Contract & Finance Support Officer. Niss

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 503364

**Employment type**: Full Time

**Location**: Sydney, Dandenong

**Categories**: Finance, Child, Youth & Family
- **Flexible working arrangements**:

- **$15,900 annual salary sacrifice + $2600 annual meal & entertainment card**:

- **Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations**:

- **Monthly RDO**

**About the Organisation**

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

**About the Service**

Our **National Immigration Support Service (NISS)** offers comprehensive assistance to individuals seeking asylum and refugees residing within the Australian community.

Navigating the journey toward stability in Australia, as an asylum seeker or refugee, is fraught with challenges. At Life Without Barriers, we understand the arduous quest for freedoms often overlooked by others. Our mission is to support individuals in achieving their aspirations, guiding them through the complexities of a daunting system, one step at a time.

At Life Without Barriers, our dedicated and flexible team plays a crucial role in improving the lives of refugees and asylum seekers throughout Australia. If you are driven by values of inclusivity and respect, joining our team represents a profound opportunity to make a significant difference. We approach our work with empathy and respect, addressing the unique needs of our clients and acknowledging the difficult paths they have traversed in search of safety from conflict and adversity.

Becoming part of our team could be the most meaningful step in your career, enabling you to contribute positively to the lives of those in need of support and understanding.

**About the Role**

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Life Without Barriers for a **Contract & Finance Support Officer** to support the NISS program in handling finance transactional-related inquiries, coordination, and reconciliations. Assist the Client Services team with finance-related processes to achieve their objectives and comply with organizational finance-related policies and procedures. as well as the funding model.

By joining us as a **Contract & Finance Support Officer** for the NISS program, you will play an essential role in empowering clients and their families, driving positive change, and contributing to a culture of respect, inclusion, and continuous improvement within Life Without Barriers.

This **full-time max-term (12 months)** position offers the flexibility to be based in **Sunshine or Dandenong (VIC) or Parramatta (NSW)**, with the option to work from both home and office environments, ensuring a balanced approach to professional and personal life.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assist the NISS team in ensuring all financial, statutory, and taxation requirements are met accurately and promptly, following policies and procedures.
- Build rapport with external bodies such as clients, families, suppliers, and government bodies to convey finance-related information promptly.
- Ensure accurate and timely completion of invoices for services rendered under the Operational framework and LWB National guidelines.
- Work closely with the operations team and resolve finance inquiries.
- Ensure system data integrity, perform periodic reconciliations and prepare journals.
- Support the NISS team to prepare financial information for submission, including but not limited to the funding bodies, internal and external audits.

**Skills & Experience**
- Certificate level qualifications in Accounting, Business, Commerce, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience in finance transactional services such as accounts payable, accounts receivable within a high volume, dynamic environment Demonstrated experience using a computerised accounting system
- Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes and quality standards
- Demonstrated experience is working autonomously as well as part of a team - Demonstrated experience understanding and interpreting financial information.
- Working knowledge of GST processes and requirements
- Ability to support organisation-wide initiatives that support Life Without Barriers’ Purpose and Values
- Intermediate skills in using Microsoft Office suite of programs, for example Outlook, Word and Excel
- Demonstrated verbal communication skills

**Benefits of Working with the NISS team**
- Working in an established, highly regarded and Refugee and Asylum Seeker program.
- Opportunity to work in a supportive and flexible team environment.
- Monthly RDO
- Weekly team consultation and review meetings.

**How to Apply**

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