Ability to Salary Package | 5 Week Annual Leave
About the Role
This is a role for a people person - someone who thrives on collaboration, communication, and team development. You will have demonstrated experience in leading and developing senior finance professionals, empowering them to achieve positive outcomes and grow into high-performing leaders themselves. Your ability to build trust, foster talent, and drive results through others will be essential to your success in this role.
Additionally, you will provide both strategic direction and hands-on leadership across Finance, Payroll, Office Management, Fiscal Governance, and Risk Management functions. You will play a key role in shaping the financial health and operational efficiency of the organisation within an enterprise resource planning environment.
This position is based in Darwin, with relocation assistance provided.
Responsibilities
Forecast staffing needs and recruit skilled professionals to meet organisational demands.
Drive talent retention through career development, skills training, and employee engagement.
Identify and implement innovative solutions to enhance departmental efficiency and service delivery.
Oversee quarterly budget reviews and lead the annual budget development process.
Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting across monthly, quarterly, and annual cycles.
Manage external audit processes and statutory end-of-financial-year functions.
Lead the annual insurance renewal process, ensuring comprehensive asset coverage.
About You
Experience managing and developing senior finance professionals
Extensive experience in Accounting, including budgeting, forecasting, debt collection, and formal reporting.
Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting or Finance.
Proven internal management experience in a corporate accounting environment.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to provide strategic advice under tight deadlines.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, adaptable across diverse audiences.
Benefits
Opportunity to salary sacrifice
5 weeks annual leave + 17.7% leave loading
Phone allowance
Free travel insurance
Free onsite parking
Ability to travel to remote First Nations Communities and make a positive social impact
Relocation Assistance
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Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia? How many years' experience do you have as a Group Finance Manager? How many years of accounting experience do you have? How many years of people management experience do you have? What's your expected annual base salary?
Community Services & Development 1,001-5,000 employees
Founded in 1972, the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) is Australia's largest Indigenous Corporation.
Operating in 26 remote locations across the NT and Far North Queensland, ALPA employs over 1400 team members across our Retail, Community Services, Enterprise, and Corporate Services divisions.
ALPA is committed to building economic independence and equal opportunities for First Nations people. We empower communities and work together (Indigenous and non-Indigenous people) to create sustainable outcomes.
This is achieved through employment, training, enterprises, community services and advocacy on issues that matter most to remote First Nations communities.
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