Finance Advisor

3 days ago

Townsville, Queensland, Australia Queensland Government Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year

**About Us

Covering 38.2% of Queensland, the North Queensland Region includes the Far North, North West, and Northern districts, with offices in Cairns, Cloncurry, and Townsville. It spans from the tip of Australia to the NT border and south to Home Hill.

Home to over 546,000 people across 35 local government areas, the region supports key industries such as agriculture, tourism, mining, fishing, and retail. It manages a vast road network including National Highways, state-controlled roads, and local government roads.

This region features world-renowned destinations like the Daintree Rainforest, Mission Beach, Atherton Tablelands, Magnetic Island, Charters Towers, and the Great Barrier Reef, offering an unmatched lifestyle from coastal escapes to outback adventures.

Benefits

- Annual health & wellbeing reimbursement of $109.40

- 5 weeks annual leave + 14% annual leave loading

- Locality allowance of up to $43.40 per fortnight

- Relocation assistance

The Role

As a Finance Advisor, you will oversee a team responsible for delivering financial reporting for the Northern District and the broader North Queensland Region. This will be done professionally, efficiently, and within required timeframes, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and Australian Accounting Standards (AAS).

You will play a key role in managing financial functions to support the efficient and timely delivery of the North Queensland Region's roads infrastructure program.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

- Conduct analysis of financial activities to align with multiple financial systems and processes to provide consistent application within the region.

- Collate various program and project reports and monitors financial performance against forecasts.

- Liaise with stakeholders and collate the district and region's Stewardship and Capability budget including revisions throughout the financial year.

- Ensure successful business outcomes through effective resource utilisation, performance monitoring, analysis and reporting.

- Provide leadership and coaching to finance team staff, ensure appropriate skill sets and training needs are identified and developed.

- Provide financial management advice and support to the extended Regional Leadership Team in relation to initiatives focused on enhancing district capability in the delivery of the QTRIP program.

- Ensure compliance with corporate governance obligations, standards, legislation, and policies.

Mandatory qualifications and conditions

- A current Class 'C' Drivers Licence

- Pre-employment checks, including a criminal history screening and declaration of serious discipline history will be required to be completed.

- Must be eligible to work in Australia.

Desirable qualifications and conditions

- Tertiary qualifications in finance or a similar discipline will be highly regarded.

- SAP and financial reporting experience.

- Advanced Microsoft Excel experience.

Submit your application online via the Smart Jobs website at For more information about the role, please contact

Sallyanne Lawson on

Applications will remain currrent for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/659064/25

Closing Date: Monday, 22 September 2025This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.**

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