• Melbourne
• Permanent role
• Full-time 35 hours per week

About Us

At Oxfam Australia, we believe all lives are equal and no-one should live in poverty. We are a member of Oxfam International, a global confederation working with partners and local communities in 76 countries.

Would you like to join this global movement of people working together to eliminate the inequalities that keep people in poverty?

We are currently seeking an Executive Lead Finance to join our team.

The Role

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and people-centred leadership to drive sustainable financial outcomes and ensure effective financial management, governance, compliance, and reporting across Oxfam Australia.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing, psychologically safe Finance team by driving performance, capability development, continuous improvement, and alignment to organisational goals and service standards.
• Provide strategic financial leadership across Oxfam Australia, ensuring strong financial management, compliance, forecasting, budgeting, and informed decision-making.
• Lead treasury, cash flow, investment portfolio, and financial control functions, ensuring accurate reporting, audit readiness, and effective risk management.
• Act as a trusted finance advisor to the Executive Leadership Team and CEO, delivering financial insights, guidance, and strategic support to drive organisational performance.
• Lead finance systems, reporting, and compliance functions, ensuring efficient financial operations, accurate statutory reporting, and alignment with organisational strategy and ERP objectives.
• Oversee procurement, insurance, and governance reporting frameworks, providing high-quality financial reporting, advice, and support to Board committees and key stakeholders.
• Represent Oxfam Australia on finance, governance, audit, banking, taxation, and investment matters, providing strategic reporting, advice, and support to Board committees and regional forums.
• Represent Oxfam Australia at Oxfam International finance forums and contribute to strong corporate governance and accountability by ensuring compliance with, and ongoing review of, Oxfam International financial standards.

For any enquiries relating to this role, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Executive Lead Finance enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Desired Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Degree in business management, finance, economics and accounting that is recognised in Australia
• Accreditation as a chartered accountant in Australia and excellent knowledge of the Australian financial legal framework
• Substantial track record of financial leadership in an organisation with an annual operating budget of over $30 million per annum
• Excellent knowledge of the financial obligations of registered Australian Charities
• Proven skills in capability development, team leadership, performance management and change management

A little about you

1. Strategic Financial Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead complex financial operations and provide strategic financial advice that supports organisational sustainability, informed decision-making, and long-term impact.

2. People Leadership and Capability Development: Proven ability to lead, develop and empower high-performing teams through inclusive leadership, coaching and strong performance management while fostering a psychologically safe and accountable working environment.

3. Governance, Risk and Compliance: Strong understanding of governance, financial controls, audit, compliance and regulatory obligations, with the ability to strengthen organisational accountability and manage risk in complex environments. Experience in interactions and reporting at executive and board level is highly desirable.

4. Enterprise Partnership and Influence: Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across executive teams, boards, committees and external partners to drive organisational outcomes.

5. Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement: Demonstrated ability to improve systems, processes and financial operations through innovation, strategic thinking and a focus on efficiency, quality and continuous improvement.

How to Apply

Complete the online application form, then, as three separate documents, upload:

1. A cover letter that tells us why you want to join Oxfam Australia, and how your professional history and lived experience make you the right candidate.
2. Your CV.
3. Your response to the key selection criteria outlined in the advertisement.

Here is the link to the Position Description

Candidates are encouraged not to delay submitting their application - applications will be reviewed as they are received, which may result in this advertisement being removed early

What we can offer you

• Superior leave benefits and access to a generous not-for-profit salary packaging program (up to $18,450 of your salary tax-free).

• The opportunity to use your talents and expertise to make a positive impact around the world.

• We value flexibility and seek to support our people in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.
• Superannuation matching

Our culture is shaped by our values, which reinforce what we care about and how we do things, not just what we do. Our core values of Equality, Empowerment, Solidarity, Inclusiveness, Accountability and Courage drive everything we do at Oxfam.

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Therefore, our people are required to comply with the One Oxfam Child Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policies and sign the Oxfam Australia Child Safeguarding and One Oxfam Employee Codes of Conduct.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We care deeply about creating a safe and inclusive workplace where our people feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applicants with personal experience of the forms of injustice we seek to address to apply for opportunities at Oxfam Australia.

Australian work rights

Applicants will be required to show proof of their right to work in Australia the subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, which include Police Checks and Misconduct Disclosure Scheme outcomes, before commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Oxfam Australia to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Oxfam Australia will not recruit international candidates who do not hold visas permitting them to work in Australia. Oxfam Australia does not provide visa sponsorship.

Additional information

For ongoing roles, candidates will be required to have a minimum of 2 years' Australian work rights from the date of commencement of their employment with Oxfam Australia. For fixed-term roles, candidates will be required to have work rights for the full duration of the contract.

At Oxfam Australia, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture where everyone's rights are recognised and respected. Guided by feminist principles and core values, we embrace different perspectives and work to eliminate systemic inequities that perpetuate discrimination. We centre and amplify the voices of people with lived experience and work in solidarity to build a future where no one is left behind.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our actions, Oxfam Australia:

• Supports employee-led committees

• Promotes consultative ways of working and decision making

• Maintains a comprehensive enterprise agreement that prioritises employee well-being, as demonstrated through multiple leave types

• Provides ongoing awareness and training on unconscious bias, inclusion, and respectful workplace practices, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s values

• Ensures a fair and accessible recruitment process