Finance Manager

What’s on offer:

• Expanding contract = growth opportunity
• Exposure to innovative financial reporting tools and technologies
• A company committed to sustainability, diversity, and inclusion
• Access to our VenPerks employee benefit program provides discounts with 450 retailers, Australia-wide, including Woolworths, Coles, Booking.com and Expedia
• Access to a variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including discounted health insurance, and our employee assistance program

About Ventia

Ventia is a trusted partner to some of Australia and New Zealand's largest energy providers and users. Covering the full spectrum of design, minor capital works, commissioning, operations and maintenance. We are a leader in Australia and New Zealand in transmission live line and substation construction and innovative maintenance solutions, and in distribution poles and wires maintenance.

Ventia also offers a suite of high voltage technical services including the installation, commissioning, maintenance, project management, diagnostics and testing of electrical infrastructure to keep homes and businesses safely plugged in and switched on.

About the Role

The Finance Manager will be partnering and supporting our project directors by providing financial reporting and analysis and forecasting for our maintenance and capital works within QLD.

Full-time opportunity with flexible work-arrangements, this role will be based in our West End, Brisbane office.

The role will suit an ambitious, progressive, and direct leader, with demonstrable experience within the civil infrastructure and/or construction industry. The selected candidate will also demonstrate robust and persuasive verbal/written communication and engagement skills, to build and manage strong relationships with multiple stakeholders. 

Key responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Lead a team in maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, sub-ledgers, and financial reporting systems, in line with company policies and required timelines. This includes revenue recognition, cost accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Monitor and optimise performance against targets, including revenue, EBITDA, net working capital and operating cash flow.
• Review contract valuation on capital projects and ensure it’s aligned with tender
• Prepare analysis and reporting to meet internal and client financial reporting requirements and support decision-making. For example, developing financial and operational Power BI dashboards, monthly performance reviews (variance analysis), KPI data calculation and reporting.
• Participate in regular contract reviews and provide insights into contract performance, risk and opportunities, and improvement initiatives.
• Perform annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes.
• Collaborate with client contacts to resolve queries and complete deliverables in a timely and efficient manner.
• Drive continuous improvement in the completion of end-to-end processes, including purchase to pay, order to cash, recruit to onboard, and payroll.
• Lead and develop direct reports, harnessing individual and team capabilities to deliver project outcomes.

Skills and Qualifications

• Relevant degree in accounting
• CPA qualification
• 5+ years in finance manager (or equivalent) experience
• Demonstrated experience within Capital Works will be highly regarded
• Demonstrate experience within the civil infrastructure or construction industry
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to manage, maintain, manipulate, and analyse complex and large data sets.
• Experience with SAP, highly regarded

Diversity

Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents, and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQAI+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities

How to apply

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