Manager Management Reporting

Manager, Management Reporting and Insurance

Parramatta Location – 50% office attendance

Full-Time Permanent Role

Clerk Grade 11/12   - $149,739 - $173,174 plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

Playing a key leadership role within the AHO's Performance and Finance Division, this position will lead a small team of up to 6 to deliver high-quality budgeting, financial analysis, management reporting, and insurance oversight.

What you'll do

Reporting to the Director, Performance and Finance the responsibilities of this role will include:

• Providing high-level analysis and advice on financial performance, budget variances, and strategic decision-making
• Monitoring, tracking and reporting on Insurance claims and Income
• Managing the annual budgeting methodology and process, including engagement with NSW Treasury to ensure alignment with their requirements and timetables
• Providing performance reporting and high-level critical analysis on financial results, divisional initiatives and projects.  Collaborate with the divisions in developing strategies to manage budget variances and provide advice regarding the commercial viability/impact on net cost of services
• Providing strategic advisory services to AHO Executive on the drivers affecting the financial and budgetary position of the relevant division, branch and cost centres, and support in setting and monitoring savings targets to ensure the AHO's savings targets are achieved
• Developing strategic plans and budgetary forecasts to ensure total budget performance is achieved in accordance with the AHO results, service plan and appropriate targets
• Developing financial analysis, proposals and reports for the Director and/or Chief Executive on strategic finance and reform issues, including benefits realisation and shared service performance metrics to inform decision making, to forecast financial implication of demands for AHO services, and enable the achievement of strategic outcomes
• Providing financial analysis, tracking, management reporting and budget submissions and forecasting to meet requirements for Treasury, the AHO Board and Executive and reporting against management plans and programs, operational budgets and cash flow management.
• Managing and reporting on financial risk management and governance programs and progress against issue resolution plan

What we're looking for

Essential Requirements

The essential requirements of this role include:

• Tertiary qualifications in commerce, economics, business or related disciplines.
• A member of a recognised professional accounting body such as CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants Australia & NZ and managerial experience of at least two team members.
• High levels of initiative, self-management, and problem-solving capability.

In addition to the essential requirements, the ideal candidate will have:

• Demonstrated experience in insurance, financial management, reporting, budgeting and analysis within a complex organisation
• Ability to manage and motivate a high performing team
• High attention to detail
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills

For more information about this position, please click here to download the role description: Manager Management Reporting and Insurance

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• In 500 words or less, please outline about a time you identified a significant variance or financial risk in your workplace. What steps did you take to investigate and address it? And who did you involve to have this rectified?

• In 500 words or less, please outline your experience in managing a team in a high pressure environment with competing deadlines, demands and increasing workloads. How did you approach and implement your management strategy?

Applications close Sunday 2 November 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Loshana Karthikeyaon via

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Mary Michael on or via

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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