The Department is seeking an experienced and skilled Finance Support Officer.
Primary Duties:
- Act as a front door for staff to provide accurate and timely advice across the division on financial matters.
- Ensuring boundaries of the Department versus specialist areas are known and understood.
- Provide training and capability uplift, this includes new staff training on best practices and expectations.
- CATS timelines, correct codes and accuracy, forecasting and actuals reporting, use of tooling (including using Power BI)
- Drive analysis and corrective actions to ensure financial accuracy and continuous improvement of divisional finances, including CATS.
- Identify and implement improvements (as appropriate) in current and future work practices to ensure financial sustainability.
- Ongoing reduction in CATS errors (journaling activities)
- outstanding timesheets and non-compliance
- Increase financial literacy of divisional staff that is aligned to departmental requirements.
- Identification of enhancements and improvement opportunities and ability to drive action to get desired outcomes.
- Responsible for ensuring financial correspondence via the centralised Department mailbox for the division is managed appropriately and in a timely manner.
Location and Contract Term: This role can be based in ACT, SA or QLD . Contract 1 October 2026 - 30 September 2027 with 1x12 - month contract extension options pending budget and delegate approval.
Security Requirements: Applicants must be Australian Citizens and hold a baseline security clearance.
How to Apply: Applications close 9am 10th August.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates
Call Kelly 0480 002 457 or email kelly@whizdom.com.au for any further information
