Senior Management Accountant - Supporter Engagement

There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

In this changing and competitive world, we need you to be proactive and take action to look after the financial health of our organisation. As a Senior Management Accountant to the Retail network, Corporate Partnership and Philanthropic teams you will play an important role helping your stakeholders maximise their revenue for the Save the Children mission. You will support critical decision-making by analysing and presenting key financial data, preparing forecasts, budgets and risk analyses, and courageously challenging to drive the best outcomes. You are a strategist and a decision maker that will contribute to the growth and long-term success of Save the Children Australia.

Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

Here you’re empowered to make a difference in children’s lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this full-time, maximum term role (for 12 months), you’ll work as a part of Commercial Finance team within the Finance department in either Melbourne or Brisbane, to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. Senior Management Accountant – Supporter Engagement plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Reporting to our Head of Finance, whether it’s working in a business partnering role or supporting your stakeholders to understand their financial performance and ensuring we plan accurately for the future, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

You will make a difference by:

· Supporting your stakeholders and their financial management, through accurate month end closes, insightful financial & business performance reporting, and future pipeline tracking & analysis

· Taking a lead with your stakeholders through our Budget and Forecasting processes

· Providing business modelling that supports key strategic decision making for the organisation

· Confidently challenging and influencing for the best outcomes

· Adopting a continuous improvement mindset, and delivering value through efficiency improvements

· Working well under pressure and to tight timelines

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise as an experienced Management Accountant who has a track record of business partnering senior leaders in fast-paced and complex environments is invaluable. You show a willingness to be a team player both within Finance and for your stakeholders, have an ability to take ownership of tasks and processes for the portfolio(s) you support, and are able to connect financial performance to business decisions. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day, means:

· 6-10 years of experience working in similar roles

· An analytical mindset, extracting insightful information from our data

· Proven ability to develop relationships and support senior stakeholders within the organisation

· An ability to challenge and hold others to account

· Strong excel skills, including advanced formulae (macro and coding knowledge would be viewed favourably)

A place to belong:

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

· Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way

· A modern, up to date working space, or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both!

· Kids are welcome! We understand the demands of working parents and we have safe, accessible spaces where our little people can relax while their mums or dads help other children and families,

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

· Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).

· Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

· Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Applications close 4pm AEDT, Friday 5th April 2024.

Position Description – Senior Management Accountant

For more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.