Manager, Financial Policy

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: $138,631 - $162,076

**Grade**:VPS 6

**Occupation**:Policy

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

**Reference**:VG/D02937-AUG25

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?
- **Lead the development of multi-disciplinary expert advice to inform policy development and strategic financial planning for and across the department.**:

- ** Fixed, Full-Time opportunity (2 years).**:

- ** VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $162,076 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety, Office of the Associate Secretary, is seeking a **Manager, Financial Policy** to provide a critical role within the Finance branch.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) delivers a justice and community safety system that works to build a safer, fairer, and stronger Victoria.
- 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 a 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**
- Overseeing the Financial Policy team, the Manager, Financial Policy will be responsible for leading the development of important finance led submissions to Government as well as other sustainability submissions and report backs on behalf of the department. The position will also have an important role in providing responsive and strategic financial policy advice to the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary. The role will report to the Senior Manager, Financial Strategy and Policy.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Provide authoritative, strategic financial policy advice to departmental executives, as it relates to a range of justice portfolios.
- Lead the development and implementation of highly complex and sensitive policy and reform outcomes, including leading research, consultation and engagement activities.
- Oversee delivery of highly complex, sensitive and contentious key policy initiatives, including recognising potential barriers and developing effective mitigation strategies.
- 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:

- Well-developed knowledge of government and the justice system, including issues and pressures to which the department and government has to respond.
- Demonstrated experience in providing leadership, guidance and performing effectively under pressure in a dynamic and politically sensitive environment.
- Highly developed conceptual, analytical and research skills with an aptitude for problem solving in the context of financial and budget resource management.

**Qualifications/requirements**
- Relevant qualification in policy, strategy or finance would be highly regarded.

**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, deliv