Location: Parramatta - Hybrid
Employment type: Ongoing Full-Time (multiple roles)
Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10 ($129,464 - $142,665 pa), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
As part of the Strategic Finance team at DCJ, you'll play a vital role as a trusted finance business partner working closely with senior leaders to turn complex financial data into clear, evidence‐based decisions that improve services for communities across NSW.
You'll benefit from a dynamic work environment, engaging with senior stakeholders across agencies, managing diverse portfolios, and contributing to positive community outcomes.
The role is geared towards professional growth, offering access to development opportunities aligned with the NSW Public Sector Capability Framework and flexibility in working arrangements, including hybrid options, consistent with NSW Government policy.
What you'll do
As part of the Finance Business Partners team within the Strategic Finance division, you will be responsible for but not limited to:
* Work closely with divisional executives to create comprehensive budgets from the ground up, ensuring alignment with business plans and organisational priorities.
* Deliver timely, accurate financial reports and turn complex data into actionable insights, making information accessible for a range of stakeholders.
* Identify emerging financial pressures early and develop practical mitigation strategies that protect service delivery and public value.
* Contribute to funding strategies by preparing robust, evidence‐based budget submissions and proposals in partnership with the business.
* Work with Corporate Finance to champion sound financial management practices, ensuring business operations meet NSW Government requirements and supporting Division leaders to uphold probity, equity, and public administration standards.
Your credibility, integrity, and talent for communicating complex concepts in clear, straightforward language will empower senior leaders to make confident decisions that deliver value for money and improved community outcomes.
The role(s) will support one of the Finance Business Partnering teams including Corrective Services NSW.
What we're looking for
* You refine complex financials into clear messages and engage stakeholders at all levels.
* You build consensus, manage divergent viewpoints and secure commitment to financially sound options.
* You bring strong planning, forecasting and analysis skills, using trends and scenarios to inform decisions and business cases.
* You have a strong focus on process improvement and a keen interest in technological advances.
* You focus on outcomes, manage deadlines and ensure quality.
* You anticipate risks, interrogate data and recommend practical solutions.
* You coach business stakeholders, streamline processes and champion continuous improvement.
Essential requirements
* Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Business, Commerce (or equivalent experience).
* Appointment is subject to reference checks; may also require a National Criminal History Check and/or Working with Children Check.
Download the role description.
What we offer
* A challenging and rewarding career
* Flexible, autonomous work environment
* Competitive pay and conditions
* Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
* Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.
Are you ready to join us?
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Click apply, when applying you will need to
* Submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role
* Attach an up‐to‐date resume (maximum of 5 pages)
Candidates are requested to separately address the following two questions:
* Describe a time you delivered a complex piece of work within a tight timeframe. What strategies did you use to prioritise tasks, engage stakeholders?
* Tell us about a time you analysed complex financial information and communicated your findings to a senior audience. How did you ensure your message was clear, accurate, and supported effective decision‐making?
Please limit each response to max. 200 words. Dot points are also fine.
Applications close Sunday, 15th March 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Contact information
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Jon Piggott, Director, Finance Business Partners at and/or 0439 588 856 or Vicky Lee, Manager, Finance Business Partners at or 0481 002 053.
If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via .
Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
Inclusion and Diversity
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.
Thank you
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
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