Join Darling Downs Health as an Assistant Accountant and play a key role in strengthening the financial foundation of a health service that genuinely values its people, its community, and its purpose. Based in Toowoomba, you'll contribute to meaningful work that supports high‑quality healthcare delivery across the region. In this role, you'll apply your accounting expertise to ensure our financial and asset management processes are accurate, compliant, and continually improving — all within a supportive team that embraces collaboration, growth, and the values that drive our organisation forward.
What Your Day Will Look Like….
In this Toowoomba‑based role, your day will be filled with purposeful work that keeps Darling Downs Health running smoothly behind the scenes. You'll maintain and enhance the accuracy of our asset register, manage key components of financial reporting, and ensure compliance across accounting and taxation responsibilities. You'll work closely with colleagues across facilities, building strong relationships as you guide stakeholders through financial insights, contribute to stocktakes, prepare journals and reconciliations, and help shape better processes through continuous improvement. You'll also apply your curiosity and analytical strengths to solve problems, interpret data, and stay across emerging accounting standards — all while contributing to a positive team culture grounded in our shared values.
Let's talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
* Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
* Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
* Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
* Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
* Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits
* Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
* A diverse work culture
* Career development
* Professional development opportunities
* Education opportunities, Study and Research
* Paid parental leave
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Discounted Private Health Insurance
* Fitness Passport
* Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
* Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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Accounting and Finance