Senior Finance Advisor - Financial Advisory Services
Education (Organisation site)
Financial Services Branch, Finance, Procurement and Facilities Division
Financial Advisory Services, South East Region has a temporary opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their team.
In this role, you'll work closely with schools to enhance their financial capabilities, ensuring effective resource management that drives improved educational outcomes for students.
The position is based in Hope Island providing advice and support to school staff regarding financial management.
This temporary vacancy is available immediately through 31 December 2025, unless otherwise determined.
Job details
Position status: Fixed Term Temporary
Position type: Full-time
Occupational group: Accounting and Finance
Classification: AO6
Workplace Location: Gold Coast
Job ad reference: QLD/SER631773/25T
Closing date: 30-Apr-2025
Yearly salary: $117538 - $125531
Fortnightly salary: $4505.20 - $4811.60
Job duration: 31 December 2025, unless otherwise determined
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection.
About the Role:
The Senior Finance Business Partner works directly with schools and will:
* Support the development and delivery of financial management training material to support schools.
* Assist with the development and communication of school accounting policies and procedures.
Responsibilities Include:
The position is a key contact for schools in terms of financial policy and procedures. This requires an understanding of financial management practices affecting schools and involves:
* Provide advice and support to school staff regarding financial management issues and opportunities to enable sustainable resource management and investment decisions.
* Deliver contemporary advice to support resource maximisation and achieve the best outcome for clients, complying with all relevant policy, procedures, legislation and standards.
* Undertake proactive analysis of the financial management practices and financial performance of schools to provide advice and undertake interventions in relation to emerging issues and opportunities.
* Coordinate and provide resource material, training, system design, advice and consultancy services to schools in order for clients to develop financial management capability.
* Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with schools, regions and central office contacts to enable a strong understanding of school business priorities and service delivery objectives to effectively communicate information and financial management requirements to schools.
* Identify financial system and policy enhancements to support effective financial management in schools.
* Monitor the level of financial management competencies within schools to provide targeted training, coaching and development programs.
* Assist schools, or groups of schools, to identify opportunities for sharing administrative, financial and other resources through analysing financial position.
* Model professional workplace behaviour by working collaboratively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders to achieve objectives and standards of excellence in all areas of responsibility.
About You:
To be successful in this position you will have:
* Sound knowledge of contemporary financial management issues and strategies impacting schools.
* Ability to interrogate and analyse school financial management systems - Agresso and OneSchool Finance.
* Ability to deliver training programs relating to school financial management, including in an online format.
* High level communication skills, both written and oral, with ability to influence customer behaviour and implement change.
Interested? To Apply:
* Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
* Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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