Associate Director, Business Finance Partnering

**Job no**: 892148
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Administration, Business and Management, Procurement and Supply Chain and Contract Management, Accounting and Finance, Project and Program Management
- **Department for Health and Wellbeing - Corporate and Infrastructure - Procurement Supply Chain & Finance (PSCF)**:

- **Salary: $127,859 - MAS3 - Full Time / Term Contract up to 12 Months**

Overview:

- Permanent, full-time opportunity
- Flexible hybrid working environment.
- Ongoing development and support opportunities

**Short Summary**:
Lead advisory finance support & project accounting, driving strategies for financial performance, reporting, and analysis in the department.

**Who we are**:
Procurement, Supply Chain and Finance (PSCF) lead the overarching strategic planning, governance and direction of SA Health’s spend and critical requirements for goods and services and financial services.

We are passionate about ensuring seamless sourcing and distribution of goods and services to empower quality healthcare for South Australians.

**Benefits**:
As a member of our team, you will experience a workplace which values your growth and emphasises your well-being. You can look forward to:

- **Career Development**: Take advantage of our continuous learning programs such as IPAA courses and our iLearn portal, secondment opportunities and increment advances to support your ongoing career journey.
- **Work-Life Balance**: Benefit from our hybrid working environment and flexible working arrangements which support you in balancing your professional and personal commitments.
- **Study Support**: Learning is part of who are, and we proactively encourage our teams to take advantage of our study support options such as study leave or reimbursement where applicable.
- **Health and Wellness**: Take advantage of Flexitime to support your lifestyle and access to an Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) to support your well-being in and outside of the workplace.

**Your new role**:
As the Associate Director, Business Finance Partnering you will proactively lead the delivery of advisory finance support functions and project accounting services throughout the department. You will develop strategies to support financial performance management, reporting and analysis.

You will undertake a variety of activities including but not limited to:

- Providing advice and direction that supports decision making in line with service objectives and seeks to ensure priority needs are balanced against available resources and opportunities.
- Providing critical and appropriate capital investing financial information and policy advice to key internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring quality management processes are imbedded in routine management practice.
- Leading, developing and fostering a positive work culture which is based on the organisation’s values and promotes customer service, learning and development, safety, and welfare of employees, acknowledges differences, and encourages creativity and innovation.
- Undertaking budget development and forecasting.

**About you**:
As the successful Associate Director, Business Finance Partnering, you will champion the values of trust and cooperation and approach the role with a strategic and analytical mindset. You will be proactive in making sound decisions that consider organisational needs and evaluate risks.

You will possess the following:

- Tertiary qualification in accounting, economics, or related financial / business management field
- Demonstrated ability to undertake complex, high-level financial research and analysis.
- Extensive experience in the strategic management of financial resources, undertaking financial business analysis, developing financial strategies to improve financial performance, and providing concise written executive financial reports.
- Demonstrated capability to drive and implement change and significantly contribute to change processes.
- Significant experience in the effective development, implementation and management of a large complex organisational budget and forecasting within a framework of critical corporate objectives.

Join us today and be a valued member of an organisation which not only invests in your professional growth but also values you.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref: 892148**

**Criminal History Screening Requirement**
- A National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (mínimal patient contact)**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and