Manager, Reporting

**Base Salary**:$116,596 - $136,060**plus 17% superannuation

**Position**:Full Time Continuing

**Location**:Callaghan, NSW

**The position**

As the leader of the Reporting and Analysis Team, you will be responsible for identifying and conducting high-level analysis of relevant data sources, and effectively communicating insights to stakeholders to support decision-making across the organisation.

A key focus of this role is the coordination and delivery of high-quality reporting across all areas of management accounting. This includes monthly financial performance reporting, annual budgeting, and long-term financial planning.

The overarching objective is to provide reporting that is useful, meaningful, efficient, and representative - supporting informed management decisions and contributing to the successful delivery of the University of Newcastle’s _Looking Ahead Strategic Plan_ and the _Financial Services Business Plan_.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

- Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards them, along with extensive relevant experience; or extensive relevant experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Proven ability to collaborate with business stakeholders to design and deliver standardised financial management reporting in a medium to large organisation.
- Demonstrated capability in providing enterprise-level commentary, analysis, and dashboard analytics to senior leaders.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a team of professional staff to achieve exceptional outcomes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and foster interdisciplinary, collaborative working environments.
- A sound understanding of workplace obligations and a demonstrated commitment to cultivating a safe, healthy, equitable, diverse, and respectful workplace. This includes the ability to respond appropriately to incidents, behaviours, and reports.
- Attained or are working towards professional membership with CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants ANZ (ICAA).

**About our university**

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services aims to be an enabler of strategy through providing high quality financial services and products that respond to the changing needs of the business and financial governance, and provide tangible and measurable value to the University. Financial Services covers Corporate Accounting and Treasury, Financial Planning and Analytics, and Procure to Pay.

The University of Newcastle stands as a global leader distinguished by a commitment to equity and excellence. Our vision is to be a world-leading University for our regions and create a better future for our regions and the globe. Underpinned by this vision and our values of excellence, equity, engagement and sustainability, the University of Newcastle’s Looking Ahead Strategic Plan 2020-2025 outlines the University’s commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience and serving our communities.

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**What we offer**

In addition to working for a university that is breaking boundaries, discovering new ways of thinking and cementing a place as a global leader, we offer a range of benefits to our employees to ensure you balance your commitments, stay healthy and work effectively.

These include:

- flexible working arrangements (in line with the University’s Flexible Work Policy);
- 17% super and salary packaging;
- additional University Holiday days, generous personal leave and parental leave, annual leave loading and additional purchased leave scheme;
- discounts in private health insurance, gym memberships, software, travel and more;
- wellbeing programs.

For information on our employee benefits please visit here.

**Your next steps**
- Your resume
- A statement formally addressing each criterion of the Essential and Desirable Criteria, as provided in the relevant Position Description attached below.

**Please upload your Cover Letter and response to the requested Criteria as**one** PDF document**.

Your Cover Letter and Response to the Essential Criteria should not exceed 4 pages (approximately 2,000 words).

For the full list of the selection criteria and role responsibilities, please download the Position Description (available in the Related Documents section below).

**Closing date: 27 July 2025 at 11.59pm AEST**

**We are excited to be Looking Ahead with you**

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A move to Newcastle, Australia offers you the choice to live in the city, by the sea or near bushland - the region offers a wonderful place for a family to grow and the opportunity to strike a work/life balance.

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