Senior Finance Officer - Operations Support - Muswellbrook

Senior Finance Officer

Operations Support Office

Muswellbrook

Location- OSO Muswellbrook

Employment type - Ongoing full-time role (35hrs per week)

Salary - Clerk Grade 5/6; ($97,027.00 - $107,059) pa plus superannuation + leave loading)

Your role

As a Senior Finance Officer, you will be responsible for delivering transactional financial, procurement, and administrative services in support of the Operations Support Office, and ensuring compliance with established standards. You will work independently with minimal supervision, consistently providing accurate and high-quality performance across all areas."

What you’ll do

Provide high-quality finance, procurement, and administrative services, either individually or as part of a team, in full compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and best practices.

Generate key procurement reports, including the Outstanding and Mismatch Reports, and offer support to operational admin staff in resolving discrepancies efficiently and accurately.

Assist the Manager of Finance and Administration and undertake additional tasks as directed by the Business Manager to support team objectives and office priorities.

Prepare and deliver payroll and excess leave reports to managers, ensuring any necessary corrective actions are taken and journals are updated accordingly.

Manage and update administrative and record-keeping systems to ensure accurate and easily accessible storage, meeting information needs and facilitating the timely resolution of inquiries.

Effectively manage competing priorities and demands to consistently meet deadlines and timelines.

What we’re looking for

Ability to act professionally and support a culture of integrity.

Ability to Identify and respond quickly to customer needs.

Willingness to use collaboration tools, including digital technologies, to work with others.

Identify resource needs and ensure goals are achieved within set budgets and deadlines.

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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 09 March 2025 at 11:00pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Rowena Foley on 02 65490662 or at rowena.foley2@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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,

Faith Timothy on 0497 142 953 or via faith.timothy@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

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.

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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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