Job Description
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The planning and performance engine behind the Technology function
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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.
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About the role
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The scope
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Integrated planning across the entire Technology function
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Up to 6 direct reports - ICT Finance Lead, Technology Reporting Lead, Workflow Automation Specialist and Operational Reporting Specialists
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Business owner of technology workflow tooling and configuration
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Planning coordination across all three delivery portfolios
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What you'll do
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Lead Technology strategic ongoing roadmap working with Technology LT and schemes to align to ongoing business outcomes
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Support technology LT in ongoing engagement with Executives.
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Lead technology financial management - budgeting, forecasting, accruals,



cost tracking and financial governance - in partnership with finance
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Coordinate operational planning cycles so workforce demand, financial planning and delivery priorities stay aligned
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Provide executive-level reporting and insight on workforce metrics, utilisation, capacity, delivery performance and financials
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Produce high-quality executive communications, papers and board reporting, including GET papers
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Establish and maintain operational governance, controls and processes across financial management and reporting
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Partner with delivery, platform and portfolio leaders to support planning across technology initiatives
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Develop the integrated delivery roadmap across all three portfolios for enterprise delivery visibility
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Own workflow tooling and configuration so it enables Technology's ways of working, frameworks and reporting
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What you'll bring
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10+ years in technology strategy, strategic planning, financial management or portfolio management within complex enterprise environments
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Proven experience leading integrated planning, budgeting and forecasting across large technology or delivery functions
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The ability to turn financial and operational data into insight that senior leaders act on
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Solid governance discipline - controls, compliance and reporting obligations handled cleanly
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Stakeholder skills to partner credibly across technology, delivery and finance leadership
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What's in it for you
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A corporate wellbeing program with subsidised gym membership, free flu vaccinations and health checks
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An extra day's leave through icare day
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Learning and development aligned to icare's Core Capabilities
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Recognition through Our People Awards - on-the-spot, quarterly and annual
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Access to our Employee Assistance Program
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About icare
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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.
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We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people, and we encourage people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply.
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Before you apply
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icare operates a direct sourcing model, so no agency introductions will be accepted
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We're a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant
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A talent pool may be created through this process
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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 (New South Wales)
🏢 icare NSW
📍 New South Wales