Assistant Director, Financial Reporting

19 hours ago

Canberra, Australia Australian Government - Department of Education, Skills and Employment Full time

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT

**About the Department of Education**
We contribute to Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by creating opportunities and driving better outcomes through access to quality education and learning.

The Financial Management Division enables the Department of Education to deliver its business outcomes by providing high quality and timely corporate services, including strategic and operational financial services.

The Financial and Resource Management Branch ensures the department is compliant with and meets statutory financial management obligations. The branch consists of several teams undertaking functions including:

- Financial Reporting
- Financial Performance and Internal Budgets
- Finance Business Partners
- Procurement and Grants
- Governance

**The Role**
The Financial Reporting Assistant Director contributes to the financial reporting teams’ objectives by managing monthly external reporting, producing financial statements and supervising staff.

Reporting to the Director, Financial Accounting and Reporting, the Financial Reporting Assistant Director is responsible for the below duties.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
Responsibilities of the EL1 may include:

- External monthly reporting (Department of Finance / CBMS)
- Financial statement preparation
- Monitoring the general ledger and reconciliation of accounts,
- Asset management and lease accounting
- Working with stakeholders
- Supervising Staff

**Qualifications and Education**
Educational qualifications required for the role (Desirable):

- CPA / CA

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a two-page summary (no more than 1000 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

**Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.**

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