Manager, Strategic Financial Governance

17 hours ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

**Lead a program to strengthen governance, business planning, risk and compliance management**:

- **Great opportunity: Fixed terM/Full time role until 30 November 2026**:

- **VPS6 salary: $138,631 to $185,518 plus superannuation**

**About Us**:
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 of 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**:
This role is a development opportunity for those interested in understanding financial governance within a public sector context, working directly with senior leaders to drive initiatives to improve governance and operations.

Some of your duties will include:

- Leading the development and implementation of finance governance, strategy, and policies that support cohesive branch operations and direction.
- Embedding risk culture and mindset to guide risk appetite to maximise ROI responsibly, and implement strategies to proactively manage risk and issues.
- Driving development and maintenance of a robust financial governance structure that supports the Chief Finance Officer to better consider and manage the impact of Victorian Government policy and priorities on responsible financial management.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

- Extensive experience with producing compelling business products within a government context.
- Extensive experience and demonstrated achievement in the development and delivery of risk management and governance in a complex organisation.
- Proven experience leading a business area to achieve results through change or ambiguity.
- Proven experience in designing and delivering organisational wide strategies or delivering large scale projects to achieve business-critical outcomes.

**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, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

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