Budget and Finance Analyst

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Accounting, finance and procurement

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/YJ1820JULY

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- **Utilise your Analyst expertise to provide support and advice to Corporate Services and Infrastructure**:

- ** Ongoing full-time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- ** VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a **Budget and Finance Analyst** to provide a critical role within Corporate Services and Infrastructure.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Finance and Procurement business unit provides department-wide financial, procurement and workplace services through strategic leadership and setting the direction, policy, and processes, and partnering with the department to build capability.
- The Finance Branch leads the department's efforts to comply with government and legislative financial management responsibilities while driving a culture of strategic financial management across the department. It is responsible for the department's financial and budgetary policies and processes, including statutory reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, taxation compliance, government reporting (including Standing Directions), and facilitation of the annual budget process.

**About the Role**
- The Budget and Finance Analyst, as a contributor in the business partnership model, provides financial advisory support to the Groups and other key stakeholders in both responsible and strategic financial management.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Participate in the business partnering model ensuring all staff are supported with finance and procurement related activities.
- Support the financial management policy and compliance processes through overseeing specific month end processes including accruals, month end journals, pre-payments, capital reports and significant payments.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with all internal stakeholders and other units to assist with the development and implementation of Group and departmental initiatives.
- To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**
- To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated exper ience in public sector policy and financial management
- Strong conceptual, analytical and research skills with an aptitude for problem solving in the context of financial and budget resource management.

**Qualifications**
- Relevant qualification in policy, strategy or finance is desirable.

**How to Apply**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:

- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

- Applications close Wednesday 16 July 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 2 July 2025