Accountant
Djirra, Australia
Job Description
- Immediate start available
- Full time, fixed term role for approximately five months
- Generous salary on offer - up to $130,000pa
- Convenient inner-city location
About the Organisation
Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation with over 20 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys. We find solutions through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences. Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience. We are committed to a future without family violence.
We deliver holistic, culturally safe, specialist family violence support, legal services and case management, alongside cultural and wellbeing workshops, and programs. Our services have state-wide reach, touching every part of Victoria to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Self-determination is the foundation of everything we do.
Djirra amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. We advocate for system-wide change to improve access to justice, eliminate systemic violence, and strengthen women’s resilience.
We are an active member of the National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are experiencing or at risk of family violence.
About the Role
We are looking for a qualified Accountant to support the Finance Manager through the implementation of Djirra’s new accounting system by assisting with tasks relating to Djirra’s day to day finance function.
Some of the responsibilities, but not limited to will be:
- monitoring financial performance against budget, preparing and providing regular financial reports.
- management of financial compliance across all departments regarding relevant policies and procedures.
- ensuring cash flow is appropriate and sustainable through management of bank accounts, credit cards and investments.
- preparing budgets for all funded projects, funding submissions and other activities.
- managing all compliance obligations in line with statutory requirements.
- providing targeted strategic advice on financial management, planning, forecasting, monitoring, analysis and reporting.
- managing process improvement across all aspects of Finance to provide insight and analysis for anticipated and actual growth of Djirra.
Requirements
- A postgraduate qualification such as a CA or CPA.
- Experience using MYOB AccountRight
- Working with Children Check Card
- Advanced Excel skills, including strong familiarity with MS suite of tools.
- Knowledge of best practice systems and approaches to effective financial management; including systems for successful management of budgets and forecasting
Benefits
- Attractive salary packaging options (including meals and entertainment)
- Employee Assistance Program with supportive, confidential counselling for personal and work concern
- Conveniently located in Collingwood near public transport and nearby to some great cafes, restaurants, and the Smith St shopping precinct
Applications will close at 5pm - 8th September 2023