Management Accountant

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2

Remuneration: $109,857.00 - $129,624.00 per annum plus superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ616026

Location: Newcastle

Applications Close: 12 November 2025 - 11:59pm

About the opportunity

Be a key player in contributing to financial strategies that support cutting‑edge healthcare services across the state. Your expertise will have a meaningful impact on improving patient outcomes and ensuring sustainable, high‑quality care. Take the next step in your finance career and help us improve lives across NSW

Being part of NSW Health Pathology means you’re helping create better health and justice systems every day.

What we can offer you

- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave

- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits

- Learning and development opportunities, including in‑house training with RTO My Health Learning

What you'll be doing

Provide management accounting support to operational areas, NSW Health Pathology Executive and the Ministry of Health. The Management Accounting Analyst will prepare budgets, develop reporting, and analyse key financial information to ensure cost centre managers and operational areas have the information required to make informed financial decisions.

The position works closely with the Senior Management Accountant, Management Accountant, Director of Financial Operations, Portfolio Directors and Business Managers. This requires a strong understanding of financial principles, financial systems and excellent communication skills.

Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in Accounting, Business or Commerce and full membership of a professional accounting body or close to completion.

- Detailed understanding of accounting theory including performance reporting, budget and forecast development with understanding of the principles around budget maintenance and reporting results against an agreed budget.

- Capacity to build, develop and sustain positive partnerships and productive working relationships with all levels of staff both internal and external.

- Experience in advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions by the interpretation and creation of financial and performance reporting.

- Ability to demonstrate a high level of proficiency using Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, as well as the ability to use the tools within Microsoft Excel to import and massage large volumes of transactions in a format that will assist analysing financial results.

- Significant experience and skills using a recognised financial management information system in a large and complex organisation such as Oracle Financial Management System or similar.

- Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills and experience in liaising and negotiating at all levels with a wide range of stakeholders.

- Demonstrated strong problem‑solving ability, being able to identify and resolve issues to strict deadlines to meet stakeholder expectations.

This position is a permanent position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.

New to NSW Health Pathology?

The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.

Talent Pool

If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future permanent full time / part time, temporary and casual vacancies.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio‑cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

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