Accounting & Transactional Support Lead

Accounting & Transactional Support Lead

The Financial Services team is looking for a self-driven Accounting & Transactional Support Lead to join their high performing team. In your new role, you will get an exciting opportunity to lead a transaction team, enhance overall client satisfaction and resolve service issues. You will manage the team workload and implement governance protocols. You will also provide operational guidance based on metrics.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• lead a transaction team to ensure compliance with policies and procedures while overseeing day-to-day transaction processing activities and support
• foster strong client relationships and provide proactive advice to resolve enquiries and enhance the customer experience
• efficiently resolve complex transaction issues, analyse critical issues, and implement effective solutions to enhance operational efficiency
• engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders, facilitating discussion to address concerns and gather feedback, ensuring alignment with work area goals
• manage work area reporting and compliance ensuring accurate information on university systems and adherence to work area requirements
• coordinate and manage risk assessment activities within the work area, prioritising workplace health and safety and ensuring consistent alignment with university guidelines and best practices.

About you:

• strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use initiative and exercise sound judgement, along with the ability to prioritise workload during busy periods
• excellent interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills, including effective management of stakeholder relationships, commitment to ensure service excellence
• demonstrated experience in prioritising your own and your team workload to meet competing and ad hoc demands.

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

As this position is located on an NSW Health site, it is a regulatory requirement to complete compulsory employment checks prior to starting in this position. For more information and instructions, please visit: NSW Health employment requirements.

This position is designated as involving child-related work. To undertake or remain in this position, you are required to apply for and obtain a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

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