**Job no**: 504868
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Sydney
**Categories**: Administration/Customer Service, Finance, Disability
**About the Organisation**
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers' corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
**About the Role**:
Reporting to the Manager, Financial Management and Business Process your role will be to will support finance processing across various functions, with a key emphasis on debtor collections. You will work closely with the Client Funds Project Team to ensure compliance with finance-related policies and procedures while providing efficient and accurate financial services.
In this role, you'll have interact with key users/stakeholders and contribute to the success of the organisation by ensuring financial transactions are processed smoothly and efficiently.
This is a full time 12 month maximum term contract, location is flexible. This role offers the flexibility to work from your preferred location, whether that is your home or from an LWB office.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Process debtor accounts, handle enquiries, and complete debtor related journals.
- Reconcile accounts and debtor balances on a fortnightly basis and assist with month-end processes.
- Manage collections and follow up on aged debtors, including sending reminders for outstanding amounts.
- Provide aged debtors reporting and analysis to stakeholders and ensure compliance with financial policies.
- Generate receipt files for accounts receivable,, and other financial transactions.
- Support the creation and maintenance of user guides and training materials.
- Work with the broader team to identify and implement systems improvements, share best practices, and assist with continuous process enhancements.
- Interact with Power BI reports to analyse data, support finance tasks, and escalate any issues or errors to the relevant managers.
- Maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders while ensuring efficient financial operations.
**Skills & Experience**:
- Certificate level qualification in finance, business, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in finance transactional services (accounts payable, accounts receivable) within a high-volume workplace.
- Proficient in using computerised accounting systems.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver within timeframes and quality standards.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to understand and interpret financial information.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
**How to Apply**
**Advertised**: 10 Apr 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 21 Apr 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time
📌 Finance Officer (Debtors)
🏢 Life Without Barriers
📍 Sydney