Financial Analyst

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Job Title:  Financial Analyst
Job Grade / Classification:  Clerk Grade 7/8
Employment Type: Full-time; Ongoing
Location:  Hunter Region
 
The Department’s vision – “Planning for growing NSW: inspiring strong communities, protecting our environment” – provides the benchmark for our partnership and leadership approach to engaging and working collaboratively with key State and Local Government, community and industry stakeholders to deliver better outcomes in the areas of planning, local government and the environment.
 
The Department of Planning & Environment is the lead NSW Government agency in planning for a growing NSW. The Department is going through an exciting period of organisational and operational change.
 
 
About the Role:
Working within the Cluster Corporate Services Division of the Department, we need a savvy Financial Analyst who can hit the ground running in our team. You will act as the point of contact for the business preparing management reports, budgets, forecasts and provide support to a variety of stakeholders.
 
Your financial expertise in a similar role coupled with SAP exposure is required to be successful in this role. You will have superior communication skills, business acumen and an ability to coordinate financial information from and for business areas.
 
This is a great opportunity to work in a team that will support you and your success!
 
Essential requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and membership of a recognised professional accounting body such as CPA Australia or Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
• Prior experience in a management reporting, budgeting and Finance business partnering.
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel.

 

 
Please read the following documents prior to preparing your application:
Role description
Application Guide
Applying for a role in the NSW public Sector
 
  
Job Notes:
A Recruitment Pool may be established for future temporary and ongoing roles with similar focus capabilities. The Recruitment Pool may be available to hiring managers from DPE and other NSW Public Sector agencies over a 12-month period.  
 
 
 
To Apply: 
Complete all the questions in the online application. Two of the questions will require you to provide specific examples from your experience (4000-character limit per question). These questions are shown below. Do not address these in your cover letter, these should be added to pre-employment questions
 
Q1. Please provide an example of when you have worked with challenging individual/s in the workplace? What actions did you take to ensure everybody was on the same page?
 
Q2. Please provide an example of when you have found a significant financial discrepancy and what actions did you take to rectify the issue?
 
The information provided in your application needs to show how you meet the focus capabilities and other essential requirements of the role. (Refer to the role description for details about the capabilities and the associated behavioural indicators. The role description also lists the essential role requirements.)
 
Our commitment to diversity:
The Department of Planning and Environment values diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse groups and those with a disability.
 
 
Applications Close: Thursday 26 July, 2018 at 11:59PM
 
Should you require further information about the role please contact; Megan Samuel (02) 8289 6725 if you have any enquiries regarding the recruitment process please contact Sarah Qassis (02) 9585 6737.