Team Leader: Financial Services

**Position Description Team Leader Financial Services**
December 2024**

**Position title**Team Leader Financial Services

**Position number**1555

**Classification (Level)**7

**Department**Corporate Services

**Division**Finance

**Business unit**Statutory Finance and Payroll

**People Leader**Unit Manager Statutory Finance
Ratings Team, Payroll Team, Accounts Payable Team, Accounts

**Direct reports**
Receivable
**Internal**:People & Culture Team, Leadership Teams, Council
Members, all City of Marion employees.
**External**: Superannuation schemes, Return to Work Scheme,

**Key stakeholders**
Income Protection Scheme, Government Departments, Salary
Packaging provider, Unions (ASU, AWU), Software providers
(Aurion), Financial Institutions, Auditors and other Councils.

**Community Vision: A liveable, sustainable community.**
The strategic directions of Liveable, Sustainable, and Community reflect the aspirations of
the community for the City of Marion’s future.
A fourth strategic direction, Our Organisation, sets the focus for Council and its staff toward
fulfilling the 2024-2034 Community Vision and Strategic Directions. These interconnected
directions emphasise a commitment to achieving holistic outcomes for the council area

**City of Marion Values**
Our Values inform what is important in how we deliver for our community.
They aspire towards a consistent standard that can be expected from all who engage with
the City of Marion.
**Together weOur Community Vision**
**Focus on the customer |** We are:

- Engaged with our diverse community
- Responsive and proactive
- Dedicated to delivering great customer

experiences
**Engage with respect |** We are:

- Committed to a safe and inclusive workplace
- Connected, caring and professional
- Honest, transparent and act with integrity

**Embrace excellence |**We are**:

- Adaptable, driven and continuously improve
- Accountable for our decisions and actions
- Proactive in sustainability and support the

environment

A great place to _work_

**Position Description Team Leader Financial Services**
December 2024**

**Purpose**

The Team Leader Financial Services role is accountable to the Unit Manager Statutory
Finance within Corporate Services. The primary objective of the role is leading the Accounts
Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll and Rating Services functions to a high standard while
providing ongoing support to all other business units within the organisation. The role is
responsible for supervising and managing the performance of the assigned team in the
delivery of a range of financial operations functions, financial related systems administration
and other financial process and system improvements. As a leader of the organisation, you
will have the customer, community and safety at the forefront of all you do, to provide the
highest level of service both externally and internally.

**Key Deliverables**:

- Manage and coordinate the Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and

Rating Services functions, including leadership, supervision and productivity of the
work area employees.
- Lead the strategic consideration of systems fit-for-purpose including implementing

new systems and identifying and implementing enhancements to existing systems
- Manage council’s Payroll System
- ensuring system functionality and data integrity is maintained to the highest
- standard.
- identifying, scoping and implementing ongoing enhancements of the system
- ensuring plans are developed and executed, in collaboration with Unit Manager
- Statutory Finance and assigned project team, for any systems changes.
- Needs identification and the subsequent development of effective policies and

procedures, and associated communication and training, in collaboration with
the appropriate internal resources.
- Oversee the development, documentation, implementation and review of plans,

budgets, work practices and procedures, for the work area functions, in consultation
with the Unit Manager Statutory Finance.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

and provide advice on complex payroll matters as required.
- Ensure the provision of high quality, timely and accurate financial reporting to unit,

senior and executive management, and external bodies in accordance with relevant
statutory requirements.
- Manage the adoption of annual land valuations, declaration and collection of annual

rates and the annual updating of Councils Rating Policy.
- Contribute to the management of operational risk and implement risk management

processes within the business unit.
- Identify and coordinate continuous service improvement opportunities to meet and

exceed business goals.
- Undertake a range of human resource activities associated with proactive workforce

planning and recruitment.

A great place to _work_

**Position Description Team Leader Financial Services**
December 2024**
- Ensure the provision of effective support to team members’ dev