Management Accountant

Thorne Harbour Health; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Professional development

Hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Thorne Harbour Health is seeking a Management Accountant to support the Senior Accountant and strengthen financial governance across programs. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis to inform leaders and managers.

Based in Abbotsford with a 3-month fixed term contract (part-time 30.4 hours per week) and hybrid work options, the position offers competitive pay and salary packaging benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; CPA/CA preferred.
• Extensive accounting experience, ideally in non-profit sector.
• Understanding of Australian accounting principles and reporting requirements.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel; strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior management and program managers to develop and manage program budgets and forecasts.
• Coordinate and support the annual budget and forecasting process.
• Develop, maintain and monitor financial models, including cost recovery methodologies.
• Analyse profit and loss results against budget and forecast, and investigate variances.
• Maintain the funding acquittal register and prepare program budgets and acquittals per funding agreements and reporting deadlines.
• Provide backup payroll support and assist HR with cost allocations across programs.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Management reporting

Excel

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance

CPA or CA

Tools

MYOB

Acumatica

Velixo

Employment Hero

Job description

• Part Time (30.4hrs per week), 3-month fixed term contract (with possibility of extension)
• Abbotsford location
• LGBTIQ+ Affir

About the role

Our People & Corporate Services team is growing, and so are the complexity of our funding arrangements and the demand for fiscal accountability. As Management Accountant, you’ll support the Senior Accountant to deliver key day-to-day accounting functions and help build the financial confidence of our leaders, managers and staff.

You will:

• Work with senior management and program managers to develop and manage program budgets and forecasts, and provide insights that support decision making
• Coordinate and support the annual budget and forecasting process
• Develop, maintain and monitor financial models, including cost recovery methodologies
• Analyse profit and loss results against budget and forecast, and investigate variances
• Maintain the funding acquittal register and prepare program budgets and acquittals in line with funding agreements and reporting deadlines
• Provide backup support for payroll and work with the HR team on accurate cost allocations across programs and funding streams

What’s on offer

In addition to a competitive salary, Thorne Harbour Health pays above award rates. You will also be able to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits as well as accessing professional and career development. Hybrid working arrangements are also available.

About you

You will have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, with CPA or CA certification. You will also have:

• Extensive demonstrated and relevant accounting experience, preferably in a non-profit or charitable organisation
• A sound understanding of Australian accounting principles, regulations and statutory reporting requirements
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and management reporting, and the ability to turn financial information into business insights
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills and strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Experience with finance, budgeting and payroll systems. Knowledge of MYOB Acumatica, Velixo and Employment Hero will be highly regarded.

About us

Thorne Harbour Health is an LGBTQI+ community-controlled health organisation, governed by our members and working for our sex, sexuality and gender diverse communities. For over 40 years - since our beginnings as the Victorian AIDS Action Committee in 1983 - we've led the community response to HIV and AIDS in Victoria, and since 2015 have extended that work into South Australia.

We're working toward a future where our communities are healthy and live safely, with dignity and wellbeing - free of HIV, stigma and discrimination.

Inclusion Matters

We strongly encourage applications from people who are:

• Part of the LGBTQI+ community
• Living with HIV
• From culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• People with disability

For further enquiries about the role, please contact Karen Toghai - Senior Accountant on 03 9865 6*** or via email – ************@thorneharbour.org

Important: it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed, applications will not be considered.

Thorne Harbour Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks for all roles.

Applications close on Wednesday 4 November 2026