Senior Financial Analyst, Temporary Opportunity, Clerk Grade 9/10

Office of the Children’s Guardian

Senior Financial Analyst

• Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic workplace and play a role in keeping our children safe.
• A supportive and collaborative team culture with learning and development opportunities and various health & wellbeing programs.
• One full-time, temporary role located at Strawberry Hills with hybrid / flexible working arrangements.
• Clerk Grade 9/10 - $125,693 - $138,510 (plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading).

About the Office of Children’s Guardian

The Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG) upholds NSW children and young people’s right to be safe by overseeing, regulating and monitoring organisations and individuals that provide services to children.  We are guided by our values of integrity, trust, service, accountability, respect and empathy. 

To find out more about the Office of the Children’s Guardian, visit our website.

About the role

The role provides a timely and professional management reporting function for the OCG by consolidating information and advice on the financial impact of the current operation and future plans and facilitates compliance with relevant financial management and accounting policies, procedures and standards across the agencies and within Government.

We are seeking a motivated and resilient person to: 

• Work closely with Manager Finance & Business Services to coordinate and prepare OCG’s annual budgets for different OCG directorates.
• Provide financial analysis including cost saving, forecasting and budgeting strategies, in addition to advice and recommendations to internal stakeholders to assist decision making.
• Prepare and provide quality, timely and accurate financial management reports to OCG executive team, including commentaries on finance results.
• Provide business partner services to OCG directorates to ensure monthly financials are accurately presented in the finance reports and obtain information from directorates to feed into financial forecasts.

Key knowledge and experience

• Sound knowledge of and experience with financial reporting and possess highly developed Excel spreadsheet skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage workloads and priorities to meet demanding deadlines.
• Strong experience in management accounting and financial analysis, reporting and budgeting.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification in accounting and full membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Certified Practising Accountants of Australia or equivalent.
• Employment at the Office of the Children’s Guardian is subject to the satisfactory completion of security and related vetting checks.
• All roles associated with the Office of the Children's Guardian are required to have a current NSW Working with Children Check.

For further information about the role, please view the role description.

Our commitment to Diversity

We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

The OCG encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.

If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact the OCG People and Culture team on (02) 8219 3661 or OCG.HR@ocg.nsw.gov.au and advise of your preferred method of communication.

How to apply

When applying you will need to attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) which also addresses the two targeted questions below and an up-to-date resume (maximum 4 pages) in either Word or PDF format.

We are looking for you to demonstrate your competence in the focus capabilities as outlined in the role description, so please develop your response with this in mind.

Targeted questions

1. How your skills and experience are suited to the role of Senior Financial Analyst.
2. The reason for your interest in this role.

 Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

We encourage you to please call or email our contact Jo Camlett on 02 8219 3824 or jo.camlett@ocg.nsw.gov.au to discuss the role.

Applications closing date: Monday, 24 March 2025 at 10:00am.

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.