**Job no**: 498157
**Work type**: Fixed Term Full Time
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Finance, Centre and Retail Management
**Your opportunity**
We're looking for an experienced and detail-oriented **Administration Manager (Management Accountant)** to join our team at **Westfield Kotara.** This role offers a unique opportunity to focus on finance while gaining exposure to all aspects of shopping centre management, making it a dynamic and rewarding position.
**About the Role**:
From managing budgets and analysing Profit and Loss reports to supporting day-to-day operations, this is a varied and rewarding position. You'll play a key role in maintaining financial efficiency, providing insights, and ensuring seamless operational support to enhance the customer and retailer experience.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Lead the development of annual asset budgets and ensure financial outcomes are achieved.
- Analyse and manage Profit and Loss reports, including processing monthly accruals, journals, and prepayments.
- Identify and present financial risks and opportunities to the Asset Team with actionable recommendations.
- Conduct bi-monthly budget forecasting to maintain financial accuracy.
- Oversee daily banking, reconciliations, accounts payable, and tenant invoices for expense recoveries.
- Support operational teams to address customer and retailer needs in a fast-paced environment.
This full-time, 15-month contract role includes Duty Management responsibilities, which involve occasional weekend shifts on a rostered basis, with a day off provided in lieu to maintain balance.
**What sets you apart**
- Strong acumen in financial management, including budgeting, P&L oversight, and risk analysis.
- Ability to identify trends and provide solutions with precision and attention to detail.
- Confidence in engaging with both finance and non-finance professionals.
- A background in accounting or financial services, ideally within retail property or similar industries.
- A proactive approach to challenges and a passion for excellence in customer service.
**About us**
Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.
We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.
With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.
We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thrive with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.
Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that 'Everyone Belongs'. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.
We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period and free parking at your local Westfield destination.
Discover more about working with us.
Applications close**:Friday 21**st** February (unless filled prior).**
**Advertised**: 28 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 21 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**_Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information. _