El 1 - Assistant Director

$108,195 - $122,044 (plus Super)
- Canberra - ACT, Melbourne CBD - VIC

**The Role**
As an EL 1 Assistant Director within the Financial Accounting and Assets Directorates you will be accountable for the following:

- Managing and leading a team, including providing clear and consistent communication, setting clear performance and behavioural standards, managing expectations and performance, delegating, guiding and developing people.
- Managing the completion of the monthly financial reporting and yearly financial and asset accounting requirements.
- Overseeing activities in balance sheet management, asset accounting and financial statements analysis and reporting.
- Managing financial governance requirements and ensuring compliance with the financial management framework.
- Developing position papers and providing sound accounting advice to stakeholders on technical financial accounting and asset issues.
- Motivating and mentoring teams, aligning complementary skills and allocating resources to deliver results in accordance with Defence's financial objectives.
- Assessing and evaluating financial strategy, initiatives, projects, policy and procedures, and engaging in activities to achieve local and Departmental improvement.

**About our Team**

The Financial Accounting and Asset Accounting Team is responsible for the full financial reporting function and the financial accounting of Defence’s assets through their capability lifecycle. They are also accountable for policy advice, compliance assurance and conducting quality assurance checks on financial accounting activities. The team’s judgement is relied upon to deliver professional advice and reporting around complex assets, business processes, procurements and multi-year billion-dollar projects.

The teams are responsible for the financial accounting behind the largest asset base in the Commonwealth valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Think big, physical tangible assets like aircraft, ships, submarines plus a huge property portfolio, specialist military equipment, complex intellectual property and bespoke technology. Career growth prospects are strong because if you understand assets underpinning Defence you will understand a lot of the business.

You get to analyse complex trends, work on the forefront of changes to accounting standards (e.g., Lease, Valuation and asset standard changes), as well as help prepare policies that impact the whole organisation, you will gain a full understanding of the asset lifecycle from procurement to disposal. There will also be the opportunity to get involved in the largest ERP (SAP) implementation project in the Southern Hemisphere.
- A shared sense of purpose, who is committed to partnering with stakeholders to deliver outcomes through strategic advice and the provision of high-quality financial information.
- You have sound capability of leading and developing a team, an influential communication style and the ability to explain technical information in simple terms.
- With demonstrated skills to translate financial information and strategy into business outcomes, you are an accomplished planner and project manager who takes a strategic outlook when aligning team activities to organisational goals and stakeholders objectives.

Other competencies we are targeting include:

- Demonstrated ability to drive sustainable change partnering collaboratively across an organisation and externally.
- Experience building and maintaining relationships with a network of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Improvement focus, strong results orientation, and seeks to add value through improving processes and systems.

It is an exciting time for Defence Finance Group - if you are a leader in the above expertise, who can inspire and influence -now is the right to come and be part of our team