Business Manager

Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Generous leave entitlements

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking a Business Manager in Toowoomba, QLD. You'll help turn big-picture goals into meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and communities, working with passionate leaders, providing trusted advice, building partnerships and shaping a sustainable future for healthcare across the region.

In this role you'll guide leaders with financial and workforce insights, shape budgets and future plans, identify opportunities to improve performance, and build collaborative

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Business partnering

Budgeting

Forecasting

Performance analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

Accounting / Commerce / Business

CPA / CA / CIMA accreditation

Job description

Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service – Toowoomba QLD

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,fromTaroom in the north to Texas in thesouth,our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care.It'scomplex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whetheryou'rea doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member,or administrator,you'llsee your impact firsthand.Here,you'llfind opportunities that simplydon'texist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, andembraceresponsibilities that would take years toaccessin larger health services.

Darling Downs Healthis 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