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Organisation : Early Childhood Management Services (ECMS)

Location : Melbourne (CBD & Inner Suburbs)

Work type : Full-time

Sector : Children

Salary type : Annual Package

About the organisation

Organisation Name : Early Childhood Management Services (ECMS)

Early Childhood Management Services (ECMS) is a children’s services organisation that has been providing high quality and inclusive early learning and care for children, families and communities for 25 years. With over 60 kindergartens and childcare centres ECMS influences the lives of 6,500 children across Victoria each week. Every ECMS kindergarten and childcare centre is designed to reflect the needs of its local community and families, ensuring that children thrive in life.

About the role

  • 6 Month contract, possibility of perm
  • Reporting to the CEO, $50m annual revenue, 850 staff
  • Would suit immediately available candidates with NFP / commercial experience

The Organisation

Early Childhood Management Services (ECMS) is a children’s services organisation that has been providing high quality and inclusive early learning and care for children, families and communities for 25 years. With over 60 kindergartens and childcare centres ECMS influences the lives of 6,500 children across Victoria each week. Every ECMS kindergarten and childcare centre is designed to reflect the needs of its local community and families, ensuring that children thrive in life.

Benefits & Culture

  • Play a leading role in transforming an organisation to have greater impact on children
  • Work with dynamic and creative colleagues who are committed to the early childhood sector
  • Based in a sought after location in Northcote with a flexible, high-trust working culture

The Role

Reporting to the CEO, this interim role leads the Commercial Team, including Finance, IT and Facilities functions, in a collaborative effort to ensure ECMS is operating at an optimal level. This role has responsibility for collaborating with the executive team in the implementation of the financial strategy, enterprise risk, planning, stewardship and integrity of financial processes to enable ECMS to achieve its objectives and shape the emerging long-term organisational strategy.

Specifically you will –

  • Develop financial strategies for growth and sustainability
  • Oversee financial year end and budgeting processes
  • Assist with the implementation of a new organisational reporting system
  • Offer proactive strategic counsel to the Board and the Executive informed by contemporary financial analysis
  • Manage and coach the finance team to drive performance and accountability
  • Oversee IT, procurement, maintenance and facilities, payroll and a small number of outsourced service providers

Skills Required

To be successful in this role you will have-

  • Proven team leadership experience at an executive finance level
  • In depth knowledge of management and financial accounting
  • A qualification in accounting or related discipline
  • Strong business and financial acumen in overseeing resources and budgets
  • Influencing and communicating skills to engage a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
  • A nuanced understanding of change within organisations

If you are an experienced finance executive with commercial flare please click apply to submit your application including any questions you may have or call Gemma Schade on 03 8080 8976 after January 4th.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

How to apply

Applications not allowed for this job listing.

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Please quote in application: Chief Financial Officer - 6 month contract via Pro Bono Australia.


Profession: #CEO_and_Senior_Management, #Finance_and_Accounting, #Management
Sector: #Children
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