Finance Analyst

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Projects

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/8969-AUG25

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?
- **Ensure accurate financial data and reporting across all Prison Industries commodities.**:

- ** Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.**:

- ** VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.**
- The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a **Finance Analyst** to provide a critical role within Offender Services, Prison Industries.

**About the Business Unit**
- The Offender Services and Reintegration division of Corrections Victoria (CV) is responsible for providing best practice interventions which aim to reduce the risk of reoffending including case management, education, training and employment, prison industries and rehabilitation and reintegration supports. The division contributes to a safer community by supporting a safe and humane corrections system that provides opportunities for rehabilitation, supports reintegration and works toward Aboriginal self-determination.
- Prison Industries operates over 65 individual industries across 13 sites to provide people in prison with a variety of employment, training and learning opportunities, while also aiming to deliver value for the public through goods and services provided to both private customers and internal customers - both prisons and government.

**About the Role**
- Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Financial Analyst ensures accurate financial data and reporting across all Prison Industries commodities. They are responsible for maintaining clean, consistent, and reliable financial data to support decision-making.
- The Finance Analyst is also responsible for, delivering precise financial reports and interpreting key insights for stakeholders including Industry Managers, Business Development Managers and Prison Industries Senior Leadership Team. Additionally, they provide strategic financial advice, key system and Oracle inputs (e.g. ensuring actual expenses are correctly acquitted) and seek to continuously improve financial practices while training Prison Industry staff on best financial methods to enhance overall effectiveness.
- Some of your duties will include:

- Provide financial leadership and advice that is clear for all stakeholders across Prison Industries on the utilisation of all systems and processes in place, contribute to the design of new systems and reporting as required, along with enabling the use of data analysis for sound business decisions.
- Perform data cleansing and maintain timely updates for month-end financial processes, making sure costs are reflected in the correct account codes and dates for effective financial tracking.
- Monitor industry trends and provide strategic advice on initiatives that align with the CVPI Strategic Plan.
- To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

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

- Experience in financial oversight and manufacturing reporting in government or large business, with ability to interpret data, analyse trends, and keep stakeholders informed about current financial position.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with information technology systems, including Oracle, Axiom, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Oracle (or similar ERP system) manufacturing modules, including Manufacturing, Inventory, Engineering (costing) and Axiom (desirable).

**Qualifications/requirements**
- An appropriate tertiary qualification in Financial Analysis, Accounting, or Commerce along with demonstrated data analysis experience is desirable.

**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 peopl