Manager, Financial Services

What's the role?

As a Manager, Financial Services, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy and confidence of Westpac's financial reporting. Sitting within Financial Services in the Finance Division, your work will support groupwide financial control and accounting, including monthend close, balance sheet governance and statutory reporting.

You'll lead financial accounting and reporting activities at scale, partner closely with onshore and outsourced teams, and support both businessasusual performance and strategic initiatives that strengthen controls and improve service delivery.

This is a Sydneybased role with hybrid working, supporting our Group Business Units and the Westpac Foundation.

What do I need?

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Demonstrated experience in financial control within the financial services industry, supported by completion of a professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA or equivalent).
• Strong technical financial accounting capability, with experience across monthend close, journals, reconciliations and balance sheet review
• Working knowledge of financial control concepts essential; experience with audit advantageous.
• Proven ability to manage and lead onshore and outsourced teams, underpinned by strong communication skills, consistently maintaining high standards of quality and control.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence to identify, implement and embed service and process enhancements

If you're a qualified accountant (CA/CPA or equivalent) with strong financial control experience in financial services, a passion for continuous improvement, and a proven ability to lead and collaborate across onshore and offshore teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Why join us?

We're obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to 'give back' to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

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