Australian Government Services Australia Hiring for Assistant Directors – Finance and Procurement Roles Job at Canberra Full Time

• Executive Level 1
• ACT – Various

Job Number: EXT-EL-2021-2952
Job Title: Assistant Directors – Finance and Procurement Roles
Classification: Executive Level 1
Salary Range: $104,451 – $115,741
Job Type: Ongoing
Employment Type: Full-time
Group/Division/Branch/Section: Corporate Enabling / Chief Financial Officer / Various
Locations: ACT – Various


Job Description


The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Division manages Services Australia’s budget of $5.3 billion and administered payments of about $200 billion on behalf of partner agencies, to ensure all Australians, no matter where they live, can quickly and easily access streamlined government services and support.

The CFO Division has an ambitious reform agenda to modernise and automate the finance function. We are looking for people who thrive on a challenge and have strong leadership and management skills to join us. Applicants should be energetic, critical thinkers with a demonstrated ability to undertake independent assessments and provide recommendations regarding budget and financial matters.

The CFO Division provides financial advice, contestability, control and assurance to the Agency based on the following principles:

• financial information that is accurate, transparent, consistent, relevant and timely
• simple, helpful, respectful, quality, contestable and informed financial advice to assist Agency decision making, including finance business partners where it is efficient, effective and practical to do so
• standardised, centralised, and streamlined financial structures, processes, reporting and services, in order to remove duplication and reduce inefficiencies and
• the automation of financial processes where it is efficient and viable to do so.

Assistant Directors work under the direction of Directors to deliver quality outcomes, requiring a level of analytical capability, judgement and understanding of the impacts to achieving CFO Division outcomes. The Assistant Director is required to support and seek opportunities to innovate, change workplace practices and organise work in the context of competing priorities and strategic direction.

Assistant Directors within the CFO Division are required to lead and manage teams to ensure high quality delivery and improvement of a range of financial and procurement activities, and financial system and process improvements. They are required to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Roles are available across all aspects of the finance domain, including government budgeting, accounting and policy, and require a good knowledge of the Commonwealth Financial Framework and/or Commonwealth Procurement Rules.

The CFO Division is comprised of, and looking for applicants to fill roles in the following branches:

• Budget and Financial Management Branch, responsible for delivery of the Agency budget, costing policy proposals and reporting to the Executive on the Agency’s financial position
• Financial Accounting Branch, responsible for external and statutory reporting including the Agency’s financial statements, and the Agency’s asset control framework, tax management, partner Agency reporting and treasury functions
• Group and Project Finance Partners Branch, responsible for the internal financial management and provision of financial services to meet the needs of Agency business groups
• Procurement Branch, responsible for maintaining the Agency’s procurement and contract management frameworks, procurement and contracting reporting requirements, and assisting business areas with their non-ICT procurement and contracting needs
• Financial Systems and Operations Branch, responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting the budget management system, maintaining SAP Finance modules, developing finance system strategies and ensuring accounting requirements are met in major payment system developments.

Essential requirements:

Security Clearance level required: Baseline (or ability to obtain and maintain)

Desirable Qualifications:

It is highly desirable that successful applicants have the relevant tertiary qualification and appropriate work experience for the position.