Finance Officer

About You

We are looking for a Finance Officer who wants to work in a small not-for-profit that supports the exceptional work of financial counsellors and financial capability workers across SA and NT.

About the Role

The Finance Officer (FO) will undertake work around core finance functions such as payroll, preparation of budgets, accounts payable/receivable, BAS preparation and lodgement and more.  Please see the full job description below for further details.

• Part-time contract position until 31 August 2028
• 0.6FTE (22.8 hours per week)
• SCHADS Award Level 5

Key selection criteria includes*:

• Experience in managing small to medium organisation’s accounting, payroll and statutory compliance requirements
• Knowledge of financial accounting fundamentals including public benevolent institution salary sacrifice, fringe benefits tax, and payroll
• High level of knowledge and experience with MYOB AccountRight software
• An understanding of the role of financial counsellors and the context in which they work, or the ability to quickly acquire that understanding
• Strong skill-set Microsoft Office suite of programs including Word, Excel, Outlook, Survey Monkey, Event Management Systems (or similar) and maintenance of website content
• Detail oriented and focussed on completing work with accuracy and timeliness
• Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously with general supervision
• Ability to work as part of a small team; collaborate and provide support where necessary
• Experience in Community Services sector would be highly regarded
• Advanced Diploma in Accounting or similar qualification/skills/experience

*Please refer to the full Position Description attached for further information.

ABOUT SAFCA

The South Australian Financial Counsellors Association (SAFCA) is the peak body for financial counsellors across South Australia and the Northern Territory. As a professional member organisation, SAFCA provides valued services to members to promote excellence in financial counselling to effectively help people by improving financial wellbeing.

We support our members to achieve the best possible outcomes for people experiencing financial difficulty, and support the financial counselling sector to adopt and maintain best practice through casework, advocacy and law reform.

We do this by:

• Providing our members with relevant, up-to-date information and professional development.
• Advocating for a fairer marketplace, to increase access to financial counselling, and to improve hardship processes for people in financial difficulty by meeting regularly with government and industry.
• Advocating for the continued funding and expansion of financial counselling to enable people experiencing financially difficulty to receive free financial counselling services.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact within the financial wellbeing sector.
• Collaborative work environment with a dedicated and supportive team.
• Salary packaging options available.
• SAFCA offers some flexibility in working between the home and office.

next steps

If you are enthusiastic about supporting our mission and meet the criteria listed above, please click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

The full Position Description is available below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please email any questions regarding the role to safca@safca.org.au, using the subject line: Finance Officer enquiry via Ethical Jobs, or if you want someone to call you about the role, please email this same address with your contact details and someone will call you.