Finance Officer (Brigades)

Country Fire Authority (CFA); Melton; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Pool car provided

12% superannuation

Job summary

Country Fire Authority (CFA) is seeking a finance professional to support volunteers and strengthen financial governance across Victoria. Based at District 14 Melton or District 7 Geelong North or District 2 Bendigo, you will mentor volunteers and ensure CFA compliance with policies and legislation.

You will review brigade activities, run assurance checks and report findings to meet reporting obligations. A driver’s licence is required, with potential travel and after-hours work.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with volunteers.
• Strong written and verbal communications; capable of compiling reports.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage timelines.
• Experience with spreadsheets and accounting software such as Xero and SAP is advantageous.
• Understanding CFA volunteer ethos.

Responsibilities

• Support Brigade Finance function by providing guidance and mentoring to volunteers on financial management.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and CFA policies across the organisation.
• Gain understanding of brigades' and groups' financial activities and conduct assurance checks.
• Report findings and help CFA meet its compliance and reporting obligations.
• Travel to districts as required; work may include after-hours commitments.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Time management

Results oriented

Tools

Xero

SAP

Job description

• Location | Melton, Geelong North or Bendigo
• Full Time | Ongoing

About This Role

• Location | Melton, Geelong North or Bendigo

• Full Time | Ongoing
• PTA 4 | $96,887 pa plus 12% superannuation

CFA is an emergency service that places the community at the centre of everything we do. We work to protect lives and property across Victoria, every hour of the day.

Our organisation is made up of employees working alongside more than 51,000 volunteers. We value the different skills, experience and viewpoints that people bring, because they strengthen how we operate and support the services Victorians rely on.

We aim to be a workplace where people feel supported to do meaningful work, develop professionally and contribute to outcomes that matter to the people and places we serve.

To learn more about who we are and the work we do, visit our About Us page.

About The Role

This role offers the opportunity to combine finance expertise with meaningful relationship building, supporting CFA volunteers while strengthening financial governance and compliance across the organisation.

The role, located at District 14 in Melton, District 7 Geelong North or District 2 Bendigo, supports the Brigade Finance function by providing guidance and mentoring to volunteers on financial management, ensuring compliance with legislation and CFA policies. In this role, you will gain a strong understanding of assigned brigades' and groups' financial activities, conduct assurance checks, report findings, and help CFA meet its compliance and reporting obligations.

About You

A detailed position description is attached.

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly volunteers.
• High level written and verbal communications skills and ability to compile databases and reports utilising appropriate computer applications (word processing, spread sheets, bookkeeping packages).
• Experience in working to timelines and briefs with minimal disruption to other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated results orientation, including the ability to meet deadlines for the delivery of defined outputs, reports and other data as appropriate.
• Experience working with spreadsheets and accounting software packages such as Xero and SAP is highly advantageous.
• Understanding of the CFA volunteer ethos will be highly regarded.
• Good understanding of financial reports and accounting concepts to apply to an internal assurance program, reviewing brigade financial activity.

This position may involve travel and after-hours work at times. The successful candidate will have access to a CFA pool car for this purpose. A driver's licence is required.

Why choose CFA

• Meaningful Purpose: Your contribution truly makes a difference
• Work-Life Balance: Paid parental leave, generous leave provisions
• Flexibility: Hybrid work options with flexible work arrangements
• Discounts: Emergency Memberlink discounts on various services
• Wellbeing Focus: Health Ready programs, flu vaccinations
• Member Assistance Program: Access support across 8 service pathways

Pre-employment Checks

Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who are able to successfully complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, Working Rights Check and hold a valid Working with Children Check. You will also be required to provide at least two professional references.

Applications close: 11:59pm 27 September 2026.

CFA is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and safe volunteer and work environment. Our aim is to have a volunteer and paid workforce that reflects the community it serves. First Nations people, women, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply.

If at any stage of the recruitment and selection process you require an alternative format to the application material or reasonable adjustment to the interview arrangements, please don't hesitate to contact the person listed on the ad or alternatively, email [e-mail].

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