Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 15th May 2020
batyr is a ‘for purpose’ preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. We run programs that help smash the stigma surrounding mental health and empower young people to reach out for support. We help create supportive communities.
We are an energetic, fun and dynamic team who are passionate about changing the way we speak about mental health. Excitingly, we are on the hunt to build our team with even more passionate, skilled and driven people to continue to develop our high-performance culture and expand the reach and impact of batyr. If you want a workplace where you can bring all of your full, weird and wonderful self to the office each day, this is the place.
At batyr, we care deeply about those we welcome into our work-family and do our best to support our team. We do this by:
batyr is committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, inclusive environment for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity. We believe that everyone’s voice is valid and worthy of being heard and because of this we strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply, especially those from minority or marginalised communities.
You’re a whiz with numbers and you get a real thrill out of reconciling accounts and making sure that finance systems are up to date and in tip top shape. You have an eye for detail and understand that every cent counts when working with donor funding. You love to create order so you’re always looking for ways to improve processes, and you make sure that everyone in the team sticks to them. You’re able to take on multiple responsibilities and manage competing deadlines with ease. You have top notch communication and interpersonal skills and your friends rely on you to explain those big finance words in a way that everyone can understand.
As with all of our employees, you will have an active interest in tackling the stigma around mental health and are aligned to batyr’s five values; empathetic, inclusive, balanced, positive and bold.
The Finance Officer will be responsible for maintaining the day to day financial operations of batyr. Working closely with the Finance Manager, this role will ensure that we have a clear picture of our financial position to support operational and strategic decision making. The Finance Officer will ensure that all funding is acquitted in accordance with relevant funding agreements, assist batyr’s partnerships team with report & proposal writing, and maintain accurate and up to date information in our IT systems.
The Finance Officer will report directly to the Finance Manager, based in Sydney.
All candidates will need to hold a current Working with Children Check and Police Check, or be willing to obtain these within one (1) month of starting the role.