POSITION DETAILS

Position title: Finance Manager.

Primary location: Victorian Greens, Melbourne CBD.

Status: Fixed term, ending November 2021.

Salary: Professional Staff Level 2 - Senior Staff Level 3 ($71,000 - $86,000) pro-rata, plus 10% super, depending on experience and qualifications.

Primary hours: 0.6 to 0.8 FTE, depending on preference of selected candidate, including some evening work.

Probation: A three-month probationary period applies.

Reports to: Operations Manager or State Director.

Position begins: September 2020.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about people power and using your skills to build a progressive and grassroots movement? We’re looking for an energetic and focused financial professional to help ensure that the Victorian Greens meet all funding and compliance requirements, while keeping the overall management informed with all financial movements.

With your finance and accounting experience, you’ll have the opportunity to have a real impact on the long-term decision making of the finance strategy of the Party, focusing on efficient financial reporting and streamlining financial processes across all levels of the organisation. You will oversee the Finance Administrator and work closely with the staff management team and Victorian Finance Committee. You’ll need to be self-motivated and flexible and you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to growing the political party that stands up for what matters. If you enjoy working with people and are passionate about building a progressive Australia, you’ll love this job.

ABOUT THE VICTORIAN GREENS

The Greens have a proud history of standing up for what is right, not just what is easy or what polls well. Over the course of the last four decades, the Greens have become the third force in Australian politics. Across Australia there are currently Greens representing you at every level of government.

The Greens are much more than an environmental party. While promoting meaningful and common sense solutions to ensure future generations of Australians have clean air, clean water and clean soil, The Greens are also working in many other areas to champion integrity, decency and fairness. As well as representing constituents, The Greens speak on behalf of those who wouldn’t otherwise get much of a say inside parliament: children, refugees, students, individuals and families living in poverty and, of course, our natural environment. The Victorian Greens support the federal, state and local election campaigns in the state of Victoria.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Financial systems and process strategy, planning, implementation and improvements across all party activities
2. High level advice on financial strategy for the organisation
3. Verifying and overseeing the activities of the Finance Administrator, including but not limited to
   • Coding and reconciling all income and expenditure against bank statements
   • Processing accounts payable
   • Generating invoices
   • End of month reconciliation process
   • Quarterly verification of party body activities
   • Supporting the operations team with the management of regular contributions of donations and membership fees
4. Monitor all party body accounts, and oversee their financial activities
5. Managing the Victorian Greens payroll function
6. Updating and producing monthly financial reports to the senior staff management team and Governance Committees
7. Updating and tracking of the four year rolling state office budget and campaigning budgets as they occur
8. Ensure the Victorian Greens meet all electoral and external reporting and compliance requirements in accordance with all electoral acts across the three levels of government
9. Lodging all external compliance requirements, including but not limited to
   • Monthly IAS, and Superannuation
   • Quarterly BAS
   • Annually STP finalisation, payroll tax, workcover, electoral reporting, administrative reporting
   • Coordinating and preparing for annual audit ahead of AGM (State Conference)
   • Post campaign electoral reporting
10. Other duties, as required

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Values alignment: Commitment to the Greens charter and policies.
• Accounting experience: Five plus years, including experience in a similar organisation (eg a NFP or SME), and CA or CPA membership.
• Change management: Demonstrated experience in implementing or changing financial systems, policies, reporting and process improvements to strengthen organisation performance.
• Regulatory knowledge: Demonstrated ability for compliance with tax legislation, accounting standards, electoral legislation and external regulations.
• Communications: Proficiency in information and communication technology and excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills, including working with volunteers, and stakeholders with all levels of financial literacy.
• Attention to detail: with a keen eye for numbers, you are detail orientated, you will be able to pick up errors or anomalies quickly.
• Team work/rapport building skills: Experience in working in various teams, including working well with others, having a friendly attitude in difficult conversations and an openness to build the capacity of others.

Desired

• Familiarity with Victorian Greens systems: Demonstrated experience in operating through Xero, CiviCRM database, eWay payment platform or equivalent systems.

How to apply

To apply please email a resume and covering letter addressing the selection criteria located above to [email protected]. Please submit the cover letter and CV in the same file, saved as a PDF, and the name of the file as the applicant’s name and role.

Please do NOT apply by clicking apply now below.

Please submit your application at your earliest opportunity. Applications will be assessed as submitted, please do not delay. For all enquiries please contact Lucy on (03) 9912 2932 and state that you are inquiring about the Finance Manager role.

We will read every application and should you be successful in your application, we will contact you to arrange an interview. Please be honest and thoughtful in your answers, and detail why you would be particularly well suited to the role, clearly addressing every one of the selection criteria with examples and successes from your experience. Applications not addressing the selection criteria will not be accepted. Please limit your cover letter to 2-4 pages.

The Greens are an equal opportunity employer, which means we strongly encourage any interested and qualified parties to apply – we don’t discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.