Employment type: Permanent, Full Time

Location: Hobart

Job Ad reference: FIN24

Are you passionate about diving into complex financial data to uncover insights into business performance? Are you looking for a role that drives continual improvement and enhancement of financial management?  

If so, come and Make it Matter with us at The Project Lab. We are looking for an experienced Finance Professional to manage our finance function in our Launceston or Hobart office.   

About the role 

At The Project Lab, we're passionate about making Tasmania the world's most liveable island; our team is full of people working hard to achieve this. As a Finance Lead in our team, you’ll be responsible for managing financial activities across our business.   

You’ll lead The Project Lab’s key reoccurring financial accounting, including Accounts Receivable, Payable, Inventory, BAS lodgement and ATO compliance. Your role in our team will be critical to The Project Lab meeting internal reporting and statutory compliance obligations.  

As a business, we offer a range of products and services to our clients, and we are continuously improving and expanding our offerings. To support this function and the financial efficiency of our operations, you will capture critical data that offers insight and foresight into systems utilization, service catalogue performance, viability and commercialization of new products and services, operational performance and efficiency and financial performance and opportunities. 

Reporting to our CEO, you will work closely with our senior leadership team to ensure financial objectives are being met, contribute to the continual improvement and refinement of our financial systems and support our service delivery function in a consulting capacity as needed.  

With growth and development at the heart of what we do, you’ll receive guidance and support for your professional advancement to ensure high quality outcomes.       

About you

• 3-7 years of experience in a finance management or analysis role with strong business, commercial acumen and strategic thinking capabilities. A bachelor's degree in accounting, Business Management or similar. (CPA or CA is desirable)
• Experience working autonomously and have developed financial models, forecasts and budgets. You’ve successfully managed and improved the financial maturity and operational systems of a business.
• You’ve established effective methods of ensuring accuracy and attention to detail in working with sensitive and critical data.  
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to actively listen and adjust your own behaviour to build relationships and provide quality customer service to team members and clients.  
• Experience undertaking multiple projects simultaneously whilst ensuring appropriate reporting/escalation, excellent engagement and delivery of agreed results.  
• You can anticipate and embrace change by remaining openminded and agile in times of ambiguity or shifting business priorities.    
• Strong computer skills and experience using various accounting and data manipulation software systems such as Microsoft Office Suite, Xero (or similar), Project Works.  

Make sure to reach out to our People & Culture team to review the position description at careers@theprojectlab.com

We work hard at hiring for culture fit. We want people who value collaboration, integrity, fun and hard work. And we will support you with training, professional development and a supportive and safe environment. If this sounds like you and is something you want to be a part of and contribute to, then please apply.

About us 

We are a team of experienced professionals who provide a huge range of advisory and management consulting services. We are a fresh innovative organisation with a focus on Tasmania, our clients, and the desire to continually improve and grow. We are passionate about and dedicated to benefiting Tasmania through improving and enabling Tasmanian organisations to achieve their goals.  

We believe in our mission and in our team. Our brand purpose is to ‘Make it Matter’, and we don’t take that lightly. We know that our actions matter, and that the work we do with our clients matters which is what gets us all out of bed.

Our people are a big deal to us. Well, huge really. Our people are our brand, and our everything. Our culture is integral to how we hire, support and grow our team. We’re committed to understanding and supporting our team to achieve their goals. Say hello to our incredible team here: https://www.theprojectlab.com/who-we-are/team  

Our perks. We get that most professionals choose to start consulting for different reasons, whether it’s more work-life balance or for the diversity that different clients and different engagements offer.  

We’ll provide you with a supportive environment and the backing of a team that will be available to help you sound out ideas and construct solutions to problems, together.  

We take professional growth seriously and as part of our team you’ll have access to a suite of quality learning and development content to support your growth at any stage of your career journey. Our mentoring pathway and Communities of Practice programs are also a great way to gain and share knowledge between our team of specialists in their fields.

You’re flexible? So are we. We are open to you working with us to design your working week to bring out your best, whatever that might look like. We offer hybrid in office/WFH arrangements and flexible working types. Looking for something that's not the standard? Talk to us. We’re open to it all.  

Did we mention one of our values is Fun? We work hard, we play hard. Our team love to get together and celebrate our wins.

So now you know if we're the right fit for you, but are you the right fit for us? Let’s find out. 

If you have any questions about the role, or working with The Project Lab, please contact our People & Culture team via email at careers@theprojectlab.com or give us a call on 1300 293 763.  

We'll review applications as they come in.