S26 or non-ongoing opportunity within Federal Government
**Your new company**
Large Federal Government Department is looking finance professionals with External Budgets and CBMS experience
**Your new role**
- The Assistant Director, External Budgets supports the Director to oversee a team that is responsible for the portfolio's input to the Commonwealth Budget process. This may include supervision of budget officers within a small team.
- Development and provision of both strategic and technical advice on complex and sensitive matters including the Budget Process Operational Rules, Australian Government Resource Management Framework, Ministerial submissions, briefs and responses to Ministerial correspondence
- Facilitating the development, costing and negotiation of funding for proposals, including reviewing, analysing and providing advice and support to business areas on the development of new policy proposals, costings and detailed costing justifications
- Identifying and advising on alternative funding and delivery mechanisms for policies within Commonwealth policy and legislative frameworks
- Coordinating and supporting the management of the portfolio's budget estimates, including analysing, reviewing and managing program financial estimates and costing models to support the preparing the department's own forward estimates, as well as maintaining timely and accurate estimates in Budget systems (CBMS-R and TM1) contributing to the preparation of Budget publications including the Portfolio Budget Statements and Additional Estimates Statements, and input into Budget Papers such as the Regional Ministerial Budget Statement
- Input into the development of Ministerial briefing packages and drafting correspondence and submissions relating to the Budget process (e.g. Portfolio Budget Submission(s) etc.)
- Assistance in responding to ad hoc queries and briefing requests from the Ministers' Offices and central agencies
- Maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders, portfolio entities and key Commonwealth agencies, and
- Supervising and managing staff.
**What you'll need to succeed**
- Understanding of the Australian Government Federal Budget, Cabinet Processes, and financial management Strong initiative to contribute to the team and work collaboratively, including with a variety of stakeholders
- Ability to achieve results and deliver outcomes within short timeframes
- Ability to adapt and be flexible to achieve outcomes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and
- Sound analytical skills
- Baseline security clearance or the ability to obtain
**What you'll get in return**
S26 transfer or 12 month non-ongoing. Flexible working arrangements. Office in the city.
**What you need to do now**
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