Job Description:

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Convenient Fitzroy Location
• Pro-active & supportive leadership
• Flexible working arrangements
• Work for one of Australia’s leading hospital groups

About the Role
The Accountant ensures that each month’s financial and transactional accounting tasks are completed and reconciled in an accurate and timely fashion. Additionally, you will provide assistance to various sections of the finance function including year-end audit tasks and various statutory returns. Key activities in this role will include:

• Prepare month end financial accounts to profit and loss and balance sheet level, according to set timetables
• Prepare year-end audit package for auditors
• Provide information to the site Business Performance Analyst/Financial Controller for completion of month-end reporting package for Executive Directors
  

Your Contribution
The preferred candidate will hold a degree in Accounting, Finance or Business, CPA/CA Membership, as well as the following skills and attributes:

• Sound technical and working knowledge of accounting for revenue, wages, supplies and fixed assets

• A sound technical knowledge of GST and FBT reporting

• Ability to learn and use new computer software applications

• Ability to reconcile subsidiary ledgers and balance sheet accounts to the general ledger as well as correct reconciling items on a timely basis

• Ability to code invoices to the respective expense or capital areas

• Ability to communicate succinctly with peers and superiors, both verbally and in writing

What we Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement


Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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