Strategic Budget & Financial Reporting Analyst

Sa Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 106,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Health, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, is seeking a Reporting & Budget Analyst to join the SALHN Regional Office. This full-time fixed-term role (until August 2027) involves preparing financial reports, monitoring budgets, and supporting forecast processes across the network.

You will report to the Manager and contribute to robust financial advice, develop improvements in reporting, and ensure timely budget management aligned with SA Health priorities.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting, economics or related financial / business management field or studying towards this.
• Strong leadership skills and abilities to motivate and inspire others to work together as a team to achieve objectives in a climate of significant change.
• Self-motivated, organised, demonstrated initiative and an ability to operate independently while remaining focussed on agreed objectives that may have competing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills which demonstrate a capacity to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders on a range of sensitive and complex issues to achieve positive outcomes.
• Experience in providing positive leadership in a senior financial management role in a climate of reform and continuing change, with demonstrated success in increasing the effectiveness and accountability of the organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in the strategic management of financial resources, undertaking financial business analysis, developing financial strategies to improve financial performance and providing concise written financial reports.
• Experience in the effective development, implementation and management of a large organisational budget and forecasting within a framework of critical corporate objectives.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the development and implementation of improved financial reporting and budgetary management across the health service, covering the strategic application of resources in line with the stated objectives of SA Health.
• Provide assistance in monitoring budget processes ensuring deadlines are achieved.
• Assisting in ensuring that comprehensive processes are in place to support budget development, which is aligned to SA Health budget principles.
• Identifying factors likely to impact on the financial performance of the health service
• Providing regular analysis and interpretation of the performance against agreed key performance objectives, identifying variances in financial results and providing advice on immediate and long-term corrective strategies,
• Providing advice on strategies to ensure effective and efficient use of resources,
• Ensuring accurate and timely submission of internal financial management and monthly monitoring reports for review and consideration by the health service

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic financial management

Independent work

Education

Accounting / Economics degree or in progress

Job description

SA Health, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, is seeking a Reporting & Budget Analyst to join the SALHN Regional Office. This full-time fixed-term role (until August 2027) involves preparing financial reports, monitoring budgets, and supporting forecast processes across the network.

You will report to the Manager and contribute to robust financial advice, develop improvements in reporting, and ensure timely budget management aligned with SA Health priorities.