Principal Finance Advisor

Job description
About the Department:

The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to giving all children a great start, engaging young people in learning, creating safe and inclusive workplaces and investing in communities for a stronger Queensland.

Our human rights commitment is to create a stronger, fairer Queensland by respecting, protecting and promoting human rights in everything we do.

Our objectives are: A great start for all children, every student succeeding, Building Queensland communities, Safe and capable people delivering our vision, Fair and safe workplaces and communities.

Our vision is one of equity and excellence in a progressive, high performing education system that realises the potential of every student.

About the Role

As the Principal Finance Advisor, you will:

Provide specialist advice, capability building and intensive case management to schools and regions to enhance student learning outcomes and resolve priority issues.
Lead the development of high-level strategies, policies, procedures and systems to support the optimal utilisation of departmental funds and resources.
Responsibilities

Intensive financial case management, including strategy development and implementation with schools.
Answer challenging and high level queries around policy and system areas that have been escalated beyond standard school support.
Proactively identify opportunities for improved service to schools by undertaking comprehensive data analysis.
Provide high quality strategic advice to schools around investment decisions.
Coches, support and work closely with Senior Finance Business Partners to ensure they are providing high quality services to their school clients.
Collaboratively work with the Statewide team of Principal Finance Business Partners to address identified priority issues and deliver improvement initiatives across the state.
Our Ideal Candidate Should Demonstrate:

Strong understanding of finance in a school environment is highly desirable, including interpretation of policy and procedures and answering complex financial system queries.
Proven ability to deliver timely and high quality advice on challenging financial matters.
Experience in complex and detailed data analysis, including demonstratable system skills (Microsoft Excel, Power BI, One Note etc).
Exceptional relationship building skills and ability to work with a diverse range of clients with varying levels of skills and experience.
Provision of face to face and MS Teams (region and statewide) group training and capability development with key clients, as well as one to one support.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

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 written statement in response to 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.

The salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace.

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