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Australia’s largest public museum organisation is seeking a Senior Systems Accountant to lead and manage the development and implementation of Museums Victoria’s finance systems, including the implementation of Museums Victoria’s e-Procurement system, as well as planned system upgrades as required.

ABOUT MUSEUMS VICTORIA:

Museums Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.

To learn more about Museums Victoria, please visit http://museumsvictoria.com.au/about/

ABOUT THE POSITION:

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this position is accountable for the delivery of complex accounting systems, including project planning, implementation and maintenance, so as to deliver significant business improvement across MV within budget and to scope.

This position is also accountable for the delivery of projects that improve applicable finance system use and functionality while ensuring systems and associated interfaces specific to Finance are maintained and operating effectively.

The successful applicant will have:

  1. Demonstrated project management and planning skills, including a proven ability to set priorities, manage timelines, budgets, resources and compliance requirements in relation to the implementation of complex Finance systems.
  2. Experience designing, implementing and managing complex finance processes and policies.
  3. Demonstrated experience providing oversight of month end processes and reporting using computerised finance packages within large organisations
  4. Demonstrated experience in an IT systems administrator role for the finance function in a similar-sized organisation, with exposure to a wide variety of related systems.
  5. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to be proactive in identifying user needs and implementing improvements to meet those needs.
  6. Sound knowledge of accounting principles applicable to the public sector

For more information or to apply visit the Museums Victoria website.