Location: Townsville
Employment Type: Full time
Closing on: Oct 10 2024
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our team in the Financial and Business Services Directorate.
Details:
With a focus on business partnering, you will collate a diverse range of financial information, reports, and data in alignment with standards, policies, procedures, and contractual requirements. Maintaining the integrity of financial data including budgets and forecasts will be one of your primary responsibilities. This includes preparing journals, financial transactions, and invoices, identifying anomalies, and rectifying in a timely manner. Liaising with internal and external stakeholders, your commitment to delivering high-quality, customer-focused financial support services will empower our University community. Building positive working relationships within the University, you'll ensure staff are well-informed of their financial responsibilities and compliance with documentation requirements.
With a degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or a related field, you are an enthusiastic financial professional eager to advance your career. You will be supported with a professional pathway program should you wish to pursue additional studies toward obtaining the Charter of Professional Accounting (CPA) or Chartered Accounting (CA) qualification. You bring a proven ability to review and analyse data, prepare reports with attention to detail, and clearly communicate a variety of financial and non-financial information. Working with budgets and forecasts, you will partner with business leaders to provide financial advice and information for decision-making. Demonstrated experience in a finance business partner role, or the development and communication of financial information will be highly regarded.
At JCU we’re not just shaping minds, we’re shaping the future.
As Australia’s only university established to focus on the issues of Northern Australia and the Tropics worldwide, JCU is dedicated to helping the world’s tropical regions to prosper. With our main campuses located in the vibrant and diverse tropics of Northern Queensland, JCU is at the forefront of research and education in some of the world’s most critical areas, including marine biology, environmental science, tropical and rural health, and more.
JCU offers a dynamic and culturally diverse workplace where your ideas are valued, your professional growth is supported, and your work-life balance is respected. Working under the values of Authenticity, Excellence, Integrity, and Respect, we support and empower our people through the provisions of:
If you are ready to contribute to a dynamic and collaborative work environment, apply now and join our team.
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Applications close on 10 October at 11:55 PM AEST.
For any enquiries about the role, please contact Wendy Ganly on (07) 4781 6374 or email wendy.ganly@jcu.edu.au.
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