Business Support Officer

**Churches of Christ, Housing, Kenmore Campus**

**Permanent Full-time Opportunity**

**Imagine working for us**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Kenmore based head office with free on-site parking;
- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia’s largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**About the role**

As the Business Support Officer, your experience and enthusiasm will enable you to effectively provide business support and finance activities within our Business Support Accounting team. You will start within our Housing Services team to help familiarise yourself to the systems and procedures we use. You will then transition into our Business Support Services Finances team.

As an integral member of this team, you will assist in the preparation of monthly and annual reporting in addition to assisting with ad hoc enquiries and reports.

Operationally, your day-to-day duties will include:

- Manage financial processes including accounts receivables and payables
- Assist the accountant with ad hoc enquiries and reporting
- Support, monitor and review general administration activities including; general correspondence, enquiries, general filing and petty cash
- Maintain and review information systems in accordance with legislative and organisational
- Monitor interaction between tenancy and financial management systems.

Remuneration for this role is $29.71 - $33.12 per hour commensurate with experience.

**About you**

You describe yourself as efficient and are able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, enjoying phone contact and seeking to ensure a professional and positive outcome from each call. You listen to the needs of all stakeholders and operate with confidentiality and initiative.

You are looking for a role that will enable you to contribute to a positive, supportive team culture in a busy and varied environment. It is essential that you understand office administration processes and operating office equipment. Ideally you will have had some exposure to billing and reconciliations.

Your qualifications and experience should include:

- A Diploma qualification in Business or Finance (or equivalent);
- Solid experience in business support and/or financial management;
- Knowledge and understanding of financial arrangements within the care industry would be desirable.

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.
- Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. As part of the recruitment processes we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction._

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as received