Job Description
Help shape financial strategy and hold responsibility for planning and reporting across a diverse educational organisation where every dollar supports transformational education deeply rooted in a Biblical worldview.....
About the Role:
Are you a strategic finance leader with a passion for purpose‑driven work? NT Christian Schools, a growing network of Christ‑centred campuses across the Northern Territory, is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our System Office and help steward our financial future with excellence and integrity.
In this key leadership role, you’ll help shape financial strategy and hold responsibility for planning and reporting across a diverse educational organisation where every dollar supports transformational education deeply rooted in a Biblical worldview.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in collaborative, high‑impact environments and who is energized by purpose, as much as performance. Be ready to partner with our executive team to ensure sustainability, steward resources wisely, and enable our schools to flourish.
We are offering the opportunity to be considered in the succession plan for the Finance Director, and the chance to live and work in the stunning and culturally rich Top End and Central Australia.
Bring your financial expertise to a role with meaning, influence and heart. Adventure Awaits, apply today!
About Us:
NT Christian Schools exists to advance the Christian religion through the provision of education and religious instruction. For the purposes of upholding the Christian ethos of our schools, it is a genuine occupational qualification of this role that applicants be able to teach religious education, lead, and otherwise assist in, religious practices and observances and personally adhere to, uphold, and authentically model the religious beliefs of NT Christian Schools.
What we offer (pro-rate per appointment)
- Six (6) weeks annual leave + stand-down.
- 12% employer super contribution.
- Long Service Leave pro-rata after five (5) years of continuous service.
- Fifteen (15) days per year of personal leave annually.
- Up to eight (8) weeks paid maternity leave for eligible employees in addition to government.
- Continued professional development in-person conferences and online e learning.
- Opportunity to study with the National Institute of Christian Education, paid by NT Christian schools.
- Tuition Discounts for your children if they attend an NTCS schools.
- Financial and practical assistance to relocate to the Territory.
- Eligibility to be redeployed to another one of our regional or remote campuses.
- Salary Sacrificing.
- Access to counselling assistance with the employee wellbeing program.
- BUPA Health Care corporate rates.
Additional Application Instructions
For enquiries please contact Human Resources on 088923455 or human.resources@ntchristianschools.com.au; apply on our website with a resume and cover letter
Do Applicants need to have Permission to work in Australia?
Since 1977, NT Christian Schools has been delivering high-quality, Christ-centred Christian education in a wide variety of contexts across the Northern Territory. As a distinctive organisation, we seek to serve God through contextualised education, training and care from a Biblical perspective for all students, including those who are not served well by the traditional education system.
Our vision is: “To be Christian communities, learning together to live life as God intended, offering hope for the world”.