Senior Student Finance Accounting Officer
Job No.: 692536
Location: Clayton Campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $100,155 - $108,106 pa HEW Level 6 (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
Join the Student Finance team as a Senior Student Finance Accounting Officer and play a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of student fee operations. This position supports the delivery of reliable financial data, efficient administrative processes, and high-quality service to students and stakeholders, while working closely with internal teams and external partners across funding programs.
This position will be responsible for reconciling student accounts, investigating discrepancies, and ensuring the accuracy of incoming payments, credits, refunds, and financial journals in line with policy and procedure. You will ensure data consistency across multiple systems, including government and internal databases, and oversee the processing of refunds and sponsor transactions. The role also involves maintaining and reconciling general ledger and banking accounts, supporting audits, and analysing financial data to identify trends or issues. In addition, you will provide clear, timely advice to students and staff, contribute to continuous process improvements, and ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and financial procedures.
To be successful in this role you will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a genuine commitment to customer service and the ability to explain complex information clearly. You will be comfortable working with Excel or Google Sheets, handling large data sets, performing reconciliations, and identifying trends with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Strong organisational skills, sound judgement, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively are essential, along with a willingness to learn and develop expertise in student finance systems and processes.
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
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. As part of your application, please submit your CV and a Cover Letter addressing Key selection Criteria 1,4 and 8.
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: Rosemary Nancarrow, Student Finance Accounting Manager, rosemary.nancarrow@monash.edu
Position Description: Senior Student Finance Accounting Officer
Applications Close: Sunday 3 May 2026, 11:55pm AEST
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