Program Reporting Analyst

**Full Time Fixed Term Position - Up to 3 Year Contract**

**Band 8 - Salary Range $123,831 to $138,629 per annum + 11.5% Super + ADO**

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

At Melton City Council, we are dedicated to creating a vibrant and liveable city for everyone. As part of the Transformation team, you will be key to delivering the Transformation Change Program (TCP) transitioning from our current technology provider to One Council.

In this role, you will oversee and track the financial performance of the Transformation Change Program - Horizon 1, providing analysis and reporting to ensure alignment with approved benefits, budgets, and forecasts. Collaborating with the Program Director and Project Manager, you will offer expert guidance on resource planning, financial forecasting, and program reporting to drive operational excellence.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Development, maintenance and support of the financial forecast and performance of the program. Including updates to Melton’s financial, project management and reporting systems.
- Lead research and analysis activities including project level analysis of change initiatives to develop financial reports and graphical presentations for senior management and other sections to inform strategic decision making and business led project governance.
- Adherence to Melton City Council’s Project Management Framework and providing expert advice, highlighting financial risks and direction to Program Director and Project Manager where required.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Relevant Business, Finance or Accounting degree or post-graduate like qualification.
- Direct experience with projects aspects of financial systems & Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools.
- Current membership of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand or CPA.
- A minimum of three years of relevant experience in the government sector desirable.

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything, we do, our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**:

- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **June Ithier**, Senior Project Officer (Technology) on **9747 5482**.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.

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