ERP Finance Specialist: Optimize, Automate & Report

Bureau of Meteorology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The ERP Finance Specialist supports the Bureau of Meteorology's finance-related ERP capabilities, delivering specialist functional expertise and continuous improvement across finance systems. You will work closely with Finance, Procurement, technology teams, and vendors to analyse requirements and design fit-for-purpose solutions, ensuring reliability and data integrity.

You will configure, test, and support system enhancements, upgrades, transitions, and reporting, while contributing to

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist functional support for finance-related ERP modules and associated business systems, ensuring services are reliable, effective, and aligned with business requirements.
• Work closely with Finance stakeholders to understand business needs, analyse requirements, and develop fit-for-purpose system solutions.
• Configure, maintain, test, and support finance system functionality, including enhancements, upgrades, integrations, workflows, and reporting capabilities.
• Support the delivery of system improvements, projects, and transformation initiatives affecting finance systems and business processes.
• Conduct business analysis activities, including requirements gathering, process mapping, solution design, testing, and implementation support.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues, defects, incidents, and service requests within agreed service levels.
• Support financial reporting, reconciliation, data quality, and system integrity activities to ensure accurate and reliable information is available for decision-making.
• Develop and maintain functional documentation, process maps, configuration records, training materials, and knowledge articles.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, automate manual activities, and optimise the use of ERP and finance system capabilities.
• Support testing activities including system testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and release validation activities.
• Collaborate with technical teams, vendors, and support partners to deliver system enhancements, resolve issues, and implement new capabilities.
• Contribute to governance, compliance, audit, and risk management activities associated with finance systems and processes.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, vendor roadmaps, and best practices relating to ERP finance solutions and financial management systems.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with Finance stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Provide user support, guidance, and training to promote effective utilisation of finance systems and related business processes.
• Comply with all Bureau work health and safety policies and procedures and take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of employees, contractors, and visitors who may be affected by your conduct.
• Apply the Bureau’s Social Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion through respectful and culturally aware workplace practices.

Job description

The ERP Finance Specialist supports the Bureau of Meteorology's finance-related ERP capabilities, delivering specialist functional expertise and continuous improvement across finance systems. You will work closely with Finance, Procurement, technology teams, and vendors to analyse requirements and design fit-for-purpose solutions, ensuring reliability and data integrity.

You will configure, test, and support system enhancements, upgrades, transitions, and reporting, while contributing to