Assistant Director, External Budget

1 day ago

Canberra, Australia ACT Health Full time

**Description**

**Employment Type**: Full Time, Permanent
**Classification**: Senior Officer Grade C (PN 43837)
**Salary**: $125,344 - $134,527 (Plus 12% Super)
**Location**: Woden/Garran and hybrid remote working arrangements
**Section**: Strategic Finance
**Closing Date**: 9th October 2025

**What can we offer you**:
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Flexible working conditions.Access to Employee Assistance Program.Access to discounted gym membership.Access to onsite Physiotherapists.Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.**About the Role**:
The Assistant Director sits within the external budget team, within strategic finance and reports to the Director External Budgets. The team leads the external budget process, including CHS’ input into the development of the ACT Government’s annual budget papers in the development of CHS’ annual budget statements.

The Assistant Director plays a critical role within the team, assisting in ensuring quality and accuracy of budget processes, maintaining external budget and cashflow projections, and providing valuable finance service support to stakeholders across CHS.

The role requires an understanding of financial operations within a complex government environment including Whole of Government processes, and a good working knowledge of financial information systems, such as Oracle and TM1.

**About your Team**:
Strategic Finance is part of the Chief Finance Officer Division and provides high quality, timely and accurate financial advice and services to CHS focusing on compliance with legislation and financial framework requirements. The team operates in a high pace and dynamic environment and are responsible for financial and capital reporting, accounting operations, cash management and external budget and estimates development. Additionally, we also assist in driving the development, maintenance and implementation of financial policies and procedures.

Note: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future similar at level vacancies over the next 12 months.

**For more information regarding the position duties click here for the**_Position Description._**

Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

**To Apply**:
**Please submit a 2-page pitch addressing the Selection Criteria in the Position Description, a current curriculum vitae, and contact details of at least two referees.**

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

**Our**Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our**Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
- The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory’s history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics._

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**Job**: General/Administrative

**Salary Range**: 125,344.00 - 134,527.00

**Closing Date**: 09/Oct/2025, 7:59:00 AM

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