Description
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Senior Officer Grade B (PN 69639)
Salary: $146,705 – $164,506 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Woden/Garran and hybrid remote working arrangements
Section: Strategic Finance
Closing Date: 16th October 2025
What can we offer you:
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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Access to Employee Assistance Program.
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Access to discounted gym membership.
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Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
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Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
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Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Director, Financial Reporting, has a pivotal role in Strategic Finance, focusing on financial framework compliance, high-quality financial analysis and providing accounting advice to key stakeholders. The role requires a robust foundation in complex financial accounting, working with a range of stakeholders within challenging statutory timeframes to deliver key outputs and being a confident communicator in both oral and written form. You will be forward thinking with a strong focus on results and to identify/drive initiatives that aim to improve business processes.
The role requires an understanding of financial operations within a complex government environment and a valuable working knowledge of financial information systems, such as Oracle and TM1.
To be successful in this position requires relevant experience, very good technical accounting skills, excellent people skills, communication and organisational skills (oral, written, interpersonal and negotiation), attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement, aiming for best practice.
About your Team:
Strategic Finance is part of the Chief Finance Officer Division and provides high quality, timely and accurate financial advice and services to CHS focusing on compliance with legislation and financial framework requirements. The team operates in a high pace and dynamic environment and are responsible for financial and capital reporting, accounting operations, cash management and external budget and estimates development. Additionally, we also assist in driving the development, maintenance and implementation of financial policies and procedures.
Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.
Note: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future similar at level vacancies over the next 12 months.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
To Apply:
Please submit a 2-page pitch addressing the Selection Criteria in the Position Description, a current curriculum vitae, and contact details of at least two referees.
***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory’s history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and effective logistics.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Elanor Hughes at 0418 616 721 or at Elanor.Hughes@act.gov.au.
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Job: General/Administrative
Salary Range: 146,705.00 - 164,506.00
Contact Name: Elanor Hughes
Contact Email: elanor.hughes@act.gov.au
Closing Date: 16/Oct/2025, 7:59:00 AM