Georges River Council

Finance Trainee

About Georges River Council

Georges River Council is a leading, people-focused organisation with approximately 600 staff members. Our people are working to make the Georges River area an accessible, green, diverse and innovative community and economy. We are dedicated to providing vibrant public places, sustaining and developing a thriving creative culture, helping protect our natural environment, and making our suburbs more liveable.

About the job

• This is a temporary 2-year traineeship, with the option of working Full time or part time to be flexible around study commitments
• Traineeship wages will apply in accordance with the Local Government State Award (2020)

The Finance Trainee will work within the Finance Team to support an efficient operation of finance services to the community. The successful candidate will perform day to day administrative duties, along with learning and supporting all aspects of finance.

In addition to the finance duties, you will perform day to day general administration duties such as:

• Reviewing and actioning customer requests, processing invoices, budget requests, purchasing requests, returned mail investigation and website content review.
• Supporting internal and external customers with general enquiries

About you

To take up this traineeship, you will be willing to or working towards completing a Cert III in Business, Cert IV in Financial Services or Bachelor degree in relevant field. You will be a great communicator, and passionate about working in a team. You will have an interest in working in an office environment and be willing to learn finance processes. You will be comfortable working on a computer but certainly up for a challenge in learning new systems.

For more information on this position please click here for the Position Description or contact Craig Henry, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis on 02 9330 9504.

Applications must be completed and submitted via our website. Closing Date: Monday 12 May 2025 at 11:59pm AEST

Offers of employment at Georges River Council are contingent upon satisfactory results of a thorough background check.

Georges River Council aims to be a leading, people-focused organisation delivering outstanding results for our community and city. We foster our values of Accountability, Professionalism, Unity and Honesty and take pride in promoting the image of Council in the community.

We are committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

At Georges River Council we are committed to putting children first and championing child safety within our community. We actively advocate for the rights of children and young people and will uphold our commitment as a child safe organisation.

Please note you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident or have unlimited working rights (with no Visa restrictions) in Australia to apply for this position.