Senior Auditor/ Audit Manager, Financial Audit

ACT Audit Office; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 104,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work up to 3 days/week

Generous leave provisions

Professional membership fees (up to 2)

Job summary

The ACT Audit Office in Canberra is seeking an experienced Audit Manager/Senior Auditor for Financial Audit to undertake audit of financial statements for the ACT Government. You will plan, lead engagements and supervise small audit teams with strong integrity and professional standards.

There is a flexible, hybrid working arrangement with a commitment to professional development and generous benefits, including study support and membership fee reimbursement where applicable.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial audits of government bodies.
• Strong accounting and auditing skills with reporting ability.
• Ability to supervise staff and deliver audit engagements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Plan and complete assigned financial audit tasks.
• Lead small audit teams under Directors/Senior Directors.
• Supervise staff and contribute to audit engagements.
• Prepare clear, sound audit reports for public scrutiny.

Skills

Auditing

Accounting

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Professional accounting qualifications

Postgraduate qualifications (CPA Australia / CA ANZ / CISA)

Tools

Data analytics

Job description

Senior Auditor/ Audit Manager, Financial Audit

Established in 1990, the ACT Audit Office has served over three decades to provide an independent view of the ACT Public Sector, foster accountability in the public administration of the Territory and promote efficiency and effectiveness of ACT public services.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Audit Manager / Senior Auditor, Financial Audit with the highest level of personal integrity to undertake audit of financial statements within the ACT Government. Candidates are required to demonstrate good accounting and auditing skills, organisational skills, communication and interpersonal skills, an ability to objectively analyse issues, evaluate evidence and an aptitude to write sound reports that can withstand public scrutiny.

You will play an important role to ensure the highest levels of financial management and accountability within the ACT Government. Your work will have a direct impact on community confidence in the delivery of a range of critical services, from Health to Education, from Capital Infrastructure to Social Services by the ACT Public Sector. As the Audit Manager / Senior Auditor, Financial Audit, you will typically work under the guidance and supervision of Directors and/or Senior Directors and will be responsible for a range of functions including planning and completing assigned financial audit tasks and leading small audit teams.

Successful applicants will be offered an Audit Manager or Senior Auditor position depending on the applicant’s skills and experience.

The Benefits

The ACT Government is seen as a public sector leader in its approach to flexible working, investing in infrastructure to facilitate hybrid working such as state-of-the-art office spaces designed to promote collaborative working.

In addition, the Audit Office seeks to engender a sense of community, embraces diversity, and actively promotes a healthy work/life balance, including the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days per week. Work structures are negotiated at a team level, with an emphasis placed on finding space to accommodate family and personal commitments to ensure you can bring your best self to the role.

You will also be supported in exploring your own professional development Learning Journey through complex and interesting work and training opportunities. The Audit Office offers a generous studies assistance program to provide you with support to undertake your professional post-graduate qualifications, including reimbursement of course fees and time off to study and attend exams.

Based on your experience and skills, you will be offered a competitive remuneration between $103 613 to $124 828 plus superannuation per annum. Additional benefits include generous leave provisions and payment of up to two professional membership fees.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

The key to success in this role will be your combination of your prior experience in financial audits, sound accounting and auditing skills, well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively supervise staff and contribute to the successful delivery of audit engagements. You will also align strongly to, and actively role model to your team, our organisational values of:

• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Respect
• Learning and Innovation

You will most likely have tertiary Professional Accounting, Audit, Data Analytics and/or Information Technology qualifications. It would also be ideal if you held post graduate qualifications from one or more of CPA Australia, CA ANZ and CISA.

Notes: This is a temporary position anticipated to commence on 1 February 2027 and will initially be offered for a period of three months, with the possibility of extension for up to a further six months and/or permanency.

All ACT Government employees are required to undergo employment screening. This position is a Position of Trust 1 and therefore, if you are selected, you will have Baseline security clearance. If you do not have Baseline security clearance, the Office will undertake an internal security assessment to assess against this criterion, while you await to apply for AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance. If your Baseline security clearance application is not successful, your employment in the role will be terminated.

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.