Description:
• Location: Australia-wide, remote and from one of our offices
• Term: permanent
• Job Type: Full-time 37.5 hours per week
• Remuneration: SCHADS Level 7: 1 FTE $113,000 - $117,000 + 11% super + 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and members of the Global Majority* are particularly encouraged to apply.
Job title: Senior Finance Officer
Reporting to: Finance Controller
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment by providing access to justice, running ground-breaking litigation and leading law reform advocacy.
As the region’s legal experts in our field, we aim to be a brave, unified, and focused team, committed to inclusion and excellence in all that we do. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace supporting a highly skilled, engaged, and effective team, where everyone can feel that they belong.
The Opportunity
Due to a recent team expansion and organisational growth, this newly created Senior Finance Officer position is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day transactional operations of the Finance function and year end.
Candidate Profile
You are a hands-on Senior Finance Officer, willing to regularly be down in the detail. You have experience managing all aspects of transactional accounting, and a proven track record in delivering accurate and timely accounting information and regular reporting.
You enjoy working in a dynamic environment, meeting the demands and opportunities of a quickly growing organisation, whilst managing the balance of standards, rigour, and efficiency.
You want to work at the intersect of climate justice, human rights, the rights of First Nations and the environment, and relish the opportunity to make an impact for peoples and nature. EDO is a diverse and inclusive workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and members of the Global Majority* are particularly encouraged to apply.
Key Selection Criteria
Essential
- 5 - 7+ years’ experience with accounting qualification
- A team player with strong work ethic
- Extensive experience in financial operations, including payroll monitoring, accounts payable, accounts receivable, month end close process, reporting and general accounting tasks
- Track record evaluating efficiencies, and identifying, implementing and continually improving processes
- Sound knowledge and application of statutory / legislative requirements, including GST and FBT
- Proficient in MYOB Accounting Software,
- High-level Excel skills, and proficiency in other MS Office applications
- Proven experience using Sage Intacct or other accounting software packages
Substantive experience
- Excellent attention to detail without sacrificing efficiency
- Strong communications skills and willingness to interact regularly with external and internal stakeholders
- Proactive and self-motivated with ability to meet strict deadlines
Desirable
- Ability to jump in and assist where required in a constantly changing environment
- Experience in Not-for-Profit accounting very desirable
- Current full CPA or CA Membership
Personal qualities and cultural competency
- A champion of EDO values
- Strong initiative and self-motivation
- Commitment to the protection of human rights and the environment
- A strong sense of ethics and understanding of professional obligations
- Demonstrated awareness of, and sensitivity to, the needs and concerns of First Nations peoples and peoples from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations in both the delivery of our work and our internal culture
- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative and team-based environment
Our culture and benefits
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or life stage.
• The chance to be part of the largest environmental legal practice in the Australia-Pacific
• A very flexible and family-friendly workplace
• Option to work from home and the office
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender or carer status
• 15 days personal/carer’s leave per year
• 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave per year
• 3 days paid cultural leave per year
• Extra leave over the Christmas period
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• EDO proudly has a JEDI (Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) Committee and a Mental Health Ambassador Committee, and has developed a First Nations Program
with the aid of indigenous-led consultancies.
• Three Affinity groups for the following: Disability, Global Majority* and LGBTQIA+
*Global Majority is a collective term that first and foremost speaks to and encourages those so-called, to think of themselves as belonging to the majority on planet earth. It refers to people who are Black, African, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities.
Our Values
• Commitment – We are committed to; a united organisation, to each other, to collaboration, to justice, to our communities and to creating a world where nature thrives.
• Diversity – We respect First Nations Peoples’ knowledges and experiences, and work with them to protect their Countries and cultures.
• Integrity – We work effectively, efficiently, strategically, professionally, and ethically; “justice is in our nature”.
• Vision – We lead change and environmental empowerment using innovation, creativity, and courage.
How to apply
Click 'Apply here' above.
Applications close on Monday 13 May 2024.
Applications must include a CV and a letter that clearly addresses each of the key selection criteria.
Other Information
All offers of employment may be subject to satisfactory background checks including a National Police Check, disclosure of previous or current disciplinary action, referee checks, proof of eligibility to work in Australia and qualification checks.
Please note: Your application may be considered for future roles at the EDO within the next 12 months without additional advertising. Please notify us in your application if you would not like to be considered for similar roles beyond this recruitment.
If you have any accessibility needs for the recruitment or interviewing process, please let us know in your application or by emailing recruitment@edo.org.au.
To read the position please click here: https://www.edo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EDO-Position-Description-Senior-Finance-Officer.pdf