AddressAbout SA Health
SA Health is passionate about delivering a world-class healthcare system that empowers South Australians to live healthier, longer, and happier lives. Committed to strengthening primary care, enhancing hospital services, transforming mental healthcare, and improving the health of Aboriginal communities.
SA Health uses a unified finance service model to provide consistent and aligned services across the organisation. This ensures that all corporate and service-level requirements are met. The Department for Health and Wellbeing's Finance team, within the Corporate and Infrastructure Division, are responsible for developing and maintaining effective systems and capabilities for budgeting, forecasting, performance management, planning, and analysis.
Role Overview
As a Finance Officer, you'll be ensuring compliance with Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) requirements through timely and accurate reporting, including monthly and quarterly reports, preparing forward budget data, and budget adjustments for SA Health. Key tasks involve liaising with DTF, monitoring cash balances on daily basis, preparing budget adjustments and reconciliations, and providing variation explanations for reporting. Additionally, the role focuses on improving DTF reporting processes and developing financial policies and procedures.
Responsibilities also include enhancing financial management by implementing improvement strategies, managing project-based work, and delivering professional financial advice.
As a Finance Officer, you'll support and mentor colleagues, participate in change management initiatives, and contribute to achieving the Corporate and Infrastructure Division's objectives.
Requirements:
- Experience in providing advice and support to a range of clients and stakeholders resulting in improved business operations.
- Proven strong analytical capabilities as they apply to finance and the ability to develop and implement operational and strategic solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to perform research and analysis of financial and non-financial data, trends and outcomes and utilise database tools to generate reports and information for Management to review.
- Knowledge of financial and other accounting standards, structures, and practices including complex accounting concepts of consolidated and eliminated financial information.
- An appropriate degree in accounting, finance or economics majoring in accounting.
- Experience in data management and reporting systems.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 867186
Criminal History Screening Requirement
- A National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)
Immunisation Risk for this position is is Category C (minimal patient contact)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Special Conditions
> It is mandatory that no person, whether or not already working in SA Health, may be appointed to a position in SA Health unless they have provided they have a satisfactory current Criminal and Relevant History Screening, as required by the SA Health Criminal and Relevant History Screening Policy Directive.
> For appointment in a Prescribed Position under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act (2016), a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required from the Department for Human Services Screening Unit. For other positions, a satisfactory National Police Certificate (NPC) assessment is required.
> For 'Prescribed Positions' under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act (2016), the individual's WWCCs must be renewed every 5 years from the date of issue; and for 'Approved Aged Care Provider Positions' every 3 years from date of issue as required by the Accountability Principles 2014 issued pursuant to the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth).
> Appointment is subject to immunisation risk category requirements. There may be ongoing immunisation requirements that must be met.
> Depending on work requirements the incumbent may be transferred to other locations across SA Health to perform work appropriate to classification, skills and capabilities either on a permanent or temporary basis subject to relevant provisions of the Public Sector Act 2009 for Public Sector employees or the SA Health (Health Care Act) Human Resources Manual for Health Care Act employees.
> The incumbent may be required to participate in Counter Disaster activities including attendance, as required, at training programs and exercises to develop the necessary skills required to participate in responses in the event of a disaster and/or major incident.
Enquiries
Skye Baker
Senior Recruitment Partner
Phone: 08 7100 1***
E-mail: **********@harrisonmcmillan.com.au
Application Closing Date
Wednesday, 12 June 2024 - 11.55PM
867186 - Finance Officer, DTF Reporting - Corporate Services - Role Description.pdf
