Gardian Group is seeking a highly skilled Finance Controller with trust account experience to join our team. This role offers a chance to work in a dynamic environment, managing both multiple trust accounts, along with overseeing payroll and financial reporting.
Key Responsibilities: Trust Accounting: Manage daily receipting, disbursements, end-of-month and end-of-financial-year reconciliations for both Property Management and Sales Trusts. Payroll Management: Process fortnightly payroll for all Gardian divisions, manage superannuation payments, and lodge payrolls with the ATO. Ensure staff meet minimum wage requirements and process parental leave payments. Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly financial reports for the board, including budget analysis, agent statistics, and property management reports. Compliance: Ensure compliance with Office of Fair Trading legislation and trust accounting laws. Prepare for auditor visits and manage internal audits of trust accounts. Budgeting & Targets: Assist with budget preparation, monitor expenditures against the budget, and analyse department performance to adjust targets for Property Management, Commercial, and Sales divisions. Insurance & Receipts: Manage daily trust account receipting for insurance payments and underwriter payments. Key Skills & Qualifications: Experience in trust account management and compliance with trust account legislation. Strong financial acumen with experience in payroll processing, budgeting, and financial reporting. Proficiency in financial software such as Xero for payroll and trust account management. Excellent communication skills to work with internal teams and external auditors. Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. About The Organisation: Est. in 2000, husband and wife team Denise and Peter Phillips, launched their Mortgage Choice franchise and 21 years later, The Gardian Group consists of Gardian Insurance, Gardian Financial Planning, Gardian Finance, Gardian Real Estate - Residential and Commercial and Property Management. We have grown by 80% in the last 12 months despite the challenges. Finalists in the Resource Industry Network Awards for Champion of Culture. We've also won numerous real estate awards including the people's choice Rate-My-Agent Agency Of The Year and Real Estate Agent of The Year awards. Our 4.9/5 average real estate review rating is well above the industry average and we are the only 100% locally owned and licensed insurance business. We actively support the Mackay regional community. Our 2024 Gardian Family Fun Day raised $39,379 for the Mackay Hospital Foundation and as a group we donated almost $10,000 to the Mackay Community Foundation last year.
Yet none of this would be possible without our amazing team. People like Maddi, who at 16 started as a junior admin assistant two years ago and has worked her way up to a Junior Account Executive and is on her way to completing her Insurance Broking Diploma. Or Jess who started with Gardian two years ago as Operations Manager in Financial Planning and has now completed and is a fully qualified Paraplanner. It's people like this who have driven our metamorphosis and we support them via workplace innovations. For instance, every new hire is assigned a buddy to help them in their first few months. We recently split our entire workforce into small agile teams, with their own names, goals, and plans to give people a clearer vision and focus. We have regular staff events such as bi-annual Hype Nights where we celebrate success and reward achievers, our monthly Tribal Meeting where we communicate what is happening and how the organisation is tracking in its plans. With our vision to be the small giants in the Mackay regional community, our long-term goal is to continue growing by at least 15% each year.
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