Senior Management Accountant

Senior Management Accountant

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Inovor’s Headquarters, Lot Fourteen, Adelaide.

Hours of work: 2-3 Days per week (negotiable)

Remuneration: Negotiable based on experience

Eligibility for, or an existing security clearance. To meet this, candidates must be Australian citizens.

Company Profile 

We are a space company located in Australia’s first innovation neighbourhood at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide. We are a resident amongst many other innovative and high-tech companies and are next door to the University precinct and the beautiful Botanical Gardens.

With over 50 employees, we develop satellite technologies and are building several spacecraft for civilian and defence customers. We have developed a family of small satellite platforms and provide a complete turnkey satellite mission solution from mission design to spacecraft design, manufacture, integration, test, delivery and operations.

Our Vision 

Our vision is to create exciting technology to improve and protect our way of life on earth through small satellite mission applications.

Important to Know 

We are very passionate about space!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a company that promotes a diverse and safe workplace environment. We strongly encourage women, people from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel to apply. Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace we support applications with a strong emphasis on empowering women in STEM to join our innovative team.

What’s on offer: 

We value work/life balance and provide a flexible working environment to recruit and retain the best people.

Employees have the opportunity to engage with state-of-the-art technology, contributing to the development of advanced satellite systems and defence solutions.

Our employees have access to a curated training program from accredited national and global training organisations.

We invest in the continuous learning and professional development of our team. There are ample opportunities for attending workshops, training sessions, and conferences in various departments of space.

We provide complimentary refreshments, fresh fruit and coffee to keep our people healthy and focussed.

Position Broad Purpose 

We are seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our dynamic satellite technologies team. This role is a great growth opportunity for candidates wanting to progress their career into a Chief Financial Officer role in the future. We encourage applications from individuals returning from a career break, such as maternity leave, who are eager to re-engage with the field by collaborating and working with some of Australia’s brightest engineers and scientists.

Your prime responsibilities will be:

• Financial Planning: Contribute financial expertise to the company’s strategic and financial planning process.

• Financial Reporting: Oversee the timely preparation of financial statements, financial management reports, and provide strategic insights into the company’s financial performance.

• Cash Management: Oversee and optimise cash flow reporting and management

• Business Development: Provide financial strategic advice on pricing strategies, bid development and contract negotiations.

• Risk Management: Identify and manage financial risks, establish controls, and develop and implement mitigations.

• Compliance and Regulatory Oversight: Support the team around financial compliance and standards

• Leadership: Provide oversight and leadership to the finance team in line with our company values.

• Process Improvement: Identify and make recommendations on process and systems improvements across finance and related functions in line with our Quality Management System.

You will also be called upon to provide support in other corporate services areas, for example, human resources and administration.

Reporting Relationships and Key Stakeholders

This position reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

The position will work closely with our:

• Chief Executive Officer

• Multi-disciplinary technical team.

Professional Competencies and Attributes 

Diversity and Inclusion

• An understanding and commitment to embracing the diversity of experiences and perspectives of all so that we feel welcome, integrated and included in our workplace.

Interpersonal skills

• A highly effective communicator commensurate with the senior level of this role

• Demonstrated ability to liaise across the internal teams to deliver outcomes that meet our customers’ needs.
• Emotional intelligence that supports working in a small and agile company with other highly focussed, intelligent people.

Analytical thinking

• Superior problem-solving abilities, with a focus on practical solutions.

Criteria – Essential 

We are seeking talented and motivated individuals who have:

1. University Accounting or Finance Degree, plus CA or CPA.
2. Prior relevant experience in a hands-on leadership position
3. An interest and passion for space and defence.

Criteria – Desirable 

Experience in a SME and/or advanced manufacturing company.

Inovor Technologies is a leader in space technology, providing specialist development services and advanced satellite mission solutions to a range of clients and industries including defence and commercial customers.