Finance Associate

Company Description

Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies

Job Description

• Leading Industry Fund - Recognised as a LinkedIn Top 5 Place To Work
• Support the Effectiveness of Rest's Accounts Payable and  Financial Reporting Functions
• Permanent, Full-time Role
• Sydney or Melbourne Located
• Hybrid Working Model - Blend of CBD Office & Home

About Us

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia's largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support nearly two million members, with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they're more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

About the Job

The purpose of the role is to support the effectiveness of Rest's accounts payable and financial reporting functions..

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Administer Rest's accounts payable function: setting up new payees, maintaining approver master lists, monitoring and managing workflow status and responding to queries received by the AP team inbox
• Administer Rest's corporate cards including applications, deletions and changes to limits as well as responding to queries.
• Administrator of the Expense Management System (EMS) including onboarding and offboarding of all staff, providing training to corporate card holders and processing of out-of-pocket expense reimbursements
• Reviewing expense allocations in the EMS.
• Ongoing review and maintenance of delegation protocols and expenses policies
• Preparation of quarterly reporting summary of Directors' and Chairman's expenses for sign off.
• Quarterly analysis of corporate card expenditure.
• Liaising as a business contact between Rest and travel provider.
• Preparation of bi-annual report for Payment Times Reporting Scheme.
• Preparation of ad-hoc expense reporting or supporting internal and external reviews as required.
• Monitoring of old aged invoice in the system and follow up with relevant team

Qualifications

• Minimum a certificate diploma in administration or accounting

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Good understanding of financial control
• Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
• Willingness to learn and be trained
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Attention to detail
• Stakeholder management
• Demonstrated advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Self-motivated, responsible and committed

Additional Information

Benefits

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Hybrid working
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
• Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops)
• Income Protection Insurance
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest's values and behaviours)

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 30 June 2023. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier