• Permanent part-time 4 day role in dynamic Not for Profit
• Make a meaningful impact for Victorian renters facing housing challenges.
• Competitive salary FTE $84,000 plus Salary Packaging and five additional days of special leave.

The Organisation

Tenants Victoria stands at the forefront of housing reforms in Victoria, serving as the peak body for renters and the leading specialist tenancy community legal centre. As a respected and influential advocate, Tenants Victoria drive social change to improve conditions for those who rent their homes and are hardship or disadvantage.

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Benefits

• Goodwill days of leave over Christmas
• Salary benefits include 17.5 % leave loading and salary packaging
• Hybrid working model and collegiate working environment, central location

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Bookkeeper join our team in June 2025. The successful candidate will provide a variety of financial and accounting functions, including processing timely and accurate payroll for our employees.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will possess the following:

Finance

• Payroll
  • Process accurate payroll, including allowances, deductions, and salary packaging, as well as other payroll-related payments (super, WorkCover, BAS, portable long service leaves, etc.).
  • Ensure compliance with industrial instruments and government updates.
  • Administer and maintain the HR Payroll system, providing user training and supporting employees with payroll inquiries.
  • Prepare month-end payroll journals, including leave adjustments and reconciliation, and expense accruals and reallocation.
• Bookkeeping
  • Reconcile bank accounts on a daily basis.
  • Handle accounts payable and receivable.
• Assistant accountant
  • Assist with month-end income and expense recognitions
  • Draft project financial reports for leadership and external stakeholders.
  • Assist CFO and other SLT with internal and external audits, budgets and reforecasts, and any ad-hoc reports.
  • Work collaboratively and proactively with various departments to promote better financial practices, ensuring accurate and timely financial processes.
  • Perform other financial duties as required.
  • Assist with monitoring and assignment of organisational property
  • Assist with the usage of organisational security devices in conjunction with CSM
  • Any other administrative task as required

Key Requirements:

• Extensive bookkeeping experience - recording and maintaining a business’ financial transactions in a competent manner.
• Sound experience processing payroll in line with enterprise agreements in a timely and accurate manner.
• High-level financial skills and demonstrated ability to synthesise and communicate information in simple and engaging format.
• Experience in providing management reports to senior leadership in a timely and accurate manner
• Experience using computer systems and establishing protocols for data entry, management, and analysis including MS Office 365 using MYOB, payroll systems including experience using HR3 payroll system is desirable.
• Collaborative approach to working within and building the capacity of a team.
• Excellent attention-to-detail attribute and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Be willing to undergo a police background check

Please contact [email protected] for further information, using the subject line: Assistant Accountant (Payroll and Accounts) enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Tenants Victoria is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability and people identifying as LGBTIQI are encouraged to apply. Personal data held by Tenants Victoria relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.