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Role highlights
- Provide credit card management support across CSIRO
- Support stakeholders with clear, compliant finance advice
- Play a key role in CSIRO’s Treasury and Compliance team
About CSIRO
As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.
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The opportunity
We are seeking a Finance Officer – Credit Card Compliance and Support to join our Treasury and Compliance team.
As the Finance Officer, you will be responsible for a diverse range of activities that support the Finance Coordinator – Treasury and Compliance, Finance Business Units, and the broader organisation. You will deliver credit card cardholder support, data analysis, reporting and compliance activities, as well as providing support for treasury and banking transactions.
This is a hands‑on role suited to someone who enjoys working with transactional data, supporting internal clients, and applying policies and procedures in a practical and solutions‑focused way.
Your high-level duties will include:
- Provide accurate, policy‑compliant support to staff and internal clients across treasury, credit card and compliance activities.
- Look for opportunities to generate improved solutions in work situations, exercising initiative to create efficiencies with completing routine activities relating to credit card management.
- Complete duties related to credit card management and FlexiPurchase support, including providing advice to staff, preparing reports related to CSIRO’s credit card program and undertaking credit card compliance activities.
- Communicate openly, effectively, and respectfully with all staff and clients requesting your services, keeping clients informed of progress and redirecting requests to appropriate staff and teams when required.
Role particulars
Location: Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney preferred
Salary: AU$73k – AU$96k per annum (pro-rata for part-time) + 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite, Full-time
Reference: 102868
As the successful candidate, you will bring:
- Demonstrated experience to complete accurate and timely credit card reporting by ensuring the integrity of data sources and inputs.
- The proven capability to respond to stakeholder enquiries and provide solutions to complex or ill-defined problems.
- Communicate with stakeholders through good written and verbal communication skills following established policy and procedures.
- Ability to prioritise work and service delivery in a high work volume environment and produce accurate work with minimum supervision.
- Ability to proactively participate and support multiple teams, including contributions of ideas and opinions to inform decisions, plans or actions.
- Proven capability to explain policy requirements and decisions to internal stakeholders.
Desirable
- Relevant work experience in a financial environment complimented by a tertiary qualification in accounting or finance or progress towards tertiary qualification.
- Knowledge and experience of CSIRO systems and processes to enable stakeholders to achieve their responsibilities around project management and accountability.
- Knowledge and experience in project and/or management accounting and reporting, including the extraction and reporting of information using Microsoft Office suite of programs and from finance systems, preferably SAP.
- Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office suite of programs, intermediate excel skills, and sound knowledge of SAP.
For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.
Not sure if you meet all the criteria?
While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.
Setting you up for success
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please reach out to the contact person listed in the Position Description and let us know how we can support you.
Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.
Inclusion and belonging
Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.
CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
How to apply
Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.
Applications close
19th April 2026, 11pm AEST.
