Principal Advisor

7 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Transport and Main Roads Full time

The Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail project is a nation building project and will be one of the largest infrastructure projects ever built in Queensland. This could provide you with a once in a lifetime career opportunity to be part of a small high performing team to lead the Queensland Government's involvement in this Australian Government project, which is being delivered by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC). If you are a strategic thinker, have great attention to detail, love communicating and collaborating with stakeholders and your team, and are flexible and adaptable this could be the job for you.
In the role of Principal Advisor (Finance), you will play a key role in the TMR Inland Rail team.

**The position will provide**:

- Leadership and direction in the delivery of financial management and planning, budgets, procurement
- Management of financial reporting requirements for the project.

**Accountabilities include**:

- Lead compliance of financial activities in accordance with departmental policy and guidelines, the Financial Administration and Audit Act, Treasury Department policy and guidelines, and other relevant legislation for the project.
- Manage the development and monitoring of budgets and forecasting and provide financial, strategic, statistical and operations support and advice for the Inland Rail team.
- Manage invoicing, reconciliations, refunds, and other activities related to property acquisitions for the project.
- Prepare monthly Financial Operating Reports and provide variance commentary including the resolution of financial issues for the Inland Rail team.
- Provide strategic advice and support to the Manager (Business) and Inland Rail leadership team on financial and procurement issues.
- Provide assistance/input into Cabinet Budget Review Committee (CBRC) submissions, Finance & Procurement Committee (FAPCOM) submissions, and business cases.
- Identify, recommend and implement strategic initiatives to improve financial outcomes.
- Cultivate strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in particular the ARTC Finance teams, to ensure TMR's position is considered and communicated appropriately, and issues are proactively identified and managed.
- Assist in building a cohesive and high performing team with a focus on a positive workplace culture, building and maintaining strong relationships, achieving high quality and timely results, and strong morale, including personal management and accountability.
- Actively participate in performance conversations to build and support a culture of performance improvement.

This position reports to the Business Manager.
Applications will remain current for 12 mnonthsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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