Manager Sbar External

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**About the Division**

Financial Services Division is responsible for designing and implementing financial management principles, processes, and systems to ensure that managers have the necessary support to execute their financial management responsibilities. The Division is responsible for establishing the appropriate financial management and assurance environment within the Departments corporate, schools, groups, regions, and the statutory authorities. The Division has a key role in supporting the second line of defence through its oversight and monitoring functions.

The Division operates on three levels to fulfil its responsibilities including:

- strategic to support decision making.
- control, assurance and governance to ensure compliance with legislation and standards.
- operational to provide functional support and service delivery.

The role is within the Business Partnering Unit [BPU]

The BPU provides strategic budget management advisory and facilitation services to Groups and Statutory Authorities within the departments portfolio's, resolving broad financial management issues. This includes, but is not limited to; monitoring budget performance and forecasts, preparing and presenting executive budget and financial management reporting, providing budget analysis and reporting tools and training, and providing quality assurance and compliance review services on financial submissions. The unit promotes a strong finance culture through co-ordinating and supporting financial and resource management in partnership with business areas across the department.

**About the Role**

Reporting to the Director, Business Partnering and Budget Management, the Manager Strategic Budget Analysis and Reporting - External is responsible for managing the Department of Education portfolio budget and associated external reporting to the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF), including State Budget and Budget Update deliverables, management of the Department's forward estimates, analysis of complex financial issues for senior management and the development and review of cabinet and other funding submissions. Leading a small team, this role provides leadership in the continuous improvement of strategic financial reporting with a particular emphasis on the efficient and effective utilisation of resources.

**Attributes**
- **Critical Thinking and Problem Solving**:Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues. Identifies recurring problems and prevents future recurrence by integrating solutions into work process. Delivers tangible business outcomes as a result of critically evaluating problems from multiple perspectives and delivering effective solutions.
- **Business and Commercial Acumen**:Defines and maximises value add and/or return of investment in business cases, contract terms, or service delivery agreements. Uses broad understanding of procurement and finance concepts to inform expenditure decisions and manage risks.
- **Stakeholder Management**:Identifies and manages a range of complex and often competing needs. Facilitates innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues.
- **Managing People**: Holds self and team accountable to public sector values and agreed performance standards. Supports achievement of outcomes by anticipating and resolving issues. Establishes and implement actions to increase level of people engagement. Creates opportunities for recognising performance.

**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**

A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Economics (mandatory)

**Further Information**

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close** 11:59pm on 28/04/2025