Management Accountant - Projects

Bayside Health; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Onsite car parking

Fitness facilities

Childcare services

Job summary

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across Melbourne and surrounding regions. The Management Accountant (Capital and Finance Projects) role provides financial support to allocated capital, project and operational portfolios and reports to the Senior Manager Capital and Finance Projects.

The role assists with analytics, funding calculations, cost modelling, budgets, forecasts, month-end and year-end reporting, accruals and journals, ensuring accurate, robust

Qualifications

• Demonstrated finance acumen in management accounting, financial analysis and project finance within a large health service.

Responsibilities

• Support capital and project portfolios with analytics, funding calculations and cost modelling.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, month-end and year-end reporting, accruals and journals.
• Collaborate with senior colleagues and stakeholders to ensure robust financial information and advice.

Skills

Management accounting

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Month-end reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Finance systems

Job description

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Permanent Full Time (80 hrs/fn + ADO)
• Managers and Administrative Workers Grade 4
• Located at 541 St Kilda Road
• Great staff benefits! 5 weeks annual leave and salary packaging

The Department

Bayside Health Finance supports a large, complex public health service through high-quality budgeting, forecasting,reportingand financial advice. The team works closely with operational, capital and project stakeholders across Bayside Health to support informed decision-making, strong financialcontrolsand fit-for-purpose financial information.

The Role

The Management Accountant (Capital and Finance Projects) reports to the Senior Manager Capital and Finance Projects and provides accurate, timely and customer-focused financial support across allocated capital, project and operational portfolios across Bayside Health services.

The role supports service improvement, reform, organisational, capital and finance-led projects by assisting with analytics, funding calculations, cost modelling, capital project budgets, forecasts, month-end and year-end reporting, accruals, journals and general financial advice. Working closely with senior colleagues, program and project stakeholders and the broader Finance team, you will help ensure financial information, analysis and advice is accurate, robust, fit for purpose and supports effective decision-making.

Experience and Qualifications Required

The successful candidate will bring the following key skills, capabilities and experience:

• Demonstrated finance acumen, business understanding and capability in management accounting, financial analysis, funding calculations, cost modelling and project finance support within a large, complex health service.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, finance and reporting systems knowledge, and a commitment to producing high quality work within agreed timeframes.
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation and written/verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with capital, project, operational and Finance stakeholders.
• Ability to support accurate and timely month-end and year-end reporting for capital and project portfolios, including accruals, journals, registers, approvals, documentation and other finance-related transactions.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial controls, Delegations of Authority, internal finance policies and quality assurance processes relevant to capital and project finance activities.
• Experience maintaining organised project finance records, SharePoint sites, document libraries, working papers, approvals and reporting files.
• A business or accounting degree, or equivalent experience.
• Membership of, or progress towards, Chartered Accountants, CPA or an international equivalent is desirable, but not mandatory.
• Experience or knowledge relating to Victorian Public Health is desirable, but not mandatory.

This is an opportunity to contribute to capital planning, investment prioritisation, service improvement and finance-led project activity across a major Victorian public health service, while developing your management accounting, project finance and stakeholder engagement capability in a supportive, collaborative team.

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities, deducted pre-tax!!
• Fantastic onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred through ProSport health and fitness
• Childcare services at The Alfred managed by KU Children's Services

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department's risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.