Finance Manager, Mandates

Together, we can do great things

We shape leading experiences across office, retail, logistics and student accommodation.

We’re one of Australia’s largest property groups, managing $35 billion worth of assets across the country.

Our sustainable returns from investments come from focusing on what matters most to customers — a great experience and doing good. Every day, our people are driving positive impact for people, place and planet. They’re inquisitive, pioneering industry firsts and pushing new ideas to deliver exceptional outcomes.

This passion and expertise creates an employee experience that puts wellbeing, flexibility and opportunity first.

Come join us.

The role

We have a 12-month contract opportunity for a Finance Manager, Mandates. In this role, you will be responsible for mandate accounting, reporting, and tax compliance, while supporting the Financial Controller, Mandates with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end statutory financial statements and board papers.

You will operate in a fast-paced and detail-oriented environment, delivering fund accounting services to a diverse group of investors, each with unique reporting requirements, formats, and deadlines. This role will suit you if you are highly motivated, possess strong technical expertise, communicate effectively, and can manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and strong governance.

What you will be doing

• Partnering with Fund Managers to provide end-to-end Financial Reporting support.
• Preparing and monitoring the mandate reporting timetable, balancing multiple deliverables, and competing investor requirements.
• Drafting accounting treatment memos for auditors and responding to external audit queries.
• Preparing statutory financial statements and ensuring timely delivery of reporting across mandates.
• Reviewing monthly financial reporting, including investor reporting, unit pricing, trial balance and consolidation entries.
• Preparing distribution calculations and reviewing management fee calculations.
• Reviewing quarterly statements of taxable income and annual tax returns.
• Reviewing monthly BAS workings.
• Leading special projects, ad hoc reporting, and process improvement initiatives, including documentation and standardisation of mandate processes.

What makes you stand out

You hold a degree in Commerce or a related field and are CA/CPA qualified, with experience in professional services or accounting roles and a strong understanding of IFRS. Exposure to systems such as SAP, Anaplan, or HFM is desirable, and experience in the property or funds management sector will be highly regarded.

You are agile and responsive, able to manage changing requirements and competing priorities effectively, with strong time management skills and attention to detail, while maintaining a broader perspective. You are comfortable working with ambiguity and incomplete information, delivering high-quality outcomes with a strong focus on governance, accuracy, compliance, and transparency.

You are an effective communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills, and you demonstrate leadership capability through your ability to support and mentor junior team members.

What makes us stand out

We value our people

• Enjoy flexible working arrangements and generous leave options.
• Experience market-leading parental leave benefits including 22 weeks paid leave for either carer and childcare allowance once you return to work.
• Embrace diverse and challenging career opportunities, supported by our dedicated Learning & Development Team committed to your growth.
• Engage in comprehensive Wellbeing programs and benefit from market-leading policies and support tailored to diverse needs.
• Be recognised by peers through nomination awards and take part in our generous Employee Referral Program.

We know the power of a great experience

• Ranked 4th in the 2025 Gender Equality Global Report released by Equileap.
• Placed 1st of real estate investment trusts in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2025 Yearbook.
• Earned a Gold ranking in Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
• Awarded our fifth consecutive Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in 2023-2025.
• Accredited Family Inclusive Workplace™.
• Committed to our second Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Everyone counts

GPT offers an inclusive workplace culture and embraces people with diverse perspectives, skills and backgrounds. We welcome applications from First Nations candidates, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with disability and people of diverse ages, cultures and backgrounds. 

Let’s get started

If this role sounds like you, we want to hear from you. Go for it!

Click on “Apply” to submit your application and Olivia Stojcevski from the Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch.