Finance Officer

About UsTangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

First incorporated in 1979, the organisation was a finalist in the 2016 Reconciliation Australia, Indigenous Governance Awards and is one of the 10 largest Aboriginal Corporations in Australia.

The Council offers 6 weeks Annual Leave and attractive Remote Area Salary Packaging.

The Opportunity

The finance officer works as part of a team of finance officers that is responsible to the Finance Manager and Chief Finance Officer. The team of finance officers works together to prepare purchase orders, pay suppliers, book travel, bill clients, handle cash for sitting fees/petty cash/prepaid cards and process weekly payroll.

The finance officers may be asked to process transactions for Tangentyere Council and any of its related enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Maintain complete and accurate records for accounts payable and accounts receivable systems to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Administer the weekly payroll to ensure that employees are paid in an accurate and timely manner.
• Process cash and EFTPOS transactions and ensure all floats/sitting fees & prepaid cards are reconciled.
• Assist Westpac bank clients with money withdrawals and balance inquires.
• Manage finance records to satisfy audit, statutory and management requirements.
• Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
• Other reasonable duties as required.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria

Required

·       Extensive and proven experience in bookkeeping or bank teller experience.

·       A thorough knowledge of record keeping within a large organisation relevant to the position.

·       Proven experience in working with Indigenous people.

·       Proven experience in the use and maintenance of computer programs relevant to the position.

·       Proven experience in all facets of maintaining accurate EFTPOS and Cash handling records.

·       Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.

Desired

·       Experience with Reckon, KeyPay and Banking software.

·       An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal people.

·       Experience working within an indigenous organisation.

Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.

How to Apply
Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.

To apply, please go to https://www.tangentyere.org.au/work-with-us to lodge an application.

To be consider for this position, the application must include the following documents: Cover Letter, claims against the Selection Criteria and a Resume (including two nominated current referees). The application must also include a copy of a satisfactory Police Check, Ochre Card (WWC), and evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination (three doses consisting of two primary and one booster).

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

Closing Date: 18/09/2026