Randstad is recruiting for an experienced and knowledgeable Finance Analyst for a State Government Department on the Gold Coast.
As the Senior Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for providing a range of financial functions, including those activities associated with financial management, financial analysis, budget reporting, accrual accounting processes, activity-based funding analysis and general ledger activities. This position will report to the Divisional Finance Manager within the division.
Key duties include:
1. Provide high level financial and business advisory support to senior managers, including analysis and reporting of budget trends and the investigation of variances.
2. Utilise information management systems and tools to analyse and report data, monitoring and advising on variations in expenditure and activity affecting budgetary performance and activity targets.
3. Present quality financial, staffing and activity data for the division compared to budgets, targets, benchmarks and key performance indicators.
4. Develop and review current financial process, improving current processes where possible
5. Support annual budgeting
Skills/experience required:
6. While not mandatory, a relevant tertiary qualification such as Bachelor of Business, Commerce or Accounting would be highly desirable.
7. Previous experience in a Financial Analyst role.
This role is initially a 3 month assignment, AO6 - AO7 depending on experience.
For any enquiries about this position, please contact Aoife Bradley for a confidential discussion -
Undertaking a temporary contract through Randstad will give you exclusive access to our
candidate benefits portal. This includes many discounts across health insurance, phone plans,
grocery stores and other retail stores as well as many other discounts. You will be able to
access this directly through our easy to use timesheet portal upon commencement of your
assignment.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
skills
financial analyst, financial management, budget reporting
qualifications
8. No qualifications required
education
Secondary School/High School