Finance Officer

Mount Evelyn Christian School

Mount Evelyn VIC, Australia

Part time Administration / Clerical

Job Description

Manage accounts payable and receivable, to reconciling financial records and supporting reporting processes, this role helps ensure the smooth and accurate management of the School’s finances......

Tenure: Ongoing

FTE: 0.60 – 0.80

Mount Evelyn Christian School (MECS) and Ranges TEC are seeking a capable, detail-oriented, and service-minded Finance Officer to join our Finance Team. This position is available to commence as soon as possible, offering a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the financial stewardship of two vibrant, Christ-centred learning communities

Working closely with the Business Manager, Finance Manager, and the broader Finance Team, the Finance Officer will play an important role in the day-to-day financial operations of the School. From managing accounts payable and receivable, to reconciling financial records and supporting reporting processes, this role helps ensure the smooth and accurate management of the School’s finances.

You will also work alongside families and suppliers in a professional and supportive manner, assisting with school fee processes, coordinating payments, and maintaining clear and accurate financial data. Your work will directly support the operational strength and long-term sustainability of the School.

This position operates across both the Mount Evelyn Christian School campus (MECS) in Mount Evelyn and the Ranges TEC campus in Lilydale, providing variety and the opportunity to be part of two dynamic and growing educational communities.

If you are someone who enjoys working with numbers, values accuracy and integrity, and takes pride in supporting a mission-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Required qualifications and experience include:

• Demonstrated experience in a finance or accounting role, preferably with responsibility for accounts payable and receivable.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate financial records and reconciliations.
• Experience processing invoices, coordinating supplier payments, and maintaining financial systems.
• Confidence communicating with families and suppliers in a professional, helpful, and respectful manner.
• Experience assisting with month-end processes, financial reconciliations, and reporting.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong computer literacy, including financial systems, Microsoft Office, and Google applications.
• A genuine commitment to the vision and mission of Mount Evelyn Christian School and Ranges TEC.
• Hold a current Working with Children Check.
• Have a current National Police Check or obtain one prior to being offered a position.

MECS has a strict Child Safety Policy. The safety and wellbeing of all our students is a high priority. As part of our recruitment process, MECS undertakes rigorous reference and background checking. The applicant must hold a current Working with Children Check, and have a current National Police Check or obtain one prior to being offered a position

We reserve the right to commence the interview process and appoint a suitable candidate prior to the closing date, should an appropriate applicant be identified.

Applications are invited from highly motivated and appropriately skilled individuals. To apply please go to the Mount Evelyn Christian School website employment page –

https://www.mecs.vic.edu.au/work-with-us

Applications close: Friday, 24 April 2026

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Mount Evelyn Christian School

Seeking the Kingdom of God in education

Mount Evelyn Christian School provides Parent-governed, Christ-centred schooling with learning experiences that challenge each student to actively live for God in His world, while partnering with Christian parents in the nurture of their children at a price affordable to those who are committed.

We strive to be a school that provides all our students – each wonderfully and uniquely made in God’s image with different gifts and abilities – an education that challenges them to live for God, not themselves; to see education as the pathway to service.

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