Business Manager

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work

Professional development funding

Wellbeing programs

Private health insurance discounts

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking a Business Manager in Toowoomba to partner with regional leaders and shape sustainable healthcare services across the Darling Downs region. You will turn big-picture goals into meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and communities, providing trusted financial and workforce advice to drive decisions.

In this role, you'll lead budgeting and forecasting, strengthen partnerships with senior stakeholders and help balance resources with demand.

Qualifications

• Experience in business partnering, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis within a complex environment.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into practical recommendations and actions.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including experience working with senior stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Guide leaders with financial and workforce insights to support informed decision-making.
• Shape budgets and future plans to deliver outcomes while optimizing resources.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, strengthen sustainability and support innovation.
• Build collaborative relationships that encourage shared success and positive change.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Performance analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

Accounting/Commerce/Business degree

CPA/CA/CIMA

Job description

Build a career that makes a difference while enjoying the lifestyle and connection of regional Queensland. As Business Manager in Toowoomba, you'll partner with leaders to shape sustainable healthcare services, influence strategic decisions, and help ensure local communities continue to receive exceptional care. It's a role where your expertise, growth and impact go hand in hand.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As Business Manager, you'll help turn big-picture goals into meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and communities. Working alongside passionate leaders, you'll provide trusted advice, build strong partnerships and help shape a sustainable future for healthcare across the region. Every day brings opportunities to influence decisions, drive improvement and contribute to something bigger than yourself.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Guiding leaders with financial and workforce insights that support confident, informed decision-making.
• Shaping budgets and future plans that help teams deliver great outcomes while making the best use of resources.
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance, strengthen sustainability and support innovation.
• Building collaborative relationships that encourage shared success, capability growth and positive change.

Let's talk about you!

You're someone who sees both the numbers and the people behind them. With integrity, curiosity and courage, you enjoy partnering with others to solve challenges and create lasting value. You build trust quickly, communicate with influence and bring a practical mindset to complex situations. Most rewarding of all, you'll see your work contribute to services that support the wellbeing of communities across the region.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Experience in business partnering, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis within a complex environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into practical recommendations and actions.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including experience working with senior stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities with confidence.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have qualifications in Accounting, Commerce or Business and/or professional accreditation such as CPA, CA or CIMA.

Above all, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage, helping create positive outcomes for today while supporting a stronger future for the communities we serve.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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Occupational group

Accounting and Finance