AddressFinance Officer
Seniors Rights Service
- Opportunity to make a real difference working for a purpose led organisation
- Full time role based in Surry Hills
- XRef Engage Awards Best Workplace 2024
About the role
We are currently looking for a highly organised Finance Officer to join our corporate team.
Reporting directly to the Senior Manager Corporate Services, this role will play a crucial part in providing professional, responsive, and accurate financial services and support to our organisation.
As part of a small dynamic team, the Finance Officer will be responsible for managing financial transactions, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records and supporting the overall financial health of the organisation. This role involves handling accounts payable, reconciling bank statements and corporate card transactions and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Additionally, the Finance Officer will be responsible for producing accurate financial reports, compiling monthly management reports and monitoring budget expenditure.
To be successful in this role, you should have skills in accounts payable and financial reporting, as well as a comprehensive understanding of business financial management. Additionally, you should be curious and eager to learn in order to foster a collaborative team environment and facilitate personal growth within the business. This position would suit someone with experience and working toward obtaining a relevant financial qualification.
This role offers flexible work arrangements, allowing for a mix of office-based and remote working.
If this role feels like the perfect fit and you are prepared to embark on the next stage of your career journey, we encourage you to apply today. We will be evaluating candidates as applications come in, and may close this advertisement early if we find the ideal candidate before the closing date.
Why work for Seniors Rights Service?
Seniors Rights Service is a nonprofit organisation that provides free legal services, aged care advocacy and rights education and information to older people across New South Wales. This is a pivotal moment to join our team. As more older people seek aged care services, our organisation is continuously evolving to meet the expanding need for our services.
If you have a natural talent for connecting with people, have relevant experience and want to work for an organisation dedicated to supporting one of the most vulnerable groups in our communities, we want to hear from you.
Key responsibilities
- Manage electronic funds transfer processes and payments to suppliers and subcontractors
- Undertake payroll and ensure all staff are paid accurately and on time according to the requirements of the SCHADS award or of their contractual arrangements.
- Develop and submit quarterly ATO BAS returns and monthly PAYG instalments
- Undertake general ledger, banking and accounts Reconciliations and prepare all necessary reconciliation reports Maintain Accounts email inbox and assist with enquiries.
- Monthly reporting in Excel and Power BI and assist with financial reports for CEO, Board and funders
- Assist with the preparation of the annual budget.
The perfect fit for this role will have:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a finance role with exposure to end-of-month processes and financial reporting and reconciling accounts
- Good knowledge of general ledger transactions, chart of accounts, GST, payroll processing and budget preparation
- High level reporting and margin analysis and strong numeracy and data management skills
- High level of professionalism and communication skills
- Demonstrated organisational and time management skills including strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Xero accounting software experience an advantage (but not essential)
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Able to use and understand and apply statutory and regulatory requirements
- Ability to work under minimal supervision with the capacity to exercise initiative in the application of work processes and procedures and establish objectives and outcomes.
- Strong standards of ethics, professionalism and confidentiality
- Prepared to undertake and maintain a National Criminal History check as a condition of employment.
Benefits
- Experience a collaborative and fun work culture in a growing organisation
- Great flexibility with access to hybrid work arrangements
- SCHADS Award level 4 with NFP Salary Packaging benefits
- Gifted leave between Christmas and New Year
- Feel good knowing you are working for an organisation with a strong social conscience and presence within our community.
Interested in applying?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume and a cover letter including responses to the following questions.
- Why are you interested in applying for this role?
- What knowledge, skills and attributes do you have that would make you the ideal candidate?
To be considered for this role you will need to include a cover letter answering the above two questions with your resume.
At Seniors Rights Service we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Seniors Rights Service a great place to work. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply. Additionally, we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe and strongly encourage vaccination against Influenza and COVID-19.
