Finance and Payroll Support Officer - Palmerston City, Australia - City of Palmerston

Description

Modern, dynamic, and contemporary working environment

Ongoing opportunity- Level 3 (72, , Super)

Six weeks annual leave Plus a wide range of employee benefits

About Us City of Palmerston is the Northern Territory's youngest city and is located 20 kilometres south-east of the Northern Territory's capital Darwin. Palmerston has grown rapidly in a short period of time and in 2023 its population of almost 40,000 people live in 14 suburbs, with around 5000 registered animals. City of Palmerston (CoP) is "A Place for People". We place people at the centre of all that we do and deliver, by providing excellent services to our community. Our Commitment to You and Our Customers At CoP we value

Teamwork

Commitment and Accountability

Sustainability and Self-Sufficient

Quality Resources

A culture of Continuous improvement

In addition to our focus on culture, values, and behaviours, we embed our Customer Service Charter in everything we do both internally and externally. The pillars of our Customer Service Charter are:

Make it easy for customer

Perform with pride

Listen, learn and act

Evaluate and improve

About the Opportunity An opportunity exists for a motivated and experienced individual to join the Finance and Governance Team as Finance and Payroll Support Officer Working with the Finance and Payroll Supervisor, the role is responsible for providing support of finance functions that contributes to the effective delivery of the City of Palmerston Community Plan that include;

Maintaining the integrity of Council's financial information specifically related to accounts payable and payroll with a view of continuous improvement.

Providing accurate, detailed and quality administration and accounts payable and payroll functions across council's systems which complies with legislation.

Ensuring statutory obligations are compiled within a timely manner.

Providing financial administrative assistance and training within the council and broader organisation.

About You You will ideally have appropriate tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other relevant discipline which may be required through a Cert III or relevant experience with a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development, a minimum of 1 year experience in Accounts Payable and Payroll operations, an ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines within a dynamic environment and a customer centric focused results. What we can offer you :

A great team environment and culture

An ongoing work opportunity

Generous leave entitlements including six weeks annual leave.

Training and Professional development opportunities

At City of Palmerston we embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. To view a copy of the position description and to 'Apply' please see below. Applications Close: Thursday, 19 October 2023