge of the Local Government Act 2009, Local Government Regulations 2012 and relevant AASB
Accounting Standards.

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For any further information regarding this role, please contact a member of our Human Resources Operations team on (07) 4761 3622.

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