Accounting Officer
Job No.: 694158
Location: Mulgrave
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $86,344 - $99,179 pa HEW Level 05 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Monash University is seeking an Accounting Officer to provide high-quality research finance business partnering and operational support. In this role, you will deliver accurate financial transactions, complex reporting and forecasting while ensuring strict compliance with grant conditions, tax and audit requirements. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues, manage contractual milestones and leverage data analysis to drive continuous improvement in our research and revenue accounting practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare complex reports, forecasts and contract budgets while tracking project progress.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Proactively advise internal clients on financial positions, grant conditions and resolve complex enquiries.
- Compliance & Acquittals: Coordinate financial acquittals for external funding bodies in strict accordance with tax, audit and governance rules.
- Data & Systems Management: Monitor contractual milestones, investigate discrepancies and utilise University systems for data analysis and continuous process improvement.
What you will bring to the team
- Qualifications/experience in finance with proficiency in SAP (or similar) and GST applications.
- Strong data analysis, numerical and problem-solving skills to resolve financial issues.
- High-level communication and negotiation skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Proven ability to work both collaboratively in a team and independently with initiative.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
Please submit your CV alongside a brief cover letter outlining how your experience meets the key selection criteria in the position description. For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Vanessa Wang, Manager (Research and Revenue Accounting Services), vanessa.wang@monash.edu
Position Description: Accounting Officer
Applications Close: Thursday 11 June 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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