Director Financial Accounting & Operations Group

Queensland Corrective Services; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services in Brisbane, QLD seeks a Director Financial Accounting & Operations Group to lead the financial accounting and operations functions, oversee statutory reporting, and provide strategic financial advice to support current and long-term sustainability.

The role focuses on modernising service delivery to be client-focused and centre-led, with broad responsibilities across policy, controls and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the Financial Accounting and Operations Group.
• Design and maintain contemporary financial policies, procedures and controls.
• Direct all financial accounting, operational, taxation, and asset accounting activities.
• Oversee financial systems and data quality for timely reporting.
• Lead preparation of financial reports and annual statements.
• Manage asset accounting for approximately $2.5b in assets.
• Develop innovative financial solutions to support strategic objectives.
• Foster governance frameworks to mitigate financial risk.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial accounting

Statutory reporting

Taxation

Asset accounting

Governance

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Financial systems

Job description

Director Financial Accounting & Operations Group

Queensland Corrective Services – Brisbane QLD

In this role you will be responsible for leading the Financial Accounting & Operations Group. It will oversee financial and accounting operations, statutory and financial reporting, taxation, transactional services, and asset management functions. It will provide timely, independent and informed strategic and operational financial advice and analysis to ensure the current and long term financial sustainability of QCS.

The role will ensure that QCS financial accounting policies, procedures, and operations are aligned to contemporary best practice, QCS strategic objectives, legislative requirements, and accounting principles and standards.

A key focus of the role is to re-shape the service delivery approach of the Financial Accounting and Operations Group to be contemporary, client focused, and centre led.

The primary accountabilities of the Director Financial Accounting and Operations include:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Financial Accounting and Operations Group, ensuring operational excellence in the delivery of timely and effective financial operations and advice to support QCS's operations.
• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of contemporary and best practice financial policies, procedures and controls that are aligned to QCS and whole of Government objectives, and which enable QCS to effectively discharge its statutory obligations under the Financial Accountability Act 2007.
• Direct all financial accounting, operational, taxation, and asset accounting activities to ensure sound financial practice and protection of QCS's resources, asset portfolio, and financial position.
• Oversee effective financial systems, accounting data quality and accessibility to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial analysis and reporting to enable effective monitoring of QCS financial performance and informed decision making
• Lead the preparation of QCS financial reports, annual financial statements, and other adhoc requests, ensuring compliance with statutory reporting requirements and prescribed accounting standards and policies.
• Ensure robust and contemporary asset accounting processes to facilitate effective tracking, analysis, reporting and management of QCS's $2.5b worth of assets.
• Ensure the development of innovative financial solutions that incorporate a commercial approach to managing financial risks and identifying opportunities to enable achievement of QCS strategic objectives.
• Ensure the development and implementation of effective and robust financial risk and compliance management, assurance, and governance frameworks and processes to mitigate financial risks and protect QCS financial position.
• Lead the development of a strong client service focus by establishing collaborative partnerships with departmental clients and stakeholders in the delivery of financial services.
• Negotiate and ensure the ongoing management of service level agreements with external agencies to achieve optimal delivery of outsourced services including transactional, banking and travel services.
• Lead negotiations with Queensland Treasury in relation to the development of funding systems and models that meet the operational and long term requirements of QCS.
• Build financial capability within the Financial Accounting and Operations Group and across the organisation to meet the organisation's current and longer term financial operational and reporting requirements.
• Provide expert and trusted strategic and operational financial advice to the Assistant Commissioner Financial Services and Strategic Sourcing, Deputy Commissioner Organisational Capability and other Executives to ensure effective utilisation of QCS's financial, human, and physical resources.
• Develop strategic relationships and engage with key stakeholders internally and externally including representing QCS in a range of forums/committees to advance QCS's financial interest.
• Lead and direct the effective use and management of the Group's human and financial resources to deliver services in an efficient and commercially sustainable manner.
• Foster a workplace environment that values performance, continuous improvement and innovation in the delivery of high quality services.

The role description provides the minimum requirements for the role. The incumbent may be required to undertake other duties as required outside of these primary accountabilities.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.