Senior Analyst

Details of the offer

Job type: Full time / Until 30 June 2028
Organisation: Department of Health
Occupation: Finance
Reference: VG/DH/HV/TBA
Job posted: 18/12/2024
Closes: 05/01/2025
Classification: VPSG5
Salary Range: $109,730 - $132,764
The Department of Health plays a critical role in the Victorian health system and is responsible for shaping it to meet the health needs of all Victorians.
We're focused on supporting Victorians to be as healthy as they can; whether through alerting them to seasonal risks like thunderstorm asthma, notifying them of contact with communicable diseases, safeguarding their drinking water, developing the best health, wellbeing and care facilities in the world, being at the forefront of mental health and wellbeing treatment or accelerating medical research.
It's all part of the way we partner with the community to help every individual lead a healthy life.
About the role:An experienced analyst with expertise in health service funding models, capable of translating complex data into actionable strategies and improvement programs.Skilled at analysing datasets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities, including variations in NWAU and benchmarking across hospitals and national datasets.A collaborative professional with strong business acumen, adept at stakeholder engagement, risk management, and delivering data-driven insights to inform sector-wide financial improvement.Reporting to the Principal Analyst, Financial Improvement & Capability, the Senior Analyst is responsible for supporting improvement and capability analytics including revenue optimisation analysis.
The Senior Analyst role will work within a small team and contribute to complex analysis and analysis design as needed.
Focusing on Health Service financial/activity analysis and reporting to support sector improvement and capability, the Senior Analyst role is responsible for identifying improvement opportunities and ensuring the unit's financial improvement targets, as agreed with government, can be monitored, reported, audited, and acquitted.
This position is part of a specialist unit dedicated to driving financial improvement and capability across Victoria's health services.
About us:At the Victorian Department of Health, we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world.
A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.
We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe, and to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all.
How you'll make a difference:Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate: Knowledge and SkillsLeadership - Builds team commitment by demonstrating personal conviction; translates organisational strategy into meaningful long-term plans and objectives for own area of responsibility; motivates others to deliver against goals.Financial Acumen - Demonstrated experience in the provision of financial support within complex organisations and ability to provide financial analysis and benchmarking that influences operational performance and outcomes.Commercial Skills - Undertakes and acts on cost benefit analysis; knowledgeable about financial issues and responsibilities; proactively seeks more efficient ways of doing things; focuses on activities and projects that will bring the best business return for the team and organisation.Personal QualitiesConceptual and Analytical Ability - Deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; uses analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems; has creative ideas and can project how these can link to innovations.Relationship Building - Establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions, and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values, and communication; minimises surprises.Decisiveness - Takes rational and sound decisions based on a consideration of the facts and alternatives; makes tough decisions, sometimes with incomplete information; evaluates rational and emotional elements of situations; makes quick decisions where required; commits to a definite course of action.Qualifications and Specialist ExpertiseQualifications - A bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Health Administration, Data Science, or a related field.A high degree of understanding and knowledge of the Victorian budget processes, health system funding, relevant departmental systems and environments is desirable.Specialist Expertise - Experience with financial modelling, forecasting, and budgeting to analyse funding scenarios and revenue streams is desirable.Knowledge of Victorian public hospital operations, funding models/NWAU, and the impact of government funding, policy and reform on operations.To learn more please click 'Apply' to view the Position Description on the Careers.vic website.
What we offer:The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.How to apply:Applications should include a resume and a cover letter.
Click the 'Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date.
We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated to provide responsive and quality services to all Victorians.
We continue to build an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences to realise the potential of our employees for innovation and delivering services aimed at enhancing the lives of all Victorians.
All roles can be worked flexibly and we encourage applications from Aboriginal people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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For more information on our commitment to inclusion and diversity see inclusion and diversity at the Department of Health.
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and other pre-employment checks.
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