Assistant Accountant

• Flexible location
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 6 $82,494 - $89,087 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

The Assistant Accountant supports the University Financials function with the operational delivery of university wide accounting services, including business assets, revenue recognition, lease accounting, taxation, cash management, investment management and other general ledger accounting services, to internal and external customers to ensure accounting services are delivered in line with key deadlines across the University.  This position applies and complies with accounting standards, taxation regulations, legislation and specific organisational policies, standards and protocols, and implement effective statutory and other external reporting requirements.

The Assistant Accountant also contributes to the production of a diverse range of management and financial reports and prepares balance sheet reconciliations and monthly journals to ensure they are accurate, timely and in line with the relevant accounting standards and University financial policies.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Planning and prioritising work and critical activities appropriately and recognising barriers to achieving outcomes, finding effective ways to deal with them and evaluates progress
• Building new and productive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including promoting awareness of policies and accounting standard requirements with relevant customers and stakeholders
• Communicating with confidence using examples and the most appropriate influencing technique for a given situation to increase understanding and support
• Striving for excellence and consulting regularly with clients to clarify who requires the information, the purpose for which it is required, criteria for success and where and when advice and recommendation is required
• Seeking feedback from customers regarding their satisfaction and perspective with services received, and respond to feedback with openness and transparency and seek to identify ways to better service the customer
• Supporting and contributing to the annual VAGO external audit to ensure timelines and information needs are met
• Contributing to ensuring that appropriate internal controls are in place, good management of accounting practices, all accounting policies and procedures are developed and effectively

To be successful, you’ll have:

• A Bachelor degree in accounting, finance or other similar discipline with subsequent relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
• Strong knowledge of general ledger, taxation and basic accounting principles

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD Assistant Accountant.pdf

Applications for this position close on 28 August 2022

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Leonie Thomson, Taxation and Treasury Manager via [email protected]

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised:12 Aug 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:28 Aug 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time