We are looking to expand our Finance team with the addition of an Accounts Officer in our Haymarket office. The role is a permanent, full-time (35 hours per week) position. The role is a great role for someone with 2+ years of Accounts Payable experience, who is looking for a role with meaningful work with an organisation which gives back to the local community.

The Accounts Officer position is a dual role across both accounts payable and receivable functions. For accounts payable, the responsibilities include processing invoices and payment runs, response to queries, managing credit card transactions, assisting with leasehold management, bulk bill processing, and completing other routine and ad hoc tasks as required. On the receivable side, the role covers processing of tenant and third-party receipts, bank reconciliation, issuing proforma invoices, supplier setup management, response to queries, and additional routine and ad hoc tasks.

This role also involves supporting the broader Finance team with ad hoc tasks, investigations,
cross-training, and process improvement initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support us to fulfil any statutory and regulatory responsibilities, you will do this by consistently ensuring accurate and timely record keeping of all invoices into the system and preparing reconciliations.
• Support us meet our financial goals and obligations through timely processing of payments, managing refunds/credit notes, processing rent increases/adjustments and preparing relevant invoices for tenants.
• Deliver consistent quality of customer service to internal and external clients. You will do this by adhering to our Customer Service Charter, and any relevant policies and processes.
• Support and drive the efficiency and performance of the wider team and Finance department. 
• Ensure we maintain a sustainable financial position by providing accurate and timely rent comparison reports, reconciling rent statement for relinquished properties and providing advice and ad-hoc reports to the business units to aid decision making.

Who are Bridge Housing?

We are an award-winning Community Housing Provider (Tier 1 NSW) who provide safe, secure and affordable homes to people on very low to moderate incomes. We aim to provide our tenants with stability and support.

At Bridge Housing, we value integrity, innovation and inclusion and throughout those values its pivotal to every one of our employees that we CARE about the work we do, our tenants and their safety and wellbeing.

Why join Bridge?

We are a three-time award winner of Best Workplace.

We're proud of our workplace culture, where employee wellbeing and professional development is held to the highest standard, and our employees who are committed and live the Bridge values (Integrity, Inclusion, Innovation and Impact).

To recognise and reward the hard work of our employees, Bridge offer an inclusive and extensive Bridge Rewards Program that includes:

• Support for employee wellbeing and professional development
• Regular “recharge” day off a month for staff
• 35 hour working week
• Extensive leave options (equivalent to 5 weeks per year including Christmas and your Birthday off!)
• Study assistance and study leave
• Training and development from internal and external providers
• Team building
• Monthly massages/ reflexology
• Hybrid working arrangements (up to 2 days WFH per week) with Central office in Sydney CBD
• Flexible work arrangement options
• Competitive, above award salary
• This role is graded as a Level 3 under the SCHADs; Bridge's remuneration package ranges from $84,014-$90,097 plus superannuation
• Additionally, staff are able to take advantage of Not-For-Profit salary packaging options up to $15,900; bringing the total rem package up to $101,578-$108,391 p.a.
• We use Maxxia for our salary packaging - give them and all their benefits a google!

How to apply

Apply now by uploading a resume and cover letter through our portal. We would love you to tell us in your Cover Letter:

• Why would you like to undertake this role? How does it align with your next career steps?
• Why would you like to work for Bridge Housing?
• How do you identify with our values of Integrity, Inclusion and Innnovation?

Good news! We are establishing a Talent Pool from this recruitment process. If you are currently unavailable or the exact opportunity does not currently suit you, feel free to submit your application to be considered for suitable applications in the future.