Senior Director, Financial Management
Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
Flexible working conditions.
Access to Employee Assistance Program.
Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About the Role:
Can you lead financial performance in a complex healthcare environment, influence executive decision-making, and build a high-performing team that delivers real impact?
If you're a strategic finance leader ready to shape the future of Canberra Health Services, we'd love to hear from you.
The Senior Director, Financial Management leads a large and diverse team of finance professionals, providing strategic direction, fostering a high-performance culture, and driving the delivery of high-quality financial management services across Canberra Health Services.
This role oversees key financial functions including budgeting, planning, forecasting, performance reporting, financial analysis, cost modelling, and business partnering, ensuring leaders at all levels are supported with timely insights and advice to make informed decisions and achieve organisational objectives.
Working closely with executive leaders, clinical and operational stakeholders, and corporate partners, you will strengthen financial governance, enhance organisational performance, and drive continuous improvement across financial management practices and systems.
The role is instrumental in identifying financial risks and opportunities, improving financial capability across the organisation, and delivering sustainable service and financial outcomes that support the delivery of high-quality healthcare to the Canberra community.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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This is a temporary position available for a period of eight months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.
A merit pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical or similar vacancies over the next 12 months.
Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the productive administration of the service.
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care.
It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.
More information can be found on the CHS website .
Our Vision:
creating exceptional health care together
Our Role:
to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values:
Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace.
As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved.
More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .
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This is a temporary position available for a period of eight months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.
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📌 Senior Director, Financial Management | Full-Time Temporary With A Possibility Of Permanency (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Capital Territory
📍 Canberra