Principal - Project Accounting - Perth, Australia - Water Corporation

Water Corporation

Verified Company

Perth, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Principal - Project Accounting

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1242

Primary Location WA-Perth - Inner-John Tonkin Water Centre - Leederville

Organization Financial Services
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Challenging and Rewarding Role
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Permanent full-time opportunity
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$ Super + Benefits
We're recognised worldwide for our performance and innovation to secure water supplies for Western Australia in a changing climate.

We're driven to make our state a great place to live, and we have career opportunities to help make it happen.

A career at Water Corporation can unlock the door to ongoing long term career development opportunities; we also support training and development, flexible work arrangements, health and lifestyle programs and generous company benefits.

If you share our commitment to WA then consider Water Corporation as the next step in your career. Come and join us here in Leederville.

About the role:

The Water Corporation is seeking a Principal - Project Accounting, responsible for delivering and maintaining an efficient and effective finance and administration function within the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Project (ASDP) Alliance to manage and lead all aspects of the finance function.

The Principal - Project Accounting is a key member of the Alliance Management Team and will work closely with the Alliance Manager.

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What the role will involve:

Manage and lead the finance function and provide expert advice to the Alliance management teams
Establish and promote positive and productive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure the effective preparation and monitoring of cash flow and project costs.
Develop and provide regular financial management and accounting reports and statements including annual financial closure of the Alliance.
Validate and prepare Progress Claims and ensure monthly claims submitted to the Water Corporation are consistent with the financial ledger and verify costs claimed by the Alliance partner for inclusion in the Progress Claims to the Water Corporation.
Prepare accounts and returns in accordance with statutory requirements while maintaining alignment with both Alliance Partner' and Corporation's reporting requirements.
Manage taxation issues including compliance and submission of BAS Returns to ATO while maintaining alignment with both Alliance Partner' and Corporation's requirements.
Monitor Project financial performance, to ensure financial information is presented to the Alliance Lead Team and Water Corporation are verified by the Finance Manager.
Create and maintain an Asset Register for tools, equipment, and materials not part of the financial fixed asset register, and management of the asset disposal process.
Act as principal point of contact for any audit or review required by any of the Alliance participants and provides the necessary information requested by the auditor.
Maintain a suitable framework to reduce risk associated with Forex exposure and to provide information to the Corporation to enable foreign exchange transactions to be appropriately hedged.

Key skills and experience:

***- You will have a degree level qualification in accounting or finance or approved equivalent

You will have demonstrated experience in project management and seeking external project funding.
You will have substantial commercial financial and project accounting experience in a large capitalintensive engineering infrastructure / construction environment.
You will have sound technical skills across the range of major financial management and accounting functions reporting, budgeting, treasury, taxation, managerial accounting.
You will have considerable experience with computerised financial systems.
You will have relevant experience in budgeting and financial management.

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Apply:If you are interested in the above opportunity please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

Please note:

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

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Applications close 25th
June 2023

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Water Corporation is committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. How we will achieve this is outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and People and Safety Strategy.

We acknowledge the different skills, experiences and perspectives that people from diverse backgrounds including, race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation bring to the workplace, will only strengthen our workforce.

We are committed to ensuring that our workplace is inclusive, where all our people feel that they belong, are valued, respected and have equal access to opportunities an