Accounts Officer (Djirra)
Group: Corporate Services
Salary: SCHCADS Level 3, Pay Point 1 $73,803.60
Position reports to: Senior Accountant
Location: Abbotsford or another Djirra office
Applications close 9am 17 March 2025About the Role
Djirra are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Finance Officer to drive financial success through strategic analysis, budgeting, and reporting in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. If you’re passionate about supporting an inclusive workplace and making an impact, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to the organisation’s growth
This position is to ensure that Djirra’s financial records are maintained, staff and creditors paid, income received and assets purchased and registered, all in a timely and accurate manner.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.Company Overview
Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation with over 20 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys. We find solutions through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences. Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience. We are committed to a future without family violence.
We deliver holistic, culturally safe, specialist family violence support, legal services and case management, alongside cultural and wellbeing workshops and programs. Our services have state-wide reach, touching every part of Victoria to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Self-determination is the foundation of everything we do.
Djirra amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. We advocate for system-wide change to improve access to justice, eliminate systemic violence, and strengthen women’s resilience. We are an active member of the National Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services Forum, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are experiencing or at risk of family violence.
Key Accountabilities:
Accounting & Bookkeeping Duties: - Set up new creditors/employees for reimbursement/travel expenses, ready for supervisor’s review.
- Check purchase orders for accuracy, including bank details, tax compliance, and internal coding, ready for supervisor’s review.
- Prepare employee travel allowance claims for review.
- Prepare payments to suppliers for review, and send remittances once paid.
- Prepare payments made on behalf of clients, ready for supervisor’s review. This may include but not limited to arranging quotes, making payments, updating FSP (Flexible Support Packages) financial records and data entry for reporting.
- Raise purchase orders if required.
- Convert purchase requisition to invoices and review coding, ready for supervisor’s approval.
- Receipt of funds.
- Daily review of bank balances
- Daily bank reconciliations.
- Assist in preparation of monthly support payment reconciliations.
- Assist with administering the asset register, including physical asset stock takes.
- Act as back up for other members of the team when required, and in line with the level of the role.
- Assisting in generating of reports, as directed by the Senior Accountant or Finance Manager.
- Assisting in Internal and External Audits, as directed by the Senior Accountant or Finance Manager.
Key Selection Criteria:
Professional / Functional Skills: - Demonstrated ability to work or learn to work with Aboriginal organisations, communities and individuals in culturally appropriate ways as well as mainstream organisations.
- Experience or certificate in Bookkeeping or Accounting.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Intermediate Excel skills, inc. familiarity with MS suite of tools
Competency:
- Sensitivity, insight, humour and warmth dealing with all people, but especially with those who may have experienced challenging circumstances over time such as trauma, discrimination and cultural and/or social isolation.
- Good skills in influencing and negotiating, fostering collaboration, understanding various perspectives and getting the best outcomes for all.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly organised with ability to plan, prioritise and complete own work efficiently and accurately.
- Strong attention to detail.
Qualifications:
- A certificate (or near finished) in Accounting or Bookkeeping, or experience in an equivalent role
Other:
- A Victorian Employees Working with Children’s Check card or willing to obtain one
- Willing to obtain a Police Check at Djirra’s expense
Benefits:
- Attractive salary packaging options (including meals and entertainment)
- Generous leave provisions apply and annual leave loading
- Employee Assistance Program with supportive, confidential counselling for personal and work concern
- Collaborative and inclusive team
- Additional paid leave for end of year office closure period
- Access to company vehicles for any work related travel
- Cultural awareness training both formal and informal settings is provided
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) Program available to full time staff