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Senior Director, Budget, Capital and Financial Reporting
Full-time Temporary Details: Strategic Finance is seeking a motivated, well-organised person who can work independently and as a team member to effectively perform the role and functions of Senior Director, Budget, Capital and Financial Reporting. They should possess a good understanding and have experience in public sector budget processes and financial frameworks, management accounting skills, excellent analytical ability and are client-focused with high-level communication skills.
Strategic Finance is responsible for the analysis of current and emerging economic and financial issues, assisting in the development of the Directorate's budget strategy and specific budget proposals, providing advice on financial performance and trends, and assisting managers with business-specific financial needs.
During this period a successful applicant will be required to:
Co-ordinate the 2024-25 Budget Review process for Justice and Community Safety (JACS); Preparation of templates for the 2025-26 Budget process; Manage quarterly cabinet submission process for capital works progress update; Review and co-ordinate capital business cases as part of the 2025-26 budget process; Manage JACS annual asset stock-take process; Manage 2025-26 Asset Renewal Program process; Manage the 2024-25 'soft close' financial statements process; Manage the 2024-25 FBT process; Financial Reporting and forecast; Assist in ensuring compliance with Treasury guidelines, statutory reporting and other legislation requirements and timeframe; Liaise and negotiate with other agencies as required. This temporary role will be backfilling three Senior Director roles at different times of the acting period so the majority of the abovementioned activities will not be occurring concurrently.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Eligibility/Other Requirements: A degree with a major in accounting or equivalent is highly desirable. Ability to develop and manipulate financial modelling tools and use complex spreadsheets and Table Manager 1 (TM1). Membership of either Australian professional accounting bodies (CPA or ICA) is also highly desirable. Note: This is a temporary position available from 2 December 2024 until 31 May 2025 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months. This position will be moving to a new workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk. Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office-based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.
How to Apply: Potential candidates should include a supporting statement of no more than two pages addressing the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge and the Behavioural Capabilities which can be found in the Position Description, a current curriculum vitae including the details of two referees.
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