Finance Officer (General)

Argyle Housing; Bowral; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Argyle Housing is seeking a Finance Officer (General) to support the accounting and financial administration duties. You will work closely with the Finance and Operations teams to ensure accurate processing of day-to-day transactions and regulatory reporting requirements.

The role requires strong administrative accounting, data entry skills and proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office suite.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a finance officer or equivalent role.
• Strong track record of accuracy in finance or equivalent role.
• Experience with data entry in finance officer or equivalent role.
• Experience with financial systems at finance officer level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to the Finance Team.
• Share responsibilities for absent team members to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner.

Skills

Finance officer experience

Accuracy in finance

Data entry

Financial systems proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Category: Community Services and Development

Who are we?

Building a better future for our Communities.

Argyle Housing is a community-managed, not-for-profit, housing organisation. Our main objective is to provide and manage secure, sustainable housing for people on low to moderate incomes who would otherwise struggle to find accommodation and for disadvantaged people who need support in order to maintain independent living. As a community housing service provider we are responsive to local needs and are committed to building sustainable communities in areas of need. Housing services include tenancy management and maintenance.

We are committed to assisting our clients and their communities to achieve a better future.

We have a portfolio of over 2,700 properties and offices in Campbelltown, Bowral, Young, Yass, Goulburn, Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Queanbeyan and Canberra.

Job Description

The Finance Officer (General) reports to the Finance Manager and will perform their duties, in close collaboration with the Finance team and operations team members, to provide sound administrative support to the accounting and financial administrative duties to the organisation. The Finance Officer (General) will bring strong administrative accounting, financial and analytical abilities, complemented by well-developed work ethic, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills. The role of the Finance Officer (General) is to process Argyle Housing’s day to day business transactions accurately, completely and on a timely basis ensuring compliance with regulatory and other reporting requirements, including:

• Provision of general administrative support and assistance to members of the Finance Team
• Provide support for those Team members that are absent, sharing the absent Team members’ responsibilities with the remainder of the team to ensure that tasks normally undertaken by the absent team member are completed accurately before the absent team member returns to work.

All roles within Argyle Housing are to be performed under the principle of “One Argyle”, with a commitment to client service delivery and foster the approach of ‘no wrong door’.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Solid experience in a finance officer or equivalent role
• Strong track record of accuracy in finance or equivalent role
• Experience with data entry in finance officer or equivalent role
• Experience with financial systems at finance officer level or equivalent
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft suite packages