Finance Officer

Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 96,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12.75% super

17.5% leave loading

Flexible work options

Salary packaging

Modern facilities

Job summary

Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service – Southport QLD is seeking a Finance Officer to join the Financial Services Division. The role focuses on delivering budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and reports to support decision making.

You will work with Executives and the Management Accounting Team to identify variances and develop strategies to manage performance. This is a permanent full‑time position with competitive remuneration and benefits.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Finance or Commerce is preferred.
• Understanding of regulatory environment for statutory bodies is appreciated.
• Declaration of serious disciplinary history must be disclosed.
• Criminal History Screening is required for new employees (cost covered).
• Flexibility with work options and salary packaging are available.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and reporting for the division.
• Provide decision support for negotiation, reporting and amendments.
• Assist in developing and maintaining cost and pricing data procedures.
• Collaborate with executives and finance teams to identify variances and issues.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Decision support

Report writing

Education

Business/Finance/Commerce degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service – Southport QLD

A opportunity has become available for a Finance Officer to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 14 000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region of Australia.

You will

• Support the Divisional Finance Manager and Principal Divisional Finance Officer to deliver meaningful budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and reports
• provide decision support for negotiation, reporting and amendment processes
• Assist in the development and maintenance of procedures for the capturing of cost and pricing data
• Work collaboratively with Executives and the Management Accounting Team to identify variances and performance issues and develop strategies to manage them

About you

To be successful in this position you will require:

• While not mandatory, a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline such as Business, Finance or Commerce would be well regarded.
• While not mandatory, an understanding of the regulatory environment and context in which a statutory body and health service works would be well regarded.
• Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed
• Criminal History Screening will be required for new employees (GCH will cover cost)
• Flexible work options
• Salary Packaging
• Modern Facilities
• Diverse Work Culture
• 12.75% super
• 17.5% leave loading
• Permanent full time
• Base salary ranging from $96,363 - $106,160 per annum

About Us

The Financial Services Division supports Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service by providing expert and timely financial services. The Division is made up of Divisional Finance Teams, Financial Reporting and Compliance, Financial Performance and Procurement & Contract Management. This role is based within the Divisional Finance Team for Corporate 2 Services.

About Gold Coast Health

• Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
• More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
• Secondary and tertiary health services across more than 20 facilities
• Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle
• A workplace culture that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work so that they can perform at their best
• Committed to reflecting the diversity of the Gold Coast community and ensuring each staff member is included and feels like they belong

Gold Coast Health is committed to providing an accessible, inclusive work environment. Please contact the nominated person if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout this recruitment process.