Our
**Federal Government** client have a great opportunity for an
**Assistant Director of Finance (Performance Reporting)** to join the Performance Reporting team within the Financial Control Branch.
- 12 month initial contract with likely extension
- Based out of their Geelong office, with 2 days per week work-from-home
- Daily rate of $585 + super
- Full time hours, 37.5 hours per week

**The Role**

The position is an important team leadership position and will provide the leadership, control, planning, resource management, performance management and decision making for the Team Membership and assigned Contractors working within the Work Area.

The
**EL1 Assistant Director Finance's** responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

- Reviewing and managing components of the Agency's trial balance using Systems Applications and Products software (SAP), providing monthly and annual reporting in Central Budget Management System (CBMS) to the Department of Finance
- Delivering the Agency's Budget and various Finance projects
- Delivering various month-end financial reporting and analysis
- Partnering with teams within and external to the branch to provide general accounting and strategic financial advice
- Managing and updating relevant Agency costing models and preparing costings for budget rounds as required
- Managing and maintaining Agency AAIs and other financial policy
- Developing and presenting a range of written material of a financial and business nature, including correspondence, briefs and reports

**About You**

To succeed in this role, you will need the following skills and experience:

- CPA / CA qualified with tertiary qualifications in Accounting and/or Finance
- Experience in team leadership
- Experience in managing shared services, including accounts payable, accounts receivables and credit card management
- Ability to provide advice on and implement process improvement
- Advanced analytics and management reporting skills
- Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SAP
- Experience in developing reports & dashboards for presenting to Senior Management
- Experience in financial reporting or working with financial information
- Ability to interpret and transform data
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills
- Demonstrated ability to engage in complex problem solving and issues management
- Experience leading projects