Financial Assurance Officer

**_Together we shape thriving communities, public spaces, places and economies._**
- **Join our dynamic team in driving governance and control excellence**
- **Ongoing full-time opportunity**
- **Office location - Parramatta with flexible working supported**
- **Salary relative to experience and ranges from $110,266.00 to $122,058.00 plus super**

**What's in it for me?**

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

**The role**

As the Financial Assurance Officer, you'll be a key player in the Assurance and Controls team, providing high-level support and coordinating activities to deliver governance and control objectives. You'll prepare communications to document financial assurance from stakeholders and support continuous review and improvement of the Department's internal financial controls.

You'll be challenged with juggling multiple projects and administrative tasks with tight deadlines and working with diverse contributors. Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders will be crucial, as will exercising diplomacy when liaising with senior officials and executive managers to meet mandatory timelines.

For more information read the full Role Description**:Financial Assurance Officer**

**What you will bring to the role**
- High level administrative skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands.
- Solid time management and organizational skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines efficiently.
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, fostering strong relationships and ensuring alignment with diverse stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
- Capable of driving outcomes while effectively involving stakeholders throughout the process, fostering collaboration and buy-in.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively convey ideas and collaborate with team members.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly in Excel, to manage data, create reports, and support financial assurance activities.

**What is an essential requirement**:

- Tertiary qualification/s in Commerce, Business or similar field from a recognised institution and/or relevant industry experience.
- Strong Microsoft suite skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, One-Note

**About us**

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

**Join us**

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.