Introduction

About Us

Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) is an independent, not for profit, primary health care organisation based in Adelaide. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the Adelaide community by coordinating and integrating health and community services and by working in partnership to identify local needs and create strategies in response to keeping people well and out of hospital; improving their experience AND their health outcomes - to deliver on our vision of ‘shaping the health system to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable people, and a healthier Adelaide’.

Why you should come work with us

Adelaide PHN offers a great range of benefits to our employees, including:

- Competitive remuneration and work-life balance.
- Access to generous not for profit salary packaging benefits, including up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meal and entertainment.
- Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, in addition to annual leave entitlements.
- Three special leave days with pay each year that can be used for any purpose.
- Support for cultural diversity and employee wellbeing, including up to ten days of cultural leave per year.
- Eight weeks of paid parental leave.
- Option to substitute public holidays.
- Generous allowance toward professional development.
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements.
- Free Employment Assistance Program.

Description As the Senior Finance Officer, you’ll bring strong technical accounting capability to our daily financial operations, month-end close activities, financial analysis and statutory, regulatory and management reporting.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this is a hands-on role in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You’ll work with colleagues across the organisation to keep our financial processes accurate, timely and compliant.

Key responsibilities include

- Support daily financial operations, including reconciliations, payment cycles and accounting entries.




- Complete month end close activities and prepare supporting reconciliations and analysis to assist the Finance Manager with the preparation of monthly financial reports, including program-based profit and loss statement.
- Monitor grant income and expenditure against funding agreements and program budgets.
- Analyse actual versus budget results and flag potential underspends or overspends.
- Prepare and lodge the Business Activity Statement (BAS) and support our ACNC and ATO obligations.
- Coordinate annual audit preparation and act as a key contact for external auditors.
- Maintain and administer Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central and help improve finance processes and controls.
- Support cash flow forecasting, budget modelling and the Annual Work Plan budget processes.

This position is a 12 month fixed-term contract while a team member is on parental leave. For more information, you can view the position description here (SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn applicants please go to our website).

Skills and Experiences

About You To be successful in this role you’ll need:

- A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CA or CPA qualification or progress towards one (desirable).
- At least 3 years experience in financial or management accounting, ideally in health, not-for-profit, community services or government funded workplace.
- Proven experience with month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and variance analysis.
- Sound working knowledge of GST, BAS preparation and relevant accounting and regulatory requirements.




- Experience with audit processes and grant or program based financial reporting.
- Recent experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a comparable financial management system.
- Excellent time management, communication and collaboration skills.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.

How To Apply Apply now by clicking on Apply and include a maximum 2 page cover letter outlining your suitability for the role along with your resume. Applications will ONLY be considered when received through our careers portal.

To apply, you must have the legal right to work in Australia and your employment will be subject to an acceptable National Police Check.

Applications close 12 noon Monday, 16 November.

For further information about this role, please contact Abbey Hosking on 08 8219 5900 or [email protected].

All enquiries and applications will be handled professionally and with the strictest of confidence.

Adelaide PHN strives to foster an environment where the diversity and intersecting identities of our people and communities are represented, valued, and celebrated. We welcome people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and diversity in culture, language, ethnicity, race, age, disability, neurodiversity, religion and beliefs, lived experience, intersex variations, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and people across the LGBTIQA+ community.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment

Adelaide PHN is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Adelaide PHN vacancies.

📌 Senior Finance Officer (Adelaide)
🏢 Adelaide PHN
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