Senior Financial Analyst

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Location: Parramatta / Hybrid

Employment Type: Ongoing Full Time

Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10, $129,464 to $142,665 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

As the Senior Financial Analyst, you will proactively contribute to the Infrastructure and Assets team in delivering overall operational budgeting and financial reporting processes to achieve budget performance and compliance with policies, statutory requirements, and external regulators.

What You'll Do

As part of the Capital Planning and Investment team within Infrastructure and Assets branch, you will be responsible for but not limited to; utilising appropriate systems and processes to review, maintain and manage accounting and financial information with the end objective of facilitating a robust and consistent approach to financial management and reporting across the division and ensuring compliance with DCJ's infrastructure objectives, government policies, accounting standards and statutory requirements.

This includes, reviewing I&A financial and budget performance, analysis, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, identifying financial impacts and risks, providing commercial insight and high level expert advice to the Director/Manager, liaising with key stakeholders on relevant financial matters to inform decision making, highlight financial risk, and support achievement of efficiency, savings targets and strategic outcomes, implementing strategies to educate relevant business areas and staff to enhance financial capability of staff, and manage and coordinate a team to provide advice, support, and coaching.

In the Capita Pl Planning and Investment team, we lead the Department's interface with NSW Treasury for key capital planning process activities, including the delivery of the Department's 10-year Capital Planning Limit (CPL) and annual Capital Investment Plan (CIP). In addition, we review recurrent budget performance and provide end of month reporting and analysis for end-to-end operational financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting functions to understand and optimise the whole of I&A financial position in conjunction with DCJ's strategic finance function.

What We're Looking For

The successful candidate will have Tertiary qualifications in accounting or a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with the applicable technology platform and business processes with demonstrated ability to lead and develop a successful finance support team.

You will have comprehensive and up to date knowledge of current accounting, management reporting and forecasting practices to deliver high level strategic and tactical financial advice to executives. You will have proven experience in using financial systems used for financial planning and a strong commitment to continuous improvement. You will also have a proven track record of stakeholder engagement in addition to strong and well-developed written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent data analysis and all-round financial, reporting and management accounting expertise
• Experienced in managing financial business processes, policies and relevant accounting standards
• Exceptional presentation skills to engage audiences of varied seniority
• Provide strategic financial analysis and advice within a dynamic team environment
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate effectively key messages with stakeholders, have an adaptive style and influence positive outcomes
• Prioritise team efforts to support business requirements.
• Experience working with SAP, Excel, Workday Adaptive Planning and exposure to business intelligence tools, such as SAP Business Object and Tactical Reporting Solutions (preferred, but not essential)
  
  

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
  
  

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Wednesday, 3rd September 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Natasha Tamburic, Senior Manager on 0448 748 002 or at nastash.tamburic@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via thikimyen.nguyen@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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