Finance Officer (Brigades)

State of Victoria; Melton; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Purpose

Work-Life Balance

Flexibility

Discounts

Wellbeing Programs

Member Assistance Program

Job summary

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria seeks a finance-focused professional to support volunteers and strengthen financial governance across the organisation. You will mentor volunteers on financial management and ensure compliance with CFA policies and statutory requirements.

Based in District 14 Melton, or District 7 Geelong North, or District 2 Bendigo, the role involves reviewing brigade activities, conducting assurance checks, and reporting findings to improve financial stewardship.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills with volunteers and stakeholders.
• Experience presenting financial data clearly to non-financial audiences.
• Ability to work to tight timelines and briefs.
• Understanding of internal assurance programs and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial guidance and mentoring to CFA volunteers.
• Strengthen financial governance and compliance across CFA.
• Conduct assurance checks and report findings to stakeholders.
• Assist CFA in meeting reporting obligations and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting

Tools

Xero

SAP

Excel

Job description

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

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.

A detailed position description is attached.

About you

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.

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]

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) values your privacy. We will use the information you provide when you are applying for employment with us for the purpose of recruitment, selection, evaluation and appointment and to report on anonymised key metrics (e.g. diversity). The information we collect will be handled in accordance with privacy laws, including the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.You can view our Privacy Statement here . For access and correction of the information we have collected, contact [e-mail]