Use your finance skills to create far-reaching social change

Calling all Finance Managers – Are you tired of the corporate grind? Would you like to make a difference in the community you live in?

Then we’ve got the job for you!

This position offers a rare opportunity to extend your career in a dynamic and successful social enterprise. Stimulating work, great conditions and a positive impact through your work. You can have it all!

About Our Community

The Our Community group provides advice, connections, training and easy-to-use tech tools for people and organisations working to build stronger communities.

Our partners in that work are not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises; government, philanthropic and corporate grantmakers; donors and volunteers; enlightened businesses; and other community builders.

Our vision centres on social inclusion and social equity. Our dream is that every Australian should be able to go out their front door and stroll or wheel to a community group that suits their interests, passions and needs - or log on and do the same.

We want to help make it easy for people to join in, learn, celebrate, worship, plant trees, play a game, entertain and be entertained, care and be cared for, support others and be supported, advocate for rights and celebrate diversity. To get involved. To be valued.

About the opportunity

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and energetic Financial Operations Manager to join our busy Finance team. You’ll be working with a diverse team of high performing, committed and enthusiastic people who really care about making a difference for people and the not-for-profit sector.

As Financial Operations Manager you’ll be integral to our team, bridging the gap between the Finance Officer and the Finance Director, providing leadership in operational finance and supporting strategic financial initiatives. In this role you will oversee day-to-day financial operations, assist with all payroll activities, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance and accuracy in all financial activities.

You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and your initiative and analytical skills are outstanding. With your high calibre organisation skills, you’ll be essential in knowing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done and then making sure it happens.

Your strong communication and collaboration skills will see you become the ‘go-to person’ for all questions relating to finance and payroll. You will, of course, have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement and quality control.

What we need you to do

• Oversee the month-end closing process, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and deliver monthly management reports, including profit and loss, balance sheets, and sales reports.
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts.
• Assist with the budgeting and forecasting process, collaborating with stakeholders to provide insights for decision-making.
• Manage credit card reconciliations and compliance with external reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with external accountants regarding year-end and tax compliance.
• Oversee payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
• Provide financial insights and decision-making support across teams.
• Manage Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

You will have

• CPA/CA qualification.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, with a strong focus on month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and payroll
• High level of proficiency in Xero and Excel (and the wider Microsoft Suite).
• Exceptional organisational skills and a keen eye for detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills and lateral thinking skills that drive you to find the best solution.
• High level problem solving and judgement skills
• A belief in and commitment to our Manifesto

The impact you will have

This is your opportunity to be part of a game-changing agenda. We are impatient for progressive social change, and we aren’t prepared to wait for others to create it. We want to be right at the centre of it. This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape the future of your community.

You’ll get the opportunity to work in an ethical company with all the excitement and agility of a start-up without the headaches. We’re built on solid foundations, we’re sustainable and successful – but we’ve only just begun. We’re not interested in just keeping things ticking along. We’re builders and we’re on a mission.

Other relevant information

The nature of this role is quite varied, and we know our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we want people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply. We recognise the importance of balance and flexibility and understand that it’s not a one size fits all approach, so we’d be delighted to welcome parents returning to the workforce.

Our organisation is one that is as supportive and socially conscious as it is agile and explorative. Our DNA of commercial mind and social heart captures who we are at our core. We have a great working atmosphere with an inclusive, fun work culture. Our team is full of highly collaborative, diverse and highly skilled people.

The Financial Operations Manager is a permanent full-time position, reporting to the Finance Director. When in the office, standard business hours are 9am to 5pm Monday – Friday, however, start and finish times are highly flexible. Currently our team is working partially from the office and partially from home or other remote locations (2 days per week).

The Director of Finance will be taking a 12-month parental leave break and during this period the Finance Operations Manager will take on a greater leadership role, supported by external consultants and the Finance Director (as required) for high-level decisions.

To create a better work-life balance, the Our Community team works a 4-day week (pay for 5 days). We deliver 100% of the work in 80% of the time for 100% of the pay. We have high productivity, reduced stress levels, improved mental health and great team cohesion.

Our Community is located at 552 Victoria Street (corner of Curzon Street and Victoria Street), Wurundjeri Country, North Melbourne. We work in a modern, bright, art-filled, open plan office and operate in a fairly informal manner.

The successful candidate

• Must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.
• Will be required to undertake a Police Check
• Will be subject to a probationary period of three (3) months