Finance Officer

Are you looking to grow your finance career in the heart of tropical Cairns? Join a collaborative and forward-thinking team at Airport Development Group (ADG), where your skills will make a real impact. We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Officer to support our finance team in maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring compliance with both internal controls and external regulations. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with numbers, thrives in a dynamic environment, and is keen to contribute to process improvements and automation initiatives. Reporting to the Transactional Services Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering finance functions across accounts, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.About The PositionIn this position, you’ll be responsible for a wide range of financial tasks that ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial operations. Your core responsibilities will include performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations, resolving discrepancies promptly, and managing corporate credit card transactions with the appropriate documentation and coding. You'll also support both accounts payable and receivable processes, contribute to the billing cycle, generate invoices, and follow up on billing queries. Additionally, you’ll assist with journal entries, accruals, and other month-end and year-end financial tasks.Your role will also involve ensuring compliance with financial controls and assisting with audit preparation. Maintaining orderly financial filing systems and supporting the implementation of system automation and efficiency initiatives will also be key to your success in this role. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated finance professional to gain broad exposure to core financial processes within a supportive and progressive organisation.Selection CriteriaTo be successful in this role, you'll have strong numerical and analytical skills, a keen eye for detail, and a genuine interest in continuous learning. You’re someone who takes pride in accurate work and can adapt to changing priorities with ease. You’ll bring hands-on experience in financial systems such as Xero, MYOB, or similar platforms, and solid Excel skills to support data analysis and reporting.A strong understanding of accounting principles, reconciliations, and tax compliance is important, as is experience with accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, and preparing for Business Activity Statements (BAS). Your ability to communicate clearly and collaborate across departments will be key, and you’re confident working both independently and as part of a team. Ideally, you’ll have at least three years’ experience in a similar role and hold a qualification in accounting, finance, or a related discipline. Progress toward a CPA or CA designation will be highly regarded.Why ADG?Airport Development Group (ADG) is proud to manage and grow some of Northern Australia’s most important infrastructure assets, including airports, hotels, commercial buildings, and aviation facilities across Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek—and now Cairns. We are committed to long-term investment, innovation, and development that supports the communities we serve.We’re entering a period of exciting growth and transformation, and this is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation. At ADG, we believe in investing in our people. You'll have access to ongoing learning opportunities, mentoring, and career development pathways that help you grow in your role and beyond. Our Health and Wellbeing Program supports your mental, physical, and financial health, while our yearly lifestyle allowance and fun, team-oriented culture make ADG a great place to work.We also offer salary packaging options including novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions, additional leave entitlements for eligible employees, and flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance.Ready to Apply?If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your application with your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.At ADG we embrace equality, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.Agencies should note that unsolicited resumes or floated profiles will not be accepted for this position and ADG will not pay any fees related to resumes that are submitted directly to hiring managers and not through our approved process. Where appropriate, the Talent Manager will work with our preferred panel of agencies to source candidates for roles.