Finance Support Services Officer
- Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: 1 x Continuing Role & 1 x Contract until 30 January 2027
- Remuneration: Level 5 from $88,717 - $100,386 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus, NSW (hybrid)
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
Why Your Role Matters
As a Finance Support Services Officer, you will play an important role in supporting the financial integrity and operational effectiveness of UNSW. Working within Operational Finance, you’ll deliver high-quality transactional and financial administration services to Faculties and Divisions, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and strong customer service.
Operational Finance supports core finance systems, process improvement, and transactional services across the University. This role is key to maintaining efficient, standardised processes that enable sound financial management and strategic decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform a range of financial administration tasks, including raising purchase orders, billing, receipting, journals, month-end activities, and routine reporting.
- Ensure accuracy, data integrity, and compliance with financial controls, policies, and funding guidelines.
- Provide professional advice and support to customers on purchasing processes, policies, and systems.
- Deliver responsive, high-quality customer service in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and collaborate effectively across Finance teams.
Who You Are
- Tertiary qualified in a relevant discipline (progress toward CA/CPA desirable).
- Experienced in high-volume purchase-to-pay or transactional finance within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial controls and policy application.
- Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement and customer service skills.
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing deadlines.
- Experienced in enterprise financial systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, Concur).
For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the position description found under the position listing on Jobs@UNSW
Benefits and Culture:
People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.
Our benefits include:
- Flexible working options.
- Career development opportunities.
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).
For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits
How to Apply: Submit your CV & a succinct 1-2 page cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) by 11:55pm, 25th February 2026
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.
Contact: Amy Denney a.denney@unsw.edu.au - Talent Acquisition Team
Please apply directly through the website, applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
- Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
