Senior Finance Officer

Reporting to the Finance Manager this key position is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of Council’s day-to-day financial operations, including oversight of creditors, debtors, revenue, and cash handling functions.

The role provides technical expertise, supervision, and quality assurance across finance support activities, ensures compliance with legislative and policy requirements, and contributes to accurate financial reporting and continuous improvement.

The individual we are seeking will be a highly motivated team player working proactively in a busy work environment. You must be able to work autonomously as well as within a team and you will need to be a Thursday Island Resident as housing is not supplied.

Ideally, the successful applicant will need to:

• Three (3) years previous Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash

Handling and Reconciliation experience.

• Advanced proficiency in accounts payable and receivable processes,

including invoice coding, three-way matching, payment runs, and

reconciliations.

• The ability to review, approve, and quality-assure financial transactions,

ensuring compliance with internal controls, delegations, and local

government legislation.

• Strong knowledge of GST, statutory payment obligations, and debt

recovery practices.

• Experience in cash handling, EFTPOS processing, daily balancing, and

banking reconciliations.

• Competence in financial reporting, month-end and year-end processes,

journals, accruals, and audit preparation.

• Proficiency in working within a financial management system and

maintaining data integrity across systems and databases.

• The ability to analyse financial data, identify anomalies, and implement

corrective actions.

• Experience in supervising, mentoring, and providing technical guidance to

finance support staff.

• The ability to develop and implement process improvements to enhance

efficiency and compliance in finance operations.

• Strong skills in preparing financial schedules, reports, and documentation

for internal and external stakeholders.

How to apply

To be eligible to apply for a position at Torres Shire Council, you must fulfil one of the following criteria:

• Be a permanent resident of Australia

• Be an Australian citizen

• Have an entitlement to work visa

Note: Torres Shire Council encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Address your application to the Human Resources Manager and email to [email protected]

Please ensure your application includes the following:

• A copy of your résumé

• A cover letter addressing the key selection criteria

Please address the following selection criteria in your application.

Contact Person: Torres Shire Council Human Resource Manager 0418 619 329 or  [email protected]