Project Accountant

• Finance and Business Services

• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact

• Deliver exceptional accounting services and advice to project leaders

• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

We are seeking a Project Accountant (known locally as Management Accountant) to deliver exceptional professional accounting services to key business unit clients at the University of Queensland.

Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, the Management Accountant is responsible for the provision of professional project accounting advice and services to senior project leaders across client business units, to ensure effective and compliant cost management of project activity. The role delivers sound financial analysis, supporting commentary and advice to senior project leaders to inform financial planning, budgeting, forecasting for operational and/or grant funded projects.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Provide financial advice to project leaders to guide decision making around the development of effective strategies for compliant cost management and effective utilisation of grants and related funding.

• Contribute to the development of financial and related business strategies to meet the financial management and reporting needs for a defined group of clients in the business units.

• Support the Senior Management Accountant with the preparation of business cases that guide the selection, validation and prioritisation of client business strategies and plans.

• Manage the application of financial processes, governance frameworks, policy controls and risk management frameworks across projects, to ensure ongoing compliance.

• Manage the delivery of management accounting advice and services to a defined group of clients in the business units including the development of organisational unit budgets and forecasts and the performance of other budgetary control activities.

• Apply project tools and processes for project budgeting, forecasting, periodic expenditure reporting, variance management and compliant interpretation of grant rules by project leaders in the client business units.

• Build and maintains strong working relationships acting as a trusted expert financial advisor, whilst managing the escalation of key client issues or needs that require the expertise.

• Provide fiscal leadership to senior project leaders through the implementation of strategies, policies and plans that drive accountability, transparency, and financial performance on projects.

• Provide operational leadership to create a seamless interface between the advisory and transaction services streams, providing direction on complex financial policy and compliance matters to help improve the capability and performance of the team.

This is a full-time, continuing (permanent) position.  

At HEW level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $96,649 - $105,244 plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $113,080 - $123,136 annually.  As these roles are covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

About You  

You will require strong financial accounting, analysis, and reporting skills, with experience managing and providing project-based accounting services and demonstrated experience working in professional financial advisory or service delivery functions in complex stakeholder and policy environments, providing strategically aligned operational financial advice and solutions. In addition, you will possess:

• Degree qualifications in accounting, business, commerce, or a related field with experience in accounting and/or equivalent combination of training and professional experience.

• Strong financial accounting, analysis, and reporting skills, with experience managing and providing project-based accounting services.

• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders and clients and apply sound problem solving and communication skills to influence and achieve outcomes.

• Ability to provide strategically aligned operational financial advice and solutions, and partner with clients to achieve desired outcomes and results.

• Progress towards or membership of a professional institution (CPA / CA or equivalent).

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record and education check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Mrs Angela Smit, Senior Management Accountant via Angela Smit [email protected] . For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 12 April 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-37443).