
Assets Accountant
Tweed Shire Council
Posted 30 days ago
We are seeking an Assets Accountant to join our Finance Team and coordinate the financial general fund asset registers. This position covers a broad range of assets, including transport infrastructure, stormwater drainage, buildings, public art, recreational facilities, swimming pools, software, fleet, and more. In this role, you will be responsible for the administration and enhancement of asset management and work systems (MyData and Technology One EAM). You will also provide expert advice and support in the development and review of Council’s asset management policies, strategies, and plans. Additionally, you will contribute to budget development for asset management, ensuring alignment with the Long-Term Financial Plan and other strategic planning documents.
About the role:
- Coordinate the financial general fund asset registers across a wide range of assets.
- Process asset related transactions in the general ledger including acquisitions, renewals and disposals.
- Administer and co-ordinate implementation and upgrades of asset management/work systems (MyData and Technology One EAM).
- Provide support for finance and service planning related corporate software solutions.
What's on offer:
- a base salary ranging from $81,860 per annum with competency-based increments up to $96,965 per annum, plus 11.5% super
- 70 hour, 9-day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).
We are seeking:
- Degree level qualifications in Business, Accounting or Commerce or relevant experience in accounting and asset administration.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Technology One Financials or similar financial software.
- High level competence and experience in the application of asset accounting principles and recording.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
About us:
- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
- Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where it's located:
This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.
Position closes:
Tuesday 22 April 2025 at 9am (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
SK97188A
About Tweed Shire Council
Tweed Shire Council is the largest council on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Covering an area of 1300 square kilometres, the Tweed adjoins the local government areas of Byron, Lismore, Kyogle, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast, with the NSW–Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
Council is the largest employer in the Tweed with a workforce of more than 750 employees across a wide range of professions. Through a budget of about $256 million, Council delivers more than 50 services to 41,500 ratepayers and almost 100,000 residents who call the Tweed home.
In late 2021, Council was named Employer of Choice by Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) for its great employment practices within NSW local government.
Professionals Australia recognises what workers throughout the region already know – people choose to work at Tweed Shire Council when presented with other employment opportunities due to its:
employment terms
great workplace culture
amazing location.
Aboriginal Acknowledgement – Tweed Shire Council wishes to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beautiful valley over many thousands of years as the traditional custodians of these lands.
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