Accountant

MSI Asia Pacific; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Superannuation

Job summary

MSI Asia Pacific is seeking a dedicated Accountant to join the Finance team. This full-time, permanent role in Melbourne involves managing month-end processes, accounts payable, reporting, invoicing, and donor receipting, with exposure to audit cycles.

You will collaborate with the Finance Manager and regional teams to ensure strong internal controls, timely reporting, and compliance across donor-funded projects. Competitive salary with superannuation and packaging options.

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent.
• ICAA or CPA membership desirable.
• Experience in month-end reporting processes.
• Experience managing Accounts Payable.
• Experience in an Australian INGO desirable.
• Experience supporting annual audits desirable.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close: post monthly journals by day 7.
• Month-end reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare monthly regional financial reports.
• Invoice projects per contracts with guidance.
• Receipting for institutional donors.
• Maintain fixed asset register.
• Assist annual audit and address queries.
• Prepare Instalment Activity Statements and BAS.
• Accounts Payable: end-to-end processing using Concur/SUN.
• Supplier due diligence in line with policy.
• Prepare annual WorkCover declaration.
• Capture action points and maintain calendar.

Skills

Month-end reporting

Accounts Payable

Audit support

Financial reporting

Tax compliance

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

ICAA/CPA (desirable)

Tools

SUN Systems

Concur

CBA

Job description

MSI Asia Pacific (MSIAP) is part of the MSI Reproductive Choices global partnership.

As our name suggests, we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that everyone should have the freedom to determine their own future, on their terms.

Our teams work across 36 countries and six continents, supporting over 93,000 women and girls to access reproductive healthcare - including abortion and contraception - every day.

With the help of our partners and donors around the world, we open doors, advocate for change, and strengthen public and private sector provision. We go further than anyone to make reproductive choice possible, and ensure quality reproductive healthcare is available for the long-term.

By supporting women and girls to make the choices that are right for them, we can make a generation impact - increasing gender equality, breaking cycles of poverty and contributing to several sustainable development goals.

MSIAP is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. We are committed to promoting equality and to safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.

MSIAP welcomes applications from people with relevant lived experience, including people originating from the countries in which MSI works.

The Role:

We are on the lookout for a full-time Accountant to join us at MSI Asia Pacific.

Position Title:Accountant

Reports to:Finance Manager

Position:Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: 76 hours per fortnight

Salary: $76,000 to $83,000 per annum + superannuation + salary packaging options

The Accountant is responsible for maintaining accurate and auditable financial records and meeting all MSIAP monthly financial reporting and reconciliation requirements. The role will be responsible for managing the Accounts Payable function. The role will report to the Finance Manager and will work closely with all MSIAP regional support office departments when coordinating month-end processes.

The Function:

TheCorporate Services Departmentwhich consists of the Corporate Services Director,Finance Manager, and Accountant, plays a critical role in delivering MSI’s mission of ‘children by choice, not chance’ by supporting theMSIAP supportoffice and MSI country programs to expand access to family planning and safe abortion services. The departmentis responsible forensuring the broader organisation including Projects, External Relations and Fundraising departments are given the financial, people and culture,procurementand IT support theyrequire. The Corporate Services departmentare required tomaintainstrong internal controls, ensure statutory and compliance requirements are met and financial risk ismonitoredand mitigated. The departmentretainsoversight of all procurement and due diligence requirements and manages the MSIAP treasury function. The department plays a critical role in project development and management through the coordination of the project budgeting process, building financial capacity of country programs to effectively implement the project, conducting project financialmonitoringand meeting all donor financial reporting requirements. The department coordinates the annual business planning and forecasting processes andis responsible forfinancial reporting against business plan targets to MSIAP management and the board. The departmentis required towork closely with finance staff in the Africa and Asia regional teams, Global Support Office as well as country program finance staff to ensure that all project financial and compliance requirements are adequately met. The department works closely with the fundraising department to ensure the fundraising return on investment is sufficient for the financial sustainability of MSIAP.

Key Responsibilities:

• Month-end close: Ensure all monthly journals capturing income and expenditure are recorded by working day 7 of the following month
• Month-end reconciliations: Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled, and any reconciling items are addressed in the following month
• Monthly financial reporting: Prepare the monthly support office financial reports and cost centre financial reports for the Senior Accountant and Senior Management team
• Invoicing: Prepare invoices based on project contracts as guided by the Projects team and the Finance Manager
• Receipting: Prepare receipts for institutional donors
• Asset Management: Maintain MSIAP’s fixed asset register
• Audit: Assist in the preparation for the annual audit and address audit queries throughout the audit
• Tax: Preparation of monthly Instalment Activity statements and quarterly Business Activity Statements
• Accounts Payable: Full function end-to-end Accounts Payable using Concur, SUN Systems and CBA. Create and maintain Vendor and Employee records. Process Employee Expense Claims
• Supplier due diligence: Ensure supplier due diligence checks are completed in line with the global due diligence policy and conduct periodical vetting check assessments of all MSI country programs that are funded by MSIAP
• Work Cover: Prepare the annual Work cover declaration and renewal
• Administration: Capture action points from team meetings and maintain the corporate services team calendar

About you

Qualifications

Educated to Degree level or equivalent

ICAA or CPA member or studying to become a member (desirable)

Experience

Experience in an accounting role that has played a key role in the month-end reporting process

Experience managing Accounts Payable

Experience working for an Australian INGO (desirable)

Experience in contributing to an annual audit process (desirable)

Skills

Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines

Strong planning and coordinating skills.

Ability to manage and prioritise a fluctuating workload.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to organise and present information in a compelling and succinct manner.

Excellent IT skills, including Advanced Word, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, SUN systems (desirable).

MSI’s Core Values

Mission driven: We go to work every day to enable more women to have children by choice, not chance.

Customer focused: We meet the needs and exceed the expectations of all our customers: service users, donors, host governments and fellow team members.

Results orientated: We achieve high quality, measurable outcomes, rather than focusing on inputs or processes.

Pioneering: Through learning, innovation, and risk taking, we remain at the forefront of family planning, safe abortion and reproductive healthcare globally.

Sustainable: We build effective programmes and change behaviours which will have lasting impact for individuals, their communities and their countries.

People-centred: Our continued success depends on the creativity, commitment and courage of MSI team members worldwide.

MSIAPis a child-safe organisation and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation abuse and harassment. All successfulapplicants will be requiredto abide by our Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct and our Global Code of Conduct in addition to undergoing apolice and working with children checkprior to commencement.