Principal Controls Officer

Queensland's hospital system is facing greater demand and pressure than ever before. This is driven by our growing and ageing population, and compounded by pressures on primary, aged and disability care. To help address this, the Health Capital Division (HCD), in partnership with Hospital and Health Services (HHS), is leading the biggest hospital expansion program Queensland has ever seen. The program includes building three new hospitals, expanding 11, upgrading rural and regional health facilities and delivering thousands of new hospital beds in the next five years. Working in HCD, you will forge a new sustainable delivery model and contribute to the delivery of projects that ultimately improve the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders – what could be more rewarding than that?
Working in the Program Performance Unit of the Operations Branch, the Principal Controls Officer role will be to develop, define, implement, and train project control functions to improve project outcomes for the division.
We are seeking someone to undertake program, project, and financial management best practices, and maintain excellent relationships with project teams and key stakeholders to allow successful delivery of the capital infrastructure programs.
Key responsibilities will include:
Delivering program, project and financial control functions including project creation, project finalisation, change control and management of time, cost, and scope.Researching, analysing, and interpreting issues relating to project, program and financial controls through on-going master data audits and data reconciliations in project and financial systems.Performing a subject matter expert role and provide specialist advice to users and other stakeholders regarding the use of program, project, and financial control frameworks to deliver business requirements.Leading the ongoing development and delivery of program and project controls training.Ensuring system capability and best practice control frameworks in accordance with relevant legislation, accounting standards and departmental policy.Building and maintaining Excel tools and reports to help support the delivery and maintenance of capital projects.The successful person Whilst not mandatory, the following would be well regarded:
P3O and MSP experienceExperience in program, project and financial controls process management and compliance, preferably with large infrastructure programsAdvanced Excel and power BI skills, particularly with large amount of dataTravel may be required to various locations depending on the project and team requirements.
Essential requirements for this role include:
Ability to anticipate and respond to client and stakeholder needs and expectations.Can confidently present messages in a clear, concise, and articulate manner.Maintaining a high standard of practice through governance and risk management.Ability to provide advice, challenge issues constructively and able to justify own approach.Gathering and investigating information from diverse sources and exploring new ideas/ different viewpoints.A fast-paced, challenging, and supportive environmentCompetitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading.Flexible working arrangementsCareer training and developmentHow to Apply To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your resume including two referees who have a thorough knowledge of your capabilities, work performance and conduct within the previous two years and a cover letter of no more than two pages outlining how your knowledge, skills, and experience in relation to the essential requirements for this role make you a strong candidate for the role. Please alsoanswer the following questions within your application:
Q1 – What is your motivation to join Health Capital Division?Q2 – Outline which HCD commitment you align the most closely with and provide an example of when you have lived this commitment.Q3 – Provide an example of how you showed initiative to solve a problem?Q4 – Have you ever had any serious disciplinary action taken against you in the Queensland public sector?Further informationWe are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/humanrights ) and diversity ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/inclusion-and-diversity-commitment ) .
Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies which may include an alternative employment basis (temporary; full time or part time).
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