Queensland Treasury Corporation Careers

Description

About the role

Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) is looking for an Associate, Financial Accountant to join our Finance team for an 18-month maximum-term opportunity.

This is a great opportunity for an accounting professional looking to build their career and gain broad exposure across financial reporting, month-end, taxation, audit and finance operations.

Working closely with the Financial Reporting team, you’ll help ensure QTC’s financial information is accurate, complete and delivered on time, while contributing to strong financial controls and improvements in the way we work.

What you’ll do

As part of the role, you’ll:

• Prepare financial statements for QTC and its associated entities in line with relevant accounting standards and reporting requirements.
• Complete month-end activities, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Prepare financial information for external reporting requirements, including Queensland Treasury and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
• Support State and Federal taxation compliance across PAYG, payroll tax, FBT, GST and tax equivalents.
• Assist with internal and external audit queries and information requests.
• Perform reconciliations between financial systems and QTC’s core financial markets platform.
• Support broader Finance Operations activities, including financial analysis, reporting, purchase order and reimbursement reviews.
• Maintain and improve procedures, controls and processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, improve and automate financial processes.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders across QTC and externally.

About you

You’re an accounting professional who enjoys working with detail, solving problems and continuing to build your technical capability.

You’ll bring:

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Membership with CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), or be working towards your qualification.
• Relevant financial accounting experience, ideally including exposure to month-end, reconciliations, financial statement preparation, taxation compliance and audit.
• A sound understanding of accounting standards, financial processes, risks and controls.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial information and communicate insights clearly.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• A collaborative approach and a willingness to continue learning and developing.

Experience within financial services or the Queensland Government, along with exposure to Dynamics 365 Finance or Power BI, would be advantageous but isn’t essential.

Build the future with QTC
QTC is the central financing authority for the Queensland Government and provides financial resources and services for the State. We manage the State’s funding program in the global capital markets to deliver sustainable and cost-effective borrowings for the Queensland Government, local governments, and other related entities (our clients). We do work that improves Queensland for generations. We are a leader in finance, creating meaningful solutions with profound outcomes. We set the standard in financial solutions. We address the challenges of today, with results for tomorrow.  
Benefit from a best-in-class professional development program, flexible work, leadership programs, study support, paid-parental leave, salary packaging and a corporate wellbeing program (including discounts for you and your family to a range of fitness facilities close to home or work).  
At QTC we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We have an equitable, barrier-free application process so please inform us of any accessibility requirements in your application, or you can reach out to our Talent Team  [email protected]