Finance Manager QCH

The position of Finance Manager, Hospital Services leads the provision of high-quality business partnering to hospital divisions on financial and FTE performance reporting, budgeting, and forecasting to support the provision of high quality and financially sustainable healthcare.

About The Role

• Manages the senior business partnering support to Divisional and cost centre management on performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, available funding and other financial management issues enhancing financial, operational, and clinical outcomes.
• Actively participates in regular monthly performance review meetings with Executive Directors and Senior Operational leadership teams to provide insight and analysis of financial and FTE performance and identify key risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Manages the budget build for Hospital Services and ensure Finance Business Partners prepare cost centre annual budgets, budget papers and reports in accordance with prescribed CHQ Budget Guidelines and timeframes.
• Maintains oversight of Service Level Agreement divisional recurrent and non-current funding arrangements, including activity-based funding and the Department of Health service contract obligations
• Manages the preparation of regular full year forecasts for the Hospital Services identifying potential differences when compared to annual budget targets, to inform key senior stakeholders of expected financial risk. In addition, develop recommendations to enhance financial performance and maintain overall budget integrity based on forecast results.
• Proactively leads on hospital wide analysis of key financial and FTE trends and variances with insights share amongst operational leadership teams and finance leads.
• Support senior hospital leaders with identifying, quantifying and tracking of sustainability initiatives to feed into CHQ's Sustainable Care Program.
• Undertake other activities and tasks, relevant to the role and level, as directed by Director, Financial Performance.
• Actively contribute to the support, mentoring and coaching of the Financial Performance team.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital , Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service , our Child and Youth Mental Health Service , and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS
Benefits
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here .

Occupational group
Accounting and Finance