Assistant Manager

Queensland Audit Office (QAO)

City of Brisbane

Hybrid

AUD 137,000 - 146,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements
Brisbane-based role
Salary commensurate with experience

Job summary

Queensland Audit Office (QAO) is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead a team across low to medium risk audits, with involvement in high-risk audits as needed. You will draw on external audit, consulting, or assurance expertise to deliver trusted services for clients.

This Brisbane-based, hybrid role offers a salary in the range of $136,888 to $146,189 per year, inclusive of superannuation, with opportunities for professional growth and a collaborative, inclusive culture.

Qualifications

  • External audit, consulting or assurance experience.
  • Strong communication and strategic thinking.
  • Experience leading teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team on low to medium risk audits.
  • Provide support on high-risk audits as needed.
  • Contribute to client services with insights and analytics.

Skills

External audit experience
Consulting experience
Stakeholder communication
Strategic thinking
Team leadership
Data analytics

Tools

Data Analytics

Job description

Someone who is committed to contributing to our vision of better public services, and our mission of independent and valued assurance and insights.

As an Assistant Manager, you manage a team for a number of low to medium risk audits or provide support on high-risk audits. You are a seasoned professional who draws on your expert external audit, consulting, or assurance skills to help use deliver our client services. You have strong communication skills, the ability to think strategically, achieve results, and have a sense of adventure.

About us

As the independent auditor of the public sector and local governments, we are vital to Queensland’s integrity system. We provide independent, professional audit and assurance services, giving parliament and the public trusted assurance and insights.

We have hundreds of audit clients from a wide range of industries across the beautiful state of Queensland. We help them improve their financial management and performance, so they can deliver better public services for the community. We support the Queensland Parliament in holding entities to account for the effective, efficient, and economical use of public resources. We also engage with many other stakeholders, such as integrity bodies, accounting standards boards, and Australian and international audit offices.

Innovation, teamwork, and client relationships are at the heart of what we do.

Working at QAO

Our employee value proposition offers meaningful work, supportive leadership, a collaborative culture, opportunities for professional growth, and a genuine commitment to work and life balance.

QAO is an inclusive employer. We encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, disability, family and caring responsibilities, gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of marginalisation who meet our eligibility requirements to apply.

We aim to represent the community we serve and greatly value the diverse experiences our people bring. QAO’s culture sets our workforce up for success – we invest in our people so they can be best in their field. We are passionate about innovation, we welcome new ideas, and we invest in advanced audit capabilities such as data analytics.

We also offer:

  • A Brisbane based role with hybrid work arrangements – work from client sites, in the office and from home.
  • Salary commensurate with experience – $136,888 - $146,189 (includes 12.75% superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading).
  • Continuous learning opportunities, including formal learning and personalised career development.

More information on the role responsibilities and assessment criteria is provided in the role description available from our Career Opportunities website or via email at recruitment@qao.qld.gov.au.

The role description also provides other important information including qualification requirements, pre-employment checks, and the probation period.

For consideration of permanent appointment at QAO you must

  • be an Australian citizen or,
  • be a permanent resident in Australia with permission to work in Australia or
  • hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Our values and our culture

Our values of Engage, Respect, Deliver and Inspire underpin all that we do and define how we work with our clients and each other. They help us be the best we can and make QAO an enjoyable place to work.

Our culture also reflects the independence and objectivity of our role, which is embedded in the ethical and professional codes we apply to our staff.

As part of our commitment to an inclusive and supportive recruitment process, we want to ensure all candidates have the opportunity to participate fully. If you require reasonable adjustments or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process to demonstrate your ability to meet the inherent requirements of the role, please contact recruitment@qao.qld.gov.au. We will work with you to identify appropriate adjustments and support equitable participation throughout the recruitment process.

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