El1 - Assistant Director, Financial Governance

**Contact Officer**:
**Closing Date**:
**11.59pm AEDT, Tuesday 18 March 2025**

**Work with us**:
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts is responsible for the design and implementation of the Australian Government's infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts policies and programs.

Our Department’s objectives are connecting Australians, enriching communities and empowering regions. We live by our Departmental values: collaborative, respectful, informed, adaptive and accountable. We are at the forefront of the Australian Government’s efforts to secure the nation’s economic future and improve living standards.

We play a critical role in building stronger communities through major infrastructure planning, investment advice and delivery, and strategic development of policies and programs. We also support a thriving aviation industry, connecting even our most remote residents with the rest of the country and the world, and making sure that all transport users benefit from a safe and secure transport system.

We provide an environment in which all Australians can access and benefit from communications services, creative experiences and culture. Our purposes are to enable all Australians to connect to effective communications services and technologies, for inclusiveness and sustainable economic growth; and to support inclusiveness and growth in Australia's creative sector, and protect and promote Australian content and culture. We also manage some of Australia’s most significant infrastructure projects which affect the wider community, including regulating airports, the development of the Western Sydney (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport and the delivery of Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail.

Enabling us to achieve our objectives is a strong corporate team who provide a range of strategic legal, ICT, human resources, procurement, risk, communications and governance services to the Department.

**A little bit about us**:
The Financial Governance Team in Financial Management Branch work closely with internal and external stakeholders in delivering a wide range of deliverables related to the department’s financial governance framework and, financial literacy uplift. The team provide professional high-quality financial governance advice to the Executive and the Department’s business divisions to enable them to deliver their respective projects, programs and activities in line with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs), _Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act 2013._

**The opportunity we have available**:
**What will you do?**:
Financial Governance Team

You will have the opportunity to work with a variety of stakeholders across the Department to drive excellence in financial governance and may include the following activities:

- Developing, implementing and maintaining financial governance policies and procedures, including: Accountable Authority Instructions (AAI’s), financial delegations, gifts and benefits, official hospitality;
- Provide stakeholders advice on the departments Financial Governance Framework, including the PGPA Act, Accountable Authority Instructions, financial delegations, and financial non-compliances, and other relevant policies as required;
- Leading the department’s financial literacy program including the development and delivery of training.
- Driving the department’s financial assurance program and subsequent reporting obligations, including: Management Assurance Certificate, finance law non-compliances, Integrity Dashboard, indemnities register, quarterly gifts and benefits reporting, and Lands Acquisition Act delegations register;
- Preparation of high-level briefs for Senate Estimates, Questions on Notice’s, Executive Board and Audit and Risk Committee.

**Who are we looking for**:

- An adaptable and proactive professional comfortable with managing multiple tasks and responding quickly to emerging challenges.
- A detailed-oriented individual who maintains critical information and produces clear, well documented material.
- A strategic thinker capable of contributing to strategy development and continuous improvement initiatives.
- A resourceful professional prepared to tackle ad hoc projects and support cross-team functions as needed.
- A confident communicator who excels in both written and verbal interactions with diverse stakeholders.

**RecruitAbility minimum requirements**:
Minimum requirements for this role include:

- Effective people management and leadership skills.
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders in a professional and effective manner.
- Ability to work in a fluid environment, think strategically and problem solve.

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