Accounts & Finance Support Officer - Parental Leave

2 weeks ago


Canberra, Australia Downer Group Full time

Excellent opportunity to join Australian National University team
- Short term contract - Parental Leave Cover
- Job hours 7.6hrs per day
- **Positive team** environment with a focus on your ongoing learning and development

**The Role**

We are seeking an Administration & Finance Support Officer to provide **Parental Leave Cover** and join the contract team located at the ANU in Canberra. You will work closely with, and provide support to, the Contract Administration Manager and will be responsible for the day to day purchasing and accounts payable functions, and to provide office administration and reception duties. This is a unique opportunity to join this team working with this important client.

**Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to**:

- Raising of purchase orders, reviewing open purchases and following up on outstanding orders
- Goods receipting
- Assist with payroll & time-sheet functions
- Perform all branch administration functions as directed
- Input of data into a Work Management System
- Assist with service delivery partner management

**Skills and Experience**

With such a challenging role, you will come to us with:

- Proven ability to prioritise, ensuring all key tasks are performed in a timely and efficient manner
- Ability to work with multiple systems
- Excellent investigative and trouble shooting skills
- Ability to multi-task and a change champion
- Good computer literacy (especially Microsoft Excel)
- Mid-level understanding of accounts functions
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent organisational and analytical skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Good standard of interpersonal skills and ability to relate with work colleagues, clients and stakeholders
- Experience working in a similar role

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience with Work Management System (WMS) computer database
- Previous experience with Coupa
- Strong understanding of SAP

**Benefits and Culture**
- Supportive and inclusive culture
- Career development opportunities
- A professional and safe working environment
- Good employee benefits and entitlements

**ABOUT US**
- Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities._
- Our Facilities & Asset Services_ business _provides end-to-end facilities management and asset lifecycle support services for Australia’s critical social and economic infrastructure. Operating across the health, education, government, future energy, power generation, oil and gas and industrial sectors, we work closely with our customers to optimise the reliability, efficiency and _whole of life costs of their assets and facilities_.

**_ Downer is made up of more than 33,000 people who are all different. Different preferences and perspectives. Different histories and heritages. We are different in the way we think, the actions we take and the unique value we contribute to Downer and it’s these differences that are Downer’s greatest strength._**

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