Finance Officer (Brigades)

Full Time or Part Time | Fixed Term (ends 16.10.2026)
Location | Melton or North Geelong
PTA 4 | $89,586 pa plus 12% superannuation

About This Role

CFA is an emergency service that places the community at the centre of everything we do. We work to protect lives and property across Victoria, every hour of the day. Our organisation is made up of employees working alongside more than 51,000 volunteers.

We value the different skills, experience and viewpoints that people bring because they strengthen how we operate and support the services Victorians rely on. We aim to be a workplace where people feel supported to do meaningful work, develop professionally and contribute to outcomes that matter to the people and places we serve.

About the Role

We are looking for a Finance Officer (Brigades) to commence immediately through to 16 October 2026 on a full‑time or part‑time (0.6) basis. The role is located at either District 14 in Melton or District 7 in North Geelong. The Finance Officer will support the Brigade Finance function by providing guidance and mentoring to volunteers on financial management, ensuring compliance with legislation and CFA policies.

The role entails gaining a strong understanding of assigned brigades’ and groups’ financial activities, conducting assurance checks, reporting findings, and helping CFA meet its compliance and reporting obligations.

About You

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with a range of personnel, particularly volunteers.
• High level written and verbal communication skills and ability to compile databases and reports utilising appropriate computer applications (word processing, spreadsheets, bookkeeping packages).
• Experience in working to timelines and briefs with minimal disruption to other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated results orientation, including the ability to meet deadlines for the delivery of defined outputs, reports and other data.
• Experience working with spreadsheets and accounting software packages such as Xero and SAP is highly advantageous.
• Understanding of the CFA volunteer ethos.
• Good understanding of financial reports and accounting concepts to apply to an internal assurance program, reviewing brigade financial activity.

This position may involve travel and after‑hours work at times. The successful candidate will have access to a CFA pool car for this purpose. A driver’s licence is required.

Flexible part‑time (0.60) and hybrid work arrangements are available for the successful candidate.

Why choose CFA

• Meaningful Purpose: Your contribution truly makes a difference.
• Work‑Life Balance: Paid parental leave, generous leave provisions.
• Flexibility: Hybrid work options with flexible work arrangements.
• Discounts: Emergency Memberlink discounts on various services.
• Wellbeing Focus: Health Ready programmes, flu vaccinations.
• Member Assistance Program: Access support across 8 service pathways.

Application Process

Application instructions, pre‑employment checks and contacting details are provided in the original posting.

EEO Statement

First Nations people, women, people of all ages, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. If at any stage of the recruitment and selection process you require an alternative format to the application material or reasonable adjustment to the interview arrangements, please contact the person listed on the ad or email [email protected].

Privacy Statement

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) values your privacy. We will use the information you provide when you are applying for employment with us for the purpose of recruitment, selection, evaluation and appointment and to report on anonymised key metrics (e.g. diversity). The information we collect will be handled in accordance with privacy laws, including the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

The Privacy Statement can be accessed from the CFA website. For access and correction of the information we have collected, contact [email protected].