Senior Management Accountant

• Location - Hybrid with base Brisbane at Witton Barracks, Indooroopilly
• Employment - Flexible/negotiable PT hours during the day between 0.8 and 1FTE

About Us

White Box Enterprises (WBE) is building a world where anyone who wants a job, can access one. To do this, we're on a mission to mainstream jobs-focused social enterprise.

Everything we do revolves around these 3 priorities. We:

• Build large-scale social enterprises from the ground up;
• Strengthen existing jobs-focused social enterprises to scale and grow; and
• Innovate by leading advocacy and systems change initiatives to grow the sector.

Since we started, we've helped enable over 1000 jobs, incubated four social enterprises, raised $52M in blended finance for job creation projects, and built a powerful coalition of partners across sectors. With an annual turnover of around $12m and a number of entities to manage, we achieve results by being agile, responsible and collaborative.

The role and what you will bring

We need someone who is skilled with numbers and works with heart. You love being busy, translating numbers to provide insightful snapshots of what's happening, and have a collaborative nature that relates well to many people from different walks of life.

Reporting into the CFO and overseeing the tasks of one Accountant, this is a newly created addition to support continued growth and exciting new projects. The role will work across multiple entities all aligned to the group’s purpose of furthering jobs-focused social enterprises. These include impact investment, real estate, and a number of systems change projects.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Managing month-end processes and preparation of management reports, BAS and Super lodgements for multiple sub-entities.
• Collaborate across the various business units to add value through reporting and analysis.
• Assist in Payroll management.
• Oversee BAU accounting functions, providing coaching and assistance to the Accountant.
• Assist the CFO in budgeting, forecasting and audit activities as required.
• Be part of cross organisation external consulting project teams which include advisory and consulting for other social enterprises.

You will bring:

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree
• CPA or CA certification preferred
• Proven experience in financial management or a related role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
• Opportunistic and creative, with licence to explore solutions that no-one might have considered.
• Aligned to our values of moonshot, create together, everything is figure-out-able, and best experience.

Want to join?

We’re super excited about what we’re building at WBE, and the people we’re building it with. 

Don't delay either - we'll be assessing and progressing applications as they're received.

With diversity comes great success. We encourage and celebrate applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, LGBTQIA+ community, women, and people re-entering the workforce. 

Benefits

We'll be honest - we're not a massive corporate and can't compete with big dollars. It is important that we do what we can to provide a great working environment for all of our people. As a member of our fantastic team you will have access to our benefits:

• Full salary packaging availability
• One week’s special leave per year
• Two weeks’ paid parental leave
• Tech supplied and a phone allowance
• Flexible or hybrid working arrangements
• Working in a dynamic, collaborative, and fast-paced environment where you can make a difference 
• Amazing team culture and working environment

For more information, check out our website, or email us at people@whiteboxenterprises.com.au using the subject line: Senior Management Accountant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Eligibility for this role is limited to having unrestricted working rights in Australia.