Management Accountant, Canberra

Women's Legal Centre; Canberra; On-site; AUD 97,000 - 107,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer superannuation

Salary packaging

Flexible part-time schedule

Job summary

Women's Legal Centre in Canberra seeks a Management Accountant to support the COO with forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis. The role covers month-end close, internal controls, cash flow, and compliance including PAYG/BAS. Part-time 0.50 FTE with salary packaging and superannuation is available.

The successful candidate will have strong financial reporting, budgeting, acquittals, and tech-savviness, with a commitment to empowering women facing vulnerability and discrimination.

Qualifications

• Experienced accountant or finance officer with a commitment to supporting women experiencing vulnerability, discrimination and gender-based violence.
• Identify as a woman, trans or non-binary person.
• Hold post-secondary qualification in finance or accounting.
• Hold a current Working with Vulnerable People registration or eligibility to hold.
• Strong financial reporting, budgeting and acquittal experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Tech savviness.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial opportunity forecasting and internal control management of AP/AR and month-end reconciliations.
• Produce month-end reporting and financial statements; support budget consolidation and cash flow management.
• Provide income management including funding and acquittals; prepare PAYG and BAS statements.
• Payroll processing backup as needed.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Acquittals

Communication

Relationship-building

Tech savviness

Education

Post-secondary qualification in finance or accounting

Job description

Management Accountant, Canberra

$97,450 - $106,850 FTE per annum + super + salary packaging
Part time 0.50 FTE

If you're looking for a workplace where you can use your professional skills to make a difference, while being supported to build a career that works with the rest of your life, WLC could be the change you're looking for.

The Management Accountant has a critical role in the financial management function supporting the Chief Operating Officer, and is responsible for providing accurate and timely financial support across budget consolidation, funding acquittals, forecasting, reporting and financial analysis:

• develop financial opportunity forecasting
• internal control management of financial functions (AP, AR, month end reconciliations)
• month end reporting
• financial reporting and analysis including annual financial statements
• monthly budget consolidation and cash flow management
• income management including funding and acquittals
• prepare PAYG and BAS statements
• payroll processing backup

This position may particularly appeal if you are:

• seeking greater flexibility or to prioritise wellbeing or personal time
• returning to the workforce
• seeking a rewarding and meaningful next chapter in your career

About you

You are an experienced accountant or finance officer with a passion and commitment to supporting women experiencing vulnerability, discrimination and gender-based violence:

• identify as a woman, trans or non-binary person
• hold post-secondary qualification in finance or accounting
• hold a current Working with Vulnerable People registration or eligibility to hold
• strong financial reporting, budgeting and acquittal experience
• excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• tech savviness

Who we are

At WLC,we improve women’s lives through specialist legal representation, support and advocacy, working alongside our clients to improve their safety, security and access to justice. Our work is grounded in feminist principles, trauma-informed practice and a commitment to creating meaningful, lasting change.

We also believe that doing meaningful work should not come at the expense of having a life outside work. We are committed to being a feminist employer of choice, with working practices that recognise and support the realities of our employees’ lives. We support our people to balance work with personal, family, cultural and community responsibilities, and place genuine importance on wellbeing, gender equity and sustainable working practices.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 18 October 2026