Junior Finance Officer

OIN THE TEAM AT CHILDFUND AUSTRALIA

A career at ChildFund isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children worldwide.

ChildFund Australia is an independent international development organisation working to reduce poverty for children in developing communities. Our mission is to partner to create communities and systems change, which enables vulnerable children and young people, in all their diversity, to assert and realise their rights.

As a member of our Finance Team, you will support the team with transactional accounting processes, including donation receipts and balance sheet reconciliations. You will also gain exposure to the financial reporting process, supporting the team with month-end & year-end deliverables.

How?

• You'll assist the Financial Accountant with Salesforce database reconciliation tasks, including but not limited to monthly Direct Debit payment runs and rejections, Corporate and Major Donor payments, transfers to ChildFund Alliance members, refunds and reports
• You'll prepare bank and balance sheet reconciliations and booking-related journals in the General Ledger
• You'll support the Finance team with month-end and year-end deliverables
• You'll support with other tasks as required by the Finance team, within known skills, knowledge and capabilities

What skills and experience will you bring?

You’ll have:

• Experience in transactional accounting processes and/or working towards a degree in Accounting or Finance
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• A pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ideally you'll also have experience with Sage Intact and previous experience in the not-for-profit or international development sector.

This role is a fixed term, part time role (60%), until February 2026, based in our office in Surry Hills, Sydney. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements, with our team working part of the week from home where responsibilities make this possible. As a PBI, we also provide our people with salary packaging benefits, which result in reduced tax liability.

Ending child poverty is going to take all of us. If you’re ready to be part of the movement, please apply.

NOTE: Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.

Are you with us?

ChildFund Australia believes in a global community where children are safe and can reach their full potential. We take extensive steps to safeguard children in any work done by our people, i.e., our staff, volunteers and interns, supporters, partners, board members, ambassadors and suppliers. We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people. As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund Australia.

At ChildFund Australia, all staff must remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding or sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment (SEAH) risks. Staff will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand our Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies & procedures, promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct themselves consistent with these policies.

In line with our values, diversity of people and ideas is critical to our work and our success at ChildFund Australia. We strive for a team culture that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. ChildFund is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply for any vacancies.

We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our hiring process. If you have any specific needs or require assistance with the application process, please let us know