Assistant Finance Analyst. Permanent Full Time – Central Coast, Newcastle, Sydney or Melbourne

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

This is a new role, reporting to the Senior Finance Business Analyst.  You will support the SIL Finance Analyst team in collaboration with the broader SIL Quoting and Claiming teams to meet their financial accountability by providing financial analysis, advice and support.

Providing support to the Finance Business Analyst team you will assist with various financial analysis functions and support the delivery of accurate organisational financial documents that are timely, reliable, compliant and consistent.

This is a permanent full time position, location either Central Coast, Newcastle, Sydney or Melbourne.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with and assist the SIL Financial Analyst team to:
  • plan, organise and manage of SIL quotes based on priority
  • prepare and analyse SIL quotes
  • generate and assist with routine and ad-hoc financial reports
  • assist with regular data integrity checks
  • ensure financial records are sufficient, accurate and adequate for reporting purposes
  • liaise with claiming and quoting team as and where required
  • monitor and manage the SIL finance inbox

• Collaborate with and support other teams within the broader Corporate Services & Finance team
• Identify systemic issues and assist to implement uniformity, consistency and continuous systems improvement

Skills & Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Commerce, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience in an accounting role using solid reconciliation skills and a computerised accounting package.
• Demonstrated application of generally accepted accounting principles and standards
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes
• Working knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory environment for areas of business responsibility
• The ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies.
• Demonstrated verbal communication skills
• Proficient ability in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of program

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
     
How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 20th April 2021.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)