Accounts Services Manager, Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Melbourne

FTI Consulting is seeking an Accounts Services Manager for its Corporate Finance & Restructuring team in Melbourne. The role involves overseeing the Accounts Services function, managing a team, handling funds in insolvency administrations, ensuring compliance, and improving operational efficiencies. Candidates should have significant leadership experience in professional services, particularly in funds handling. The position offers a collaborative work environment with various employee benefits, but requires some travel to interstate offices.
About the role

This management position within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring team supervises and manages our Accounts Services function and its staff (currently circa 5 staff, located across our Australian offices). The Accounts Services function services a national team of professional staff working on insolvency appointments. It performs all funds handling related tasks in insolvency administrations and assists with statutory compliance obligations along with other client related administrative duties.

This role is an integral part of the Risk & Operations portfolio and will work closely with the Director - Risk & Operations and other senior staff. The role will have a heavy focus on compliance, risk management, maintenance of strong record keeping practices and the development of greater operational efficiencies.

What You'll Do
• Managing the Accounts Services Team
• Management of banking function, including reporting, monitoring and managing of trust accounts
• Managing of the MYOB insolvency platform, including data protection, managing users and engagement with platform provider
• Identifying staff training needs and delivering ad hoc training where needed regarding the Accounts Services Function
• Monitoring service levels and completion of requests within set timeframes
• Reporting on funds handling matters and statutory obligations
• Implementing a structured program to conduct internal reviews
• Developing Accounts Services checklists, forms and precedent material as needed
• Identifying and implementing process improvements

How You'll Grow

This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to work in a dynamic, supportive and collaborative work environment in a well-established risk and operations function. In this role, you will have the opportunity to partner with senior personnel to implement and drive a wide variety of performance improvement initiatives and greater operational efficiencies.

Qualifications & Experience
• Accounting and/or book-keeping qualifications will be highly regarded
• Minimum 5 years' experience leading a team within a professional services setting and ability to work well in a team environment
• Funds handling in insolvency administrations and banking experience
• Excellent book-keeping skills with MYOB Insol and / or Core IPS experience
• Demonstrated ability in proactively managing risk and implementing appropriate solutions
• Preparedness to travel to interstate offices as needed

Our Benefits

Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
• Attractive remuneration
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Medical insurance program (corporate membership) for individual and dependent(s)
• Annual paid volunteer hours
• Corporate matching for charitable donations
• Flexible working arrangements
• Fresh fruits, snacks, and drinks
• Employee Assistance Program ("EAP") - free to all employees and their immediate families
• Monthly Health & Wellbeing program including fitness subsidies
• Professional membership contributions and generous paid study leave

About FTI Consulting

What makes us unique? With more than 5,000 employees located in offices in every corner of the globe, we are the firm our clients call when their most important issues are at stake. Regardless of what level you are, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from top experts in your field on high-profile engagements that impact history. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.

FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognized as a Best Firm to Work For by Consulting magazine and one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes . For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter ( @FTIConsulting ), Facebook and LinkedIn .

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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