Senior PMA Finance Analyst

Senior PMO Financial Analyst

Location – Goulburn St, Sydney CBD

Employment type – Temporary Full-time for up to 12 months

Salary – $129,464 -- $142,665 p.a. plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior PMO Financial Analyst to join our Portfolio Management and Assurance team within Courts, Tribunals and Service Delivery. This role is pivotal in managing the financial governance and administration for a portfolio of projects, primarily within IT infrastructure. You will provide expert financial analysis, planning, and performance tracking to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

What you’ll do

As the Senior PMO Financial Analyst, you will

• Oversee and manage project financial services including accounts payable/receivable, month-end processes, and audits.
• Review forecasts and expenditure, prepare monthly financial reports, and provide executive-level analysis.
• Coordinate preparation and submission of project budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare month-end journals, accruals, adjustments, and change requests.
• Act as the escalation point for project finance queries and provide guidance to project managers.
• Ensure robust financial controls, compliance with departmental policies, and maintain accurate project cost structures.
• Conduct financial health checks and implement best-practice financial processes to reduce risk and cost.

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience in project financial analysis, planning, and performance tracking within a complex PMO or program environment.
• Proficiency in SAP and financial systems.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a high-volume environment while delivering accurate and timely advice.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Essential Requirements

• CPA or CA qualification (mandatory).
• Solid understanding of financial policies, processes, and internal controls.
• Ability to interpret and apply accounting standards and statutory reporting requirements.

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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: Sunday, 07 November 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Matthew Dutton at matthew.dutton@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 Mayur Kaushik on 0467174016 or via mayur.kaushik@dcj.nsw.gov.au.  

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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.

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