Management & Systems Accountant

About Us

The Shepherd Centre (TSC) is a highly regarded not-for-profit, providing specialised programs for children with hearing loss and their families. Our programs meet the needs of children of all ages; from our world-leading early intervention program for babies and toddlers, through to our mentoring program ‘Hear for You’ for school-aged children and teenagers. We have been empowering generations of children with hearing loss to listen, speak and have a voice for over 50 years, creating a world of choice and amplifying possibility.

TSC currently supports over 900 families all over Australia, providing in-person and online support from 10 locations across NSW, ACT, Queensland and Tasmania. Our global platform HearHub, supports health professionals working with children with hearing loss all over the world.

About the Role

We are seeking a Management & Systems Accountant to join The Shepherd Centre's Finance team and play a key role in supporting the accuracy, integrity and continuous improvement of our financial reporting and core finance systems.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is responsible for the accuracy and integrity of TSC's month-end close, financial reporting and reconciliations, as well as the administration, integrity and continuous improvement of TSC's core finance systems, including Business Central, PracSuite and Solver. The role brings together technical financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, working closely with the Financial Controller to strengthen financial insight, system capability and controls across the finance team.

This is a permanent, full-time position (38 hours per week), for an experienced accountant with a strong aptitude for finance systems administration who is looking to make a meaningful contribution within a purpose-driven organisation.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Own and coordinate the month-end close process in Business Central, including income recognition, payroll and investment journals, and oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals and prepayments
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, management reports and support board report preparation, including variance commentary, and oversee quarterly BAS lodgement
• Support the annual budget process and quarterly reforecasts, and administer the Solver budgeting/reporting platform
• Act as finance system administrator across Business Central, Dynamics CE and Solver, managing user access, permissions, system configuration and reporting
• Champion the financial aspects of the practice management software (PracSuite) and KinderM8, and identify opportunities to automate and streamline reporting and reconciliation processes
• Support Human Resources with payroll-related and compliance accounting, including employee entitlements, superannuation, salary packaging, workers compensation returns and Long Service Leave reconciliations
• Assist in the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures.
• Review fortnightly payments for Financial Controller approval
• Provide finance team support and coverage for the Management & NDIS Accountant and Assistant Accountant during peak periods and leave

Essential Criteria

• CPA/CA qualified, with strong technical financial accounting skills
• Demonstrated experience (5+ years) in a relevant accounting role
• Legal right to work in Australia
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (essential)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and strong proficiency across the Microsoft 365 suite of applications
• Demonstrated system administration capability, comfortable owning user access, configuration, integrations and vendor relationships across finance platforms
• Exceptional communication, engagement and relationship-building skills, with demonstrated ability to influence non-finance leaders
• Resilient and forward-thinking, with the courage to face challenges, hold operational leaders to account on budget discipline, and find creative solutions
• A passion for working with children and a commitment to empowering deaf children and their families

Why Join The Shepherd Centre?

We don’t just profess our values, we truly practice them through the work that each and every one of us performs each day. We act and communicate with Compassion and Integrity in everything we do. We strive to Empower everyone we meet – our children, families and stakeholders. We foster Innovation – committed to finding better ways of doing things, through evidence-based practice. And finally, we support our people to be Courageous and harness their Creativity to unlock potential, enable progress and create new opportunities.

At The Shepherd Centre, we are passionate about improving outcomes for the children accessing our programs and we support our people to have a great work-life balance. We offer competitive benefits including:

• Competitive salary with not-for-profit salary packaging – claim up to $15,900 of your salary tax free per year + meal entertainment expenses up to $2,650 per year
• Flexible work hours, including options to work some days from home/remotely
• A full Christmas and New Year shutdown period to recharge
• Option to work a 9 day fortnight, with 1 day off per fortnight
• Excellent internal professional and career development opportunities
• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• A friendly and professional company culture
• Free confidential access to Employee Assistance Program

How to apply:

Please submit your resume and cover letter, addressing how you meet the key requirements of the role. Closing date is Friday 18th September 2026.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we will be actively shortlisting applications as they are received. As such, this position may be filled prior to the closing date.

If you have any questions about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process, please contact *******@shepherdcentre.org.au.

The Shepherd Centre is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing a work environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Please let us know if you have any support or access requirements at the time of your application.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.