• Fantastic opportunity to work within a national leading philanthropic and community organisation
• Bendigo based hybrid role, in the office at least 1 day per week
• Salary Range $110 - 115k plus super and 17.5% leave loading
• Full Time or Part Time (.8), permanent

About us

FRRR is a national charitable foundation focused on increasing equity of opportunity in remote, rural, and regional Australia. It adopts a partnership and leverage model of philanthropy which harnesses the collective resources of philanthropy, business, and governments to support rural communities to be vibrant, adaptive, and sustainable. Established in 2000, FRRR has distributed more than $200m to over 15,000 projects across Australia to date.

Our strategy is focussed on improving outcomes in the areas of People, Place, and Disaster Resilience & Climate Solutions. FRRR believes that targeted philanthropic investment and collaboration in these areas will build more vibrant, sustainable, and adaptive remote, rural, and regional communities - and a more equitable and prosperous Australia as a whole.

About the role

The Finance Manager is responsible for providing strong and reliable financial reporting internally and externally.

In this management role, key responsibilities include:

• Providing high quality and timely reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, Finance & Audit Committee and Board encompassing financial planning, performance reporting, audits and transaction support.
• Managing and influencing people and processes across the organisation as they intersect with business operations.
• Ensure compliance across financial and legislative/regulatory requirements.
• Effective identification, design and implementation of systems and process improvements.

It is expected the Finance Manager will have the leadership attributes to fulfil the CFO/COO role in an Acting capacity, as needed.

What you'll need to succeed

• Appropriate qualifications including membership of CA or CPA. At least 3 years’ experience in a finance manager or senior accounting role.
• Ability to work autonomously and with initiative, demonstrating strong attention to detail, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Proven ability to manage complex competing priorities and meet timelines.
• Experience in providing a broad range of finance and accounting services including financial accounting, management reporting, and external audits.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing budgets and forecasts, and supporting tenders and business case development.
• Strong analytical and management accounting skills and the ability to clearly present business insights.
• Strong financial literacy and understanding of divisional management accounting practices, in particular knowledge and application of accounting standards as they relate in a NFP setting
• Experience operating within Office 365 suite of systems and tools. Familiarity with cloud-based and emerging business technologies.
• Demonstrated aptitude for identifying and supporting innovation and change management in a corporate services setting.

What sets us apart

• Enjoy flexible hours and the option for hybrid working.
• Benefit from ongoing professional development support including annual staff conference held in regional Australia
• Environment of growth and innovation
• Highly skilled and committed workforce
• Reputable organisation making real impact in remote, rural, and regional communities
• Access to support and counselling via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Our Bendigo CBD office features state-of-the-art facilities, is a two-minute walk from the Bendigo train station, and provides access to end-of-trip facilities.

How to Apply

Interested? Please apply by clicking Apply Now where you will be asked to answer a few questions and submit a cover letter and CV.

For a PD or queries, please send an email to [email protected] using the subject line: Finance Manager - Bendigo enquiry via EthicalJobs.