Posted: 16/07/2025
Closing Date: 30/07/2025
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Wakefield St, Adelaide
Job Category: Accounting
Nunkuwarrin Yunti, the foremost Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Adelaide aims to promote and deliver improvement in the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families in the greater metropolitan areas of Adelaide and regional areas to advance their social, cultural and economic status. The Organisation places a strong focus on a client centered approach to the delivery of services and a collaborative working culture to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
Nunkuwarrin Yunti is a Child Safe Organisation.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Finance Unit is responsible for ensuring Nunkuwarrin Yunti’s financial resources are managed in an effective and efficient manner such that all financial activities undertaken by the Organisation meet legal requirements and other reporting obligations. The Finance Unit provides financial support and advice to Executive and Managers and is the first point of contact for all staff payroll activities.

The Finance Manager position is responsible for the provision of financial and accounting services relevant to the business activities of Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc, including and not limited to:

• Preparation of financial statements and reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Preparation and monitoring of budgets for all programs, including regularly reporting on actual results against budget.
• Providing expert financial information and advice to Executive and Managers to enable them to make informed decisions.
• Maintaining control over funding, including capital projects according to set budgets.
• Managing the payroll function.
• Ensuring that the revenues and assets of the organisation are protected through the establishment of effective financial controls.
• Ensuring effective communication processes with internal and external clients of the organisation including funding bodies, government agencies and other key stakeholders.
• Ensuring funding body accounts and statutory accounts are managed efficiently and comply with accounting standards and legal requirements.
• Maintaining the financial fixed asset register.
• Managing other financial requirements such as banking and investment, insurance and owned property valuation.
• Managing the audit function and ensuring Nunkuwarrin Yunti’s auditors are provided with accurate and timely information for the annual audit review.
• Undertaking projects within broadly defined guidelines.
• Contributing to meeting the organisation’s objectives through the ongoing development, implementation and review of policies, procedures, reporting processes and initiatives.
• Overseeing Finance Unit staff and activities to ensure the day to day operations of the Finance Unit are undertaken to best practice human resource management standards.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL – includes qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge

• Contribute to and support positive team morale by actively and regularly participate in team planning activities and team meetings.
• Actively develop and maintain effective internal and external networks in a professional manner.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Program policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with and support other Nunkuwarrin Yunti colleagues and teams where required.
• Contribute to strategic planning activities.
• Participate in internal working groups, committees and organisational activities where requested and/or willingly volunteer to contribute to organisational activities.
• Promote and present a positive image of Nunkuwarrin Yunti to other staff, clients and the community in general.

• Preparation of financial statements and reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Preparation and monitoring of budgets for all programs, including regularly reporting on actual results against budget.
• Providing expert financial information and advice to Executive and Managers to enable them to make informed decisions.
• Maintaining control over funding, including capital projects according to set budgets.
• Managing the payroll function.
• Ensuring that the revenues and assets of the organisation are protected through the establishment of effective financial controls.
• Ensuring effective communication processes with internal and external clients of the organisation including funding bodies, government agencies and other key stakeholders.
• Ensuring funding body accounts and statutory accounts are managed efficiently and comply with accounting standards and legal requirements.
• Maintaining the financial fixed asset register.
• Managing other financial requirements such as banking and investment, insurance and owned property valuation.
• Managing the audit function and ensuring Nunkuwarrin Yunti’s auditors are provided with accurate and timely information for the annual audit review.
• Undertaking projects within broadly defined guidelines.
• Contributing to meeting the organisation’s objectives through the ongoing development, implementation and review of policies, procedures, reporting processes and initiatives.
• Overseeing Finance Unit staff and activities to ensure the day to day operations of the Finance Unit are undertaken to best practice human resource management standards