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• Permanent, Full time
• $123,766.93 per annum plus Superannuation
• Join the Finance team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with Australian accounting standards and local government regulations, while maintaining the integrity of financial assets and overseeing a robust internal audit process.

What you’ll be doing:

• Development of the Annual Financial Statements in accordance with Australian accounting standards and local government regulations.
• Liaise with the internal auditor - accountability to effectively communicate and collaborate with the internal auditor, while also taking responsibility for investigating and implementing recommended improvements in internal control processes. This includes analysing audit findings, developing action plans, and ensuring their implementation to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls.
• Responsible for providing a comprehensive audit trail, documenting all actions taken, and verifying the quality of the implemented improvements.
• Developing the long-term capital works budget for the organisation.
• Accounting for Developer Contributions and acquitting the developer contributions against the capital works expenditure.
• Maintaining the integrity of the financial assets within the asset management system.
• Preparation of the quarterly financial Capital works reports
• Maintain the long-term budget model.
• Knowledge and understanding of implementing personnel practices and staff development schemes, whilst contributing to long term staffing strategies.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Responsibility in policy formulation with well-developed analytical, investigative and system problem solving skills. Essentially obtaining the ability to consider potential risks, benefits and trade-offs associated with each policy option.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in the application of Excel to obtain data from a mainframe system for manipulation in a networked PC environment.
• Skills and knowledge of management reporting procedures and processes including the preparation of monthly reports.
• Ability to adapt communication style to different individuals and situations in order to lead, motivate and develop others.
• Networking abilities to cultivate professional connections and alliances including the capacity to identify stakeholder needs and expectations, decide the appropriate action and respond accordingly.
• Assessing critically diverse alternatives, considering their potential outcomes, risks, and implications. The incumbent must navigate complex scenarios and synthesise information to produce well-informed recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and consult with senior management, team leaders and staff at all levels including external stakeholders, to achieve organisational outcomes and solve specialist problems.
• Ability to gain the cooperation of and establishing positive working relationships with Managers, Supervisors, peers, and stakeholders, including facilitation and leadership skills to deliver organisational outcomes.
• A knowledge of the operations and requirements of Local Government accounting is highly desirable.

Required Certifications & Qualifications: 

• Tertiary qualifications in the field of accounting, commerce, or a related discipline with substantial practical experience in a similar environment.
• CPA/CA qualified

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check. #LI-Hybrid

Our client’s success is our success. And you make it happen! 

Payment systems are complex, regulated and everchanging. We are an established market leading brand who are focused on driving client growth. We’re at the forefront of innovation punching above our weight. We’re enabling the future for our clients through innovative technology like the New Payments Platform (NPP) and open banking.    
 
We are an unlisted public company and one of five licensed banks in Australia with full direct connectivity and production capability across all domestic payment systems. Whilst the major banks leverage this capability for their consumer and business clients, our B2B model focuses on enabling other banks, fintech’s and corporates to deliver innovative and competitive payment and digital solutions to their clients and customers. 

We are looking for a Client Solutions Consultant to join our Client Delivery Team  

The Client Solution Consultant is responsible for working across the Client engagement journey from pre-sales through to delivery, setting Cuscal and our Clients up for success. The responsibilities of the role sit across three key areas:  

Lead Pre-Sales and Discovery 

• Promote a basic understanding of Cuscal’s standard products, key benefits, market obligations, enablement activities, and business-as-usual activities. 

• Conduct presentations and lead discovery sessions with clients (including prospective clients) to ensure that client needs and relevant constraints are fully understood and documented 

• Identify (alongside sales colleagues) opportunities for sale of further Cuscal products that meet client needs and deepen relationships.    

• Document the gaps between the client needs and Cuscal’s standard solutions to enable effective roadmap, feasibility and estimation discussions 

Solution Design & Documentation 

• Capture a clear scope of work, deliverables, acceptance criteria, assumptions, and costs in Cuscal’s standard format for Statements of Work    

• Document, analyse and communicate challenges and solution options that address the Client needs  

• Contribute to the development of adaptable and/or re-usable materials to communicate high level functional solutions for client engagements as part of the sales process 

• Identify potential delivery risks as well as potential mitigation strategies 

 Solution Delivery Support 

• Provide a detailed handover to the delivery team at commencement of the implementation   

• Act as a point of escalation for internal stakeholders and the client throughout the implementation process for supporting project teams.  

• Lead and/or contribute to knowledge management and continuous improvement activities 

About You 
To be successful in this position you will have the following skills and experience: 

• You are passionate about enabling excellent client outcomes.    

• Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, commerce, finance or related subjects is desirable   

• Outstanding verbal, written and presentation skills, with the ability to build effective customer relationships  

• Strong industry knowledge of payments ecosystems, and/or strong understanding of Cuscal’s product and technology solutions  

• Excellent business process and/or project experience using tools such as Visio, Jira, PowerPoint    

• Enterprise-level business project experience, with strong process analysis, design and documentation 

What’s it like to work here? 

As well as good pay and a great culture, we back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. We support our colleagues with flexible work arrangements through our hybrid model whilst also offering a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health & wellbeing benefits. 

Next Step 
If you think this role is the right fit for you, we invite you to apply. Let’s explore who you are and what drives you. We’d love to share our vision for the future of payments sector. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert. 
   
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