Senior Finance Officer

Adelaide Primary Health Network Limited; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Adelaide Primary Health Network is seeking a Senior Finance Officer to manage daily financial operations, month-end close, and statutory reporting. You will oversee reconciliations, grant budgeting, and BAS preparation, working with the Finance Manager in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You should have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, and experience in health or not-for-profit sectors. Knowledge of Dynamics 365 BC is highly valued.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• CA or CPA qualification or progress towards one is desirable.
• At least 3 years experience in financial or management accounting, ideally in health, not-for-profit, government funded environment.
• Proven experience with month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and variance analysis.
• Sound working knowledge of GST, BAS preparation and relevant accounting and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with audit processes and grant or program based financial reporting.
• Recent experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a comparable financial management system.

Responsibilities

• Support daily financial operations, including reconciliations and accounting entries.
• Complete month end close activities and prepare supporting reconciliations and analysis.
• Monitor grant income and expenditure against funding agreements and program budgets.
• Analyze actual versus budget results and flag underspends or overspends.
• Prepare and lodge BAS and support ACNC/ATO obligations.
• Coordinate annual audit preparation and liaise with external auditors.
• Maintain Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and improve finance processes.

Skills

Financial accounting

Management accounting

Budgeting & forecasting

GST/BAS knowledge

Audit processes

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CA or CPA qualification in progress

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) is an independent, not for profit, primary health care organisation based in Adelaide. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the Adelaide community by coordinating and integrating health and community services and by working in partnership to identify local needs and create strategies in response to keeping people well and out of hospital; improving their experience AND their health outcomes – to deliver on our vision of ‘shaping the health system to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable people, and a healthier Adelaide’.

Why you should come work with us

Adelaide PHN offers a great range of benefits to our employees, including:

• Competitive remuneration and work-life balance.
• Access to generous not for profit salary packaging benefits, including up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meal and entertainment.
• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, in addition to annual leave entitlements.
• Three special leave days with pay each year that can be used for any purpose.
• Support for cultural diversity and employee wellbeing, including up to ten days of cultural leave per year.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave.
• Option to substitute public holidays.
• Generous allowance toward professional development.
• Family friendly and flexible working arrangements.
• Free Employment Assistance Program.

As the Senior Finance Officer, you’ll bring strong technical accounting capability to our daily financial operations, month-end close activities, financial analysis and statutory, regulatory and management reporting.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this is a hands‑on role in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment. You’ll work with colleagues across the organisation to keep our financial processes accurate, timely and compliant.

Key responsibilities include:

Support daily financial operations, including reconciliations, payment cycles and accounting entries.

Complete month end close activities and prepare supporting reconciliations and analysis to assist the Finance Manager with the preparation of monthly financial reports, including program‑based profit and loss statement.

Monitor grant income and expenditure against funding agreements and program budgets.

Analyse actual versus budget results and flag potential underspends or overspends.

Prepare and lodge the Business Activity Statement (BAS) and support our ACNC and ATO obligations.

Coordinate annual audit preparation and act as a key contact for external auditors.

Maintain and administer Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central and help improve finance processes and controls.

Support cash flow forecasting, budget modelling and the Annual Work Plan budget processes.

This position is a 12 month fixed‑term contract while a team member is on parental leave.

For more information, you can view the position descriptionhere (SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn applicants please go to our website).

About You

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

CA or CPA qualification or progress towards one (desirable).

At least 3 years experience in financial or management accounting, ideally in health, not-for-profit, community services or government funded environment.

Proven experience with month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and variance analysis.

Sound working knowledge of GST, BAS preparation and relevant accounting and regulatory requirements.

Experience with audit processes and grant or program based financial reporting.

Recent experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a comparable financial management system.

Excellent time management, communication and collaboration skills.

An ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment

Adelaide PHN is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Adelaide PHN vacancies.

Adelaide PHN strives to foster an environment where the diversity and intersecting identities of our people and communities are represented, valued, and celebrated. We welcome people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and diversity in culture, language, ethnicity, race, age, disability, neurodiversity, religion and beliefs, lived experience, intersex variations, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and people across the LGBTIQA+ community.

To apply, you must have the legal right to work in Australia and your employment will be subject to an acceptable National Police Check.

Applications close12 noon Monday, 16 November.

All enquiries and applications will be handled professionally and with the strictest of confidence.