Financial Accountant

Work in an environment that offers:

• Support for career progression and development
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• 5 weeks annual leave

The Position

Job Reference: 2852 

Position Title: Financial Accountant
Classification: HS5 - Administration Officer Grade 5
Hours per fortnight: 80
Employment Status: Ongoing Full Time

Closing date: 02/09/2025 

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional looking to contribute your expertise to a meaningful role in healthcare? Bendigo Health is seeking a Financial Accountant to play a pivotal role in supporting our financial control functions. If you excel in delivering accurate financial insights, ensuring compliance and driving system improvements, this position is for you

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will provide leadership across the financial control function, supporting general ledger accounting and delivering high quality, timely financial imformation to key stakeholders. 

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Finance and Resources Division is responsible for financial functions, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, performance monitoring and analysis, together with our procurement, materials management and facilities management functions. The division also includes Health Information Services with key roles in medical record management, clinical documentation, freedom of information, and external data reporting requirements. These are essential non-clinical services providing high-quality support, advice, monitoring and compliance functions. The team are focussed on delivering the strategic vision within their responsibilities and on assisting the organisation operationally.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact Levi Walker, Diector Financial Services on for a confidential discussion.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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