Department: Corporate Services
Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150 Orange, NSW, AU, 2800
Req ID: 80475
Senior Financial Analyst
Location: Parramatta and Orange
Employment type: 2 x Ongoing roles
Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10 ($129,464 - $142,665 pa), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
The Senior Finance Analyst sits within the Delivery PMO Major Projects Governance team and plays a critical role in ensuring strong financial oversight across DCJ's capital portfolio. The role supports the delivery of complex, high value capital projects by providing disciplined financial governance, accurate forecasting, and clear financial insight to enable informed decision making. It contributes directly to the effective stewardship of public funds and the successful delivery of outcomes that support frontline services and community infrastructure across NSW
What you'll do
On a day-to-day basis, the Senior Finance Analyst manages capital budgets and forecasts, monitors project expenditure, and prepares financial reports and analysis to support project and portfolio governance. The role works closely with project managers to provide end to end financial advice across the project lifecycle, including budget development, capitalisation, variance analysis, and risk identification. It also provides guidance on financial policies, controls, and accounting requirements, while translating complex financial information into clear and practical insights for non-financial stakeholders.
The role sits within the Delivery PMO Major Projects Governance team, a specialist unit focused on strengthening governance, assurance, and performance across DCJ's major capital program. The team works collaboratively with project delivery teams, finance partners, and senior leaders, providing expert advice and support. The environment is professional, fast paced, and outcomes focused, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, continuous improvement, and supporting colleagues to deliver high quality projects that benefit communities.
What we're looking for
The ideal candidate is an experienced finance professional with strong expertise in capital project financial management within a complex organisation. They will have tertiary qualifications in finance, accounting, or a related discipline, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and capitalisation for large programs or projects. Strong knowledge of financial governance, public sector accounting standards, and internal controls is essential, along with the ability to clearly communicate financial insights to non-financial stakeholders. The successful candidate will be analytical, detail focused, collaborative, and confident in providing advice, influencing decisions, and building financial capability across project teams.
Essential requirements
* Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Business, Commerce or related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
* Professional accounting qualifications – CAANZ or CPAA, extensive experience or equivalent experience
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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
* 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.
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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.
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Applications close Monday, 9th March 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
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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
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