About the Department of Education
We contribute to Australia's economic prosperity and social wellbeing by creating opportunities and driving better outcomes through access to quality education and learning.

The Role
Assistant Directors within the Management Accounting section at the Department of Education undertake interesting and varied work that supports the internal financial management of the department. The team is responsible for leading the internal reporting, internal budgeting, and asset management functions, administering the department’s financial management information systems, and undertaking various ad hoc financial management activities as required.

The Assistant Director, Project Finance and Asset Management play a key role in leading the team in the provision of financial reports and analysis for projects to the Executive, Senior Responsible Officers and Project Managers. A key component of this is ensuring accurate and timely budgets, forecasts and actuals are available and supporting Project Managers. The role is also responsible for the department’s asset management function, including contributed to the department’s annual financial statements.

Duties and Responsibilities
In this role, your responsibilities will include the following:

Contribute to the strategic direction of the department and support key decision making through the provision of timely and accurate project reporting and financial analysis to the Executive, Senior Responsible Officers and Project Managers
Manage the completion the department’s asset accounting functions, including contribution to the annual financial statements, ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and internal financial management policies and the delivery of key outcomes
Liaise and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders, provide expert strategic financial advice and guidance, share knowledge, and identify emerging issues
Lead robust financial management practices, maintain policies, frameworks and processes, ensuring compliance and effectiveness, and support a continuous improvement approach
Foster an inclusive and positive team culture, provide leadership, and support team members to enhance their capability, professional development and contribute to a high performing team

Qualifications and Education

Completion or working towards Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or Commerce (Mandatory)

How to Apply
To apply for this position, please submit your application in our online recruitment system. You will need to:

Provide a summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
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Provide contact details for 2 Referees.

The APS work level standards are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level. We encourage you to review these when writing your application.

Eligibility
Citizenship - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

Security Clearance - our successful candidate is required to hold, or have the ability to obtain, and maintain a Baseline security clearance.