The planning and performance engine behind the Technology function
This role owns integrated financial, operational and strategic planning across icare's Technology function - connecting investment, workforce capacity and delivery priorities, and giving executive leaders the visibility to invest and prioritise with confidence.
About the role
You'll be the central coordination point for technology performance - the single source of truth that brings together financial investment, workforce capacity and delivery priorities.
You'll lead budgeting, forecasting and reporting, own planning governance, and turn operational and financial data into the insight that shapes where Technology spends its time and money.
It's a role for someone who can sit across finance, delivery and platform leaders, make the planning machinery run cleanly, and produce the executive and board-level reporting that decisions are built on.
The scope
Integrated planning across the entire Technology function
Up to 6 direct reports - ICT Finance Lead, Technology Reporting Lead, Workflow Automation Specialist and Operational Reporting Specialists
Business owner of technology workflow tooling and configuration
Planning coordination across all three delivery portfolios
What you'll do
Lead Technology strategic ongoing roadmap working with Technology LT and schemes to align to ongoing business outcomes
Support technology LT in ongoing engagement with Executives.
Lead technology financial management - budgeting, forecasting, accruals, cost tracking and financial governance - in partnership with finance
Coordinate operational planning cycles so workforce demand, financial planning and delivery priorities stay aligned
Provide executive-level reporting and insight on workforce metrics, utilisation, capacity, delivery performance and financials
Produce high-quality executive communications, papers and board reporting, including GET papers
Establish and maintain operational governance, controls and processes across financial management and reporting




Partner with delivery, platform and portfolio leaders to support planning across technology initiatives
Develop the integrated delivery roadmap across all three portfolios for enterprise delivery visibility
Own workflow tooling and configuration so it enables Technology's ways of working, frameworks and reporting
What you'll bring
10+ years in technology strategy, strategic planning, financial management or portfolio management within complex enterprise environments
Proven experience leading integrated planning, budgeting and forecasting across large technology or delivery functions
The ability to turn financial and operational data into insight that senior leaders act on
Solid governance discipline - controls, compliance and reporting obligations handled cleanly
Stakeholder skills to partner credibly across technology, delivery and finance leadership
What's in it for you
A corporate wellbeing program with subsidised gym membership, free flu vaccinations and health checks
An extra day's leave through icare day
Learning and development aligned to icare's Core Capabilities
Recognition through Our People Awards - on-the-spot, quarterly and annual
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
About icare
We care for the people of NSW, building confidence and trust so our communities can thrive. We make the complex simple, so our schemes deliver better outcomes for people and communities - from supporting someone severely injured at work or on our roads through their long-term care and recovery, to helping them return to work.
We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people, and we encourage people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply.
Before you apply
icare operates a direct sourcing model, so no agency introductions will be accepted
We're a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant
A talent pool may be created through this process
You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, a New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold unrestricted working rights to apply
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📌 Head Of Technology - Strategic Planning (Sydney)
🏢 icare NSW
📍 Sydney