Analyst Financial Governance and Compliance

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $105,479 - $127,621

Occupation: Regulatory Governance and Compliance

Reference: VG/DJ2087JUNE23

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 compliance and governance expertise** **to** **provide** strategic **support and advice to Finance Branch**:

- **Ongoing, Full-Time **o**pportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service**:

- **VPS Grade 5**: $105,479 - $127,621** plus superannuation.**

**About the Business Unit**:
The Finance Branch leads the department's efforts to ensure it complies with government financial management and performance policies to achieve its priorities and add value. It is responsible for the department's financial and budgetary strategies, policies and processes. The business unit also leads investment and performance analysis - a strengthened accountability.

**About the Role**:
The Analyst Financial Governance and Compliance uses contemporary practice and risk management mindset to find patterns, trends, and insights that inform and support decision-making, planning and process design, to drive strong finance governance and implementing a compliance management program, providing finance executives a holistic view of compliance levels within Finance and assurance that the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary continue to meet their obligations.

Some of your duties will include:

- Implementing a finance-wide compliance framework/program to ensure Finance is meeting its obligations including the monitoring and reporting on compliance levels for leadership awareness and action, as required, to address non-compliance, including monitoring and tracking audit actions.
- Leading strategic review and publication of policies, procedures and standards to ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, Financial Management Act 1994 and alignment with the strategic objectives of the department.
- Proactively driving the value of, and embed proactive practice of, risk management and business continuity across finance, by bringing attention to critical exposure or opportunities to better protect and create value. Lead the periodic review and refresh of the Finance risk profile and coordinate review and testing of business continuity plans.

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

- Implementing a finance-wide compliance framework/program to ensure Finance is meeting its obligations including the monitoring and reporting on compliance levels for leadership awareness and action, as required, to address non-compliance, including monitoring and tracking audit actions.
- Leading strategic review and publication of policies, procedures and standards to ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, Financial Management Act 1994 and alignment with the strategic objectives of the department.
- Proactively driving the value of, and embed proactive practice of, risk management and business continuity across finance, by bringing attention to critical exposure or opportunities to better protect and create value. Lead the periodic review and refresh of the Finance risk profile and coordinate review and testing of business continuity plans. ‘

We are seeking applicants with systems thinking experience, who enjoy problem solving and empowering stakeholders to engage in criticial thinking.

**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 a