Some businesses are built to be seen. This one sits quietly behind a outstanding many of Queensland’s biggest transactions and investments, moving high value work between government, business and the community in a way almost nobody notices and everybody relies on. It runs on a long term operating model with institutional backing, and that buys a rare mix of commercial discipline, public purpose and stability.

Revenue is highly predictable, margins are strong and there is clear visibility of future cash flows.

The finance function is compact and high calibre, working close to senior decision makers, external advisers and regulators. What is unusual is the starting point. The business is already well run and the cash flow is extraordinary, so the agenda is not repair, it is improvement. Lifting reporting quality, tightening controls and getting ahead of new disclosure requirements while there is still time to do it properly.

This Senior Financial

Accountant role is where a good deal of that work will get done.

The Role

Reporting to the Financial Controller, and working closely with the deputy CFO and the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Financial Accountant role carries the general ledger and a real share of the statutory reporting. The general journals, month end and the balance sheet reconciliations, then the financial statements and the audit that follows them. There is no layer sitting between you and the person who runs the function.

The other half of the job is improvement, and it is worth being precise about what that means here. In most businesses, improving finance means firefighting. Something is broken, cash is tight and you are patching a process while everyone tries to keep the doors open.

None of that applies. The numbers are already right, the cash flow is extraordinary and there is genuine appetite to invest, so the list is deliberate, properly funded and spread across the next few years. You would be taking a well run business from good to great rather than dragging a struggling one back to acceptable.

Duties will include, but not be limited to:

• - Preparing and processing the general journals,