The opportunity we have available Finance Business Partner The Finance Business Partners (FBPs) are strategic professionals who work in partnership with Senior Executives and their teams across the department to facilitate well-informed financial decisions. The team leverage financial expertise, analytical skills and communication to build a bridge between finance and the divisions to identify opportunities and manage risk to achieving department outcomes. Financial Accounting The Financial Accounting Team is responsible for meeting the department's statutory financial reporting, asset management, tax and appropriation management requirements, including preparation of annual financial statements and monthly reporting to the Department of Finance and is seeking high performing candidates. The advertised roles will have the opportunity to be exposed to many varied accounting issues which affect an extremely diverse Department. We are currently looking to fill 1 FBP position and create merit pool for both these roles to fill in future vacancies. The key duties of the position include What will you do? Finance Business Partner The role of the Finance Business Partner is to deliver customer focused, fit-for-purpose and professional financial management and budgeting services on behalf of the Chief Financial Officer, to Senior Executives and staff, particularly on complex matters such as financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, costing and reporting. Key responsibilities include: Assist in the development and management of departmental budgets, including staffing. Prepare monthly financial reports for Senior Executive, assist with variance analysis and commentary. Monitor and review monthly forecasts in partnership with our stakeholders and other FBPs within our team. Foster and maintain effective working relationships to promote partnerships and seamless financial services. Assist in tracking divisional staffing movements and recruitment activity. Support the development of internal funding proposals. Prepare monthly financial accruals. Co-ordinate input into the end of financial year process and Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) requests and compliance activities. Financial Accounting As part of the Financial Accounting team, the successful candidate will contribute to the department's Annual Financial Statements. Your role may include assisting with: monthly reporting to the Department of Finance's via its Central Budget Management System. preparing monthly accounting journals. maintaining professional working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including the ANAO and the Department of Finance. the department's assets register, coordinating the annual asset stocktake process, and coordinating the revaluation of assets and impairment reviews. the treasury functions, including appropriation drawdowns and cash management. Who are we looking for? Excellent relationship management skills - we are looking for natural collaborators, comfortable and effective working with people with different perspectives to find common ground and achieve outcomes. With the ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Eye for detail - the capability to see the big picture but also to get the details right in order to build trust and confidence with stakeholders. Resilience and adaptability - the capability to adapt to changing priorities, deal with uncertainty, support colleagues and foster a high-performance culture. Professional - presents and operates in a professional manner, operating as a role model for other staff. Operates with resilience, while demonstrating depth of experience. Great communication skills - strong communication skills (written and verbal) to provide insight. The capability to analyse information, distil key messages and adapt delivery to influence the audience.
