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Our Place is a placed-based initiative of the Colman Education Foundation, working in partnership with the Department of Education to establish the Our Place approach at 10 state school sites across Victoria. We are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented, and organised Finance Officer to join our team in Mulgrave.

This is a part-time role, working 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Assist with preparing and managing the budget working closely with the Commercial Manager to ensure planned expenditure is aligned with organisational objectives: this includes forecasting future income and expenses, ensuring that spending is within budget limits.
• Prepare financial reports of the organisation's financial status, working with relevant cost centre owners to complete timely various analysis.
• Prepare financial reports acquitting the expenditure of funds received from various funding partners and ensure that any obligations related to funding agreements are met in a timely manner.
• Support processes to enable timely financial transactions, including issuing payments of invoices.
• Ensuring financial records are accurate and up-to-date.
• Track expenditure against service agreements with the support of the relevant contract owner.
• Provide support for the completion of financial audits wherever necessary.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of commercial reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Administer the site debit card expenditure process and conduct monthly reconciliations.
• Collaborate with Our Place teams to ensure financial literacy and understanding of Our Place policies and procedures.

Qualifications or experience required:

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience in financial management and reporting
• Strong proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Experience with accounting software (Xero highly regarded)
• Detail-oriented with a focus on data accuracy and integrity

What is in it for you?

At Our Place, we are building a team that is as diverse as the communities we work within and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply to join our team. We are dedicated to growing and developing our people, offering work-life balance and of course using the skills, knowledge and life experience they bring with them.

Our Place is a not-for-profit organisation and staff are eligible for salary packaging.

Interested? Here is how you can apply.

So, if you are passionate about improving life outcomes for children and their families and want to use your skills and knowledge to achieve positive change, have relevant qualifications and are excited about joining a unique and innovative organisation…apply!

For the detailed Position Description please visit ourplace.org.au/about/careers.

For further information re this role, please contact Rujuta Gohil, Commercial Manager via email [email protected], using the subject line: Finance Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, or phone 0433 550 123.

Please send a copy of your CV, and a cover letter outlining how you meet the desired experience, knowledge, skills and attributes listed in the Position Description by clicking on the Apply Now button.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.