Assistant Finance Manager

Assistant Finance Manger (Parental Leave Cover)

About us:

Arafmi is the peak body for unpaid mental health carers in Queensland, Arafmi provides free services for mental health carers in Queensland, and advocates for systemic reforms. They have 50 years’ experience and are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people and their families and carers.

The Finance Team provides a expert corporate and finance support services to the organisation and its managers.

About the role:

In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the organisation’s payroll and month-end financial processes, and providing day-to-day financial and administrative support across the business.

You will operates with a significant degree of independence, exercising sound judgement and acting as the first point of contact for finance and budget-related queries.

This is a part-time (3 days per week), maximum-term position covering a period of parental leave to 15 May 2027.

Responsibilities include:

Payroll

• Process payroll end-to-end for all staff, including new starters, terminations, leave, and adjustments
• Ensure payroll compliance with relevant awards, legislation, and organisational policy
• Lodge Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting in line with ATO requirements
• Manage Workcover, PLSL, Super and other statutory payroll-related compliance lodgements
• Respond to and resolve staff payroll queries

Month-End & Financial Processing

• Manage the month-end close process end-to-end, including journals, accruals, and reporting deadlines
• Prepare bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations
• Process accounts payable, including invoice coding, approvals, and payment runs
• Present month-end outputs to the CFO for final review and sign-off
• Prepare and lodge Qaurterly reporting for BAS

Budget Support

• Assist the CFO with budget preparation, monitoring, and reporting tasks
• Act as the first point of contact for staff budget-related queries when the CFO is unavailable, escalating as needed

Systems & General Support

• Provide first-line support to staff experiencing login or access issues with organisational platforms
• Triage IT support requests to the external IT provider and follow up to ensure timely resolution
• Maintain a working understanding of the organisation’s core systems to support effective triage and staff assistance

About you:

To be successful, you will have…

Essential

• Demonstrated experience managing payroll end-to-end, including STP and statutory compliance lodgements (Experience with Employment Hero Payroll preferred)
• Experience with month-end processes, including bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience with MYOB
• Sound understanding of accounts payable processes
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement with limited day-to-day supervision
• Strong communication skills and confidence liaising with staff at all levels
• Good working knowledge of common IT systems/platforms sufficient to triage support issues effectively
• A current Working With Children Check (Blue Card) and National Police Check (or ability to obtain)

Desirable

• Relevant qualification in accounting (progression toward CA/CPA is preferred)
• Prior experience in a small-to-medium organisation supporting a CFO or senior finance leader
• Experience assisting with budget preparation or monitoring

Why Join Arafmi?

You’ll be part of a values-led organisation that prioritises staff wellbeing, autonomy, and connection. Arafmi offers a supportive team culture, flexible working arrangements, generous salary packaging, and an opportunity to truly impact carers’ lives across Queensland.

To Apply

If you are interested in this exciting role, please submit a cover letter addressing how you meet the selection criteria. Alternatively, if you have any further questions please email recruitment@arafmi.com.au.

We will be undertaking progressive interviewing for this role so encourage you to apply early.