APS5 Finance Officers – Multiple Opportunities

- Federal Government prospect
- Surry Hills NSW or Richmond VIC or Geelong VIC
- $55.24 per hour + super
- Contract until 31 December 2026 + potential extension
- Australian Citizenship required

DFP Recruitment is seeking experienced APS5 Finance Officers to join a large Federal Government agency. Multiple opportunities are available across different areas of the finance function, offering the chance to work within either Finance Operations/Accounts Payable or Assets and Lease Accounting .

These roles would suit finance professionals who enjoy working in a large, complex environment and can confidently manage financial processes, investigate issues and work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

The opportunities

Depending on your background and experience, responsibilities may include:

- Accounts Payable, invoice and payment processing
- Vendor management and resolution of outstanding invoices
- Investigating invoice discrepancies and unmatched goods receipts
- Finance service desk and stakeholder enquiries
- Quality assurance of payment and vendor requests
- Financial reporting, reconciliations and maintenance of finance records
- Asset, fleet and property lease accounting
- Preparing and posting journals and monthly reconciliations
- Maintaining lease information within financial management systems
- Supporting asset reporting, financial statements and audit requirements
- Supporting compliance with AASB 16 lease accounting requirements




- Liaising with internal business areas, suppliers and shared service providers

About you

We are interested in hearing from candidates with experience across one or more of the following areas:

- Accounts Payable or Finance Operations
- Asset or Fixed Asset Accounting
- Lease Accounting
- Finance Officer or Assistant Accountant positions
- Financial reconciliations and reporting
- Government finance, procurement or goods receipting processes
- SAP or other large ERP/financial management systems
- SAP RE-FX and/or AASB 16 experience will be highly regarded for the asset-focused opportunity
- Strong Excel, stakeholder engagement and problem-solving skills

You do not need experience across all areas listed above. Candidates will be considered against the opportunity most closely aligned to their finance background.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Australian Citizens and be willing to undertake the required pre-engagement screening.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise 337 000and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.

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🏢 Dfp Recruitment
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