12 Nov
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City of Boroondara
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Williamstown
12 Nov
City of Boroondara
Williamstown
Career Opportunities: Financial Assurance Lead (15292)
- Transforming Boroondara Program - help shape the future of finance at Boroondara
- Full-time Limited Tenure Contract to October 2027
The City of Boroondara is undertaking a significant transformation journey, and we are seeking a Finance Assurance Lead to ensure the finance outcomes of a major systems and process change program are right. Reporting to the Head of Transformation Program Delivery, with a matrix reporting line to the Chief Financial Officer as their adviser and representative on the program, you will work through how new systems and processes connect to our finance function and the wider organisation, and ensure they are well designed, optimised, tested and understood before go-live.
This is a hands‐on role for a systems‐minded finance professional who enjoys working through the detail of how finance processes, controls, data and reporting fit together from end to end.
What you'll be doing
- Work out the ramifications of each Transforming Boroondara project for Finance, including how its transactions will arrive in the finance systems, the interfaces and data flows from operational systems (such as billing, rates, regulatory, payroll and asset systems), and what the change means for the Finance organisation.
- Work directly with Finance, project and technical teams to determine where the control points need to be, design and put those controls in place, and shape how finance systems, processes and the Finance organisation will accommodate the change.
- Work with technical teams to design, build and test the integrations between operational systems and the finance systems, and plan and take part in testing, including data migration checks, user acceptance testing and reconciliations,
to confirm that transactions, balances, controls and reporting work correctly before go‐live.
- Investigate and resolve financial, data, reconciliation and system issues, tracing them across systems to the root cause and validating the solution.
- Work alongside Finance colleagues and project teams to build Finance's capability and ownership of the new processes and controls, so that they are sustained after go‐live.
- Act as the Chief Financial Officer's adviser and representative on the program, helping to make the design decisions requested of Finance. Draw on your hands‐on work and your understanding of good design, intended outcomes and optimisation objectives to provide clear, evidence‐based advice on control objectives and organisational readiness, and to raise issues early.
About you
You are a systems‐minded, collaborative finance professional with a sound grounding in both financial and management accounting. You are motivated to understand how finance systems and processes operate in practice, and to improve them. Experience in governance, financial controls or assurance is valued, but your ability to understand, improve and test how finance works end to end within a complex organisation matters most.
You will bring:
- Robust knowledge of financial and management accounting, and of how transactions,
data and reporting flow through finance systems.
- Experience anticipating, designing, testing and coordinating the financial impacts of a significant system implementation or business transformation, including managing financial risks, controls and reporting impacts.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion Financials or a comparable ERP, such as solution design, configuration, testing, data migration, reconciliations, reporting or post‐implementation support.
- Experience with the interfaces and data flows between operational systems and a core finance system, ensuring transactions, balances and reporting remain complete and accurate.
- A track record of using your understanding of both finance and technology to improve a business process, reporting capability or system control.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to provide practical, evidence‐based advice.
- Tertiary qualifications in accounting, finance, commerce or a related discipline. Professional membership or accreditation (CPA, CA or equivalent) is highly regarded.
At Boroondara, you will be part of a high‐performing organisation committed to innovation, excellence and community outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to help shape how Finance operates in the future, work closely with the Chief Financial Officer and program leadership, and contribute to meaningful change alongside dedicated, collaborative professionals.
Employment requirements
- Applicants must have the right to work in Australia
- Preferred applicants will be required to undergo a National Police Records check
Applications close on Monday 23 November 2026 at 11:59pm
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