Step into a role where your leadership directly empowers educational success. As Team Leader, Finance, you’ll guide a dedicated team delivering high‑quality financial services through OneSchool, ensuring the school’s operations run smoothly and strategically. You’ll partner closely with the Business Manager to provide sharp financial insights, robust budget planning, and forward‑thinking advice that helps drive the school’s long‑term vision. This is your chance to lead with purpose, influence meaningful outcomes, and support an environment where students and staff can flourish.

Please note: Brisbane School of Distance Education operates through most of the year and closes for only two weeks over the Christmas vacation, which is our peak enrolment period. The Team Leader, Finance will be required to be on site during this time to support critical operations.

About the School:

The Brisbane School of Distance Education provides lessons in an on-line environment to over 3000 students. This position provides high level support to the Business Manager and Principal to support over 300 staff and over 1000 families. The applicant should be knowledgeable with Agresso, One School and knowledge of Education Qld policy, DOE standards and Distance Education enrolment policy are critical. The role directly supports the Business Manager and School Executive and provides advice to all school staff and parents on issues of enrolment fees and refunds. This position manages an accounts receivable officer and is responsible for the management of the school's 8 million dollar budget.

Our school is devoted to professional development and staff well-being, while upholding their motto of "each student succeeding". The school is proud to be involved in the Rainbow Liaison Officer program, support students with all abilities and gender diversity within the school. Applicants that are versatile with change,



willing to be part of a supportive and high achieving team and engage with the fundamental beliefs of the school are encouraged to apply. Brisbane SDE upholds the vision of the Proud at Work workforce strategy and believes the school should be an environment where staff and students feel safe, supported and valued for who they are. The ideal applicant will have the following skills:

- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead and manage the budget process
- Ability to problem solve
- Ability to apply relevant enrolment policy
- Ability to extract, analyse and manipulate data and information for reporting purposes

About the role:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Be accountable for the daily operations of the financial services team, including procurement, invoicing, accounts receivable and payable processing and debt collection, providing direction to ensure compliance with financial processes, practices and legislation.
- Review annual program budgets collaboratively with the Principal, Business Manager, Heads of Department and Heads of Schools.
- Oversee the process of fee collection, refunding and debt recovery by liaising and coordinating with government agencies and schools.
- Be accountable for resolving matters relating to financial administration and service delivery for the school.
- Undertake complex financial analysis in relation to funding issues impacting on the development and management of budgets and provide recommendations for strategies to maximise income streams.

Interested? To Apply:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)

- Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.

- Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

📌 Team Leader (Queensland)
🏢 Queensland Department of Education
📍 Queensland