El1 Assistant Director - External/Internal Budgets, Canberra

• Location: Canberra
• Position Type: Ongoing | Full-time
• Salary: $108,995 - $131,404

About the role
The Assistant Director, External/Internal Budgets is responsible for assisting with both the internal and external budget process and supporting the Director, Budgets and Reporting and the National Manager – Finance, Property and Procurement (the Chief Finance Officer).
Key responsibilities:

• Managing the external budget process (including developing new policy proposals)
• Delivering the Commission’s internal budget allocation process
• Preparing quality management reports to senior executives
• Ad-hoc tasks as required and directed.

Our ideal candidate
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate the following experience, skills and attributes:

• Demonstrated experience in government budgeting processes, including preparing, presenting and advising on budgeting and financial modelling
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills including the ability to provide support and direction to a small team
• Possess liaison, interpersonal and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders through strong verbal and written communication skills
• Well-developed analytical skills and proven ability to use a positive and proactive approach to problem solving
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Proactively identify and implement process and system improvements where appropriate.

Essential qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting, business or commerce from a recognised tertiary institution
• Current membership of CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, or working towards achieving this.

Eligibility

• Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with the ACIC, applicants must be an Australian citizen.
• Security Clearance – The Australian community expects ACIC employees to maintain the highest levels of security and integrity. Successful applicants will be required to obtain and maintain a minimum Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance.
• Pre-Employment Screening – All candidates must satisfy an Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to being offered employment at the ACIC. Please refer to the ACIC’s Character Standards for further information.
• Vaccination Status – To be eligible to work at the ACIC, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The ACIC is committed to diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and champion diversity to ensure we reflect the community we serve, and pride ourselves on our vibrant culture. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, neurodiverse, mature aged employees and carers.
More information about our conditions is available in the ACIC Enterprise Agreement 2016–2019 and Determination 2022/1 on our website.