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About the Role
You will lead the organisations budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring budgets align with governance requirements and strategic priorities. You will provide expert financial advice on labour costing, workforce planning and savings initiatives, while delivering analysis and insights to support executive decision making. You will develop and maintain financial models, budget reporting and funding submissions that inform strategic planning and Treasury negotiations. You will build strong stakeholder relationships across the organisation to support collaborative planning, robust financial governance and transparent reporting, while driving continuous improvement in budgeting and forecasting practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead the organisations budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Ensure budgets align with governance requirements and strategic priorities.
- Provide expert financial advice on labour costing, workforce planning and savings initiatives.
- Deliver analysis and insights to support executive decision making.
- Develop and maintain financial models, budget reporting and funding submissions.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across the organisation.
- Support collaborative planning, robust financial governance and transparent reporting.
- Drive continuous improvement in budgeting and forecasting practices.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning within large, complex government or public sector organisations.
- Strong understanding of Treasury and Statutory processes, funding frameworks and strategic resource allocation.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to build trusted relationships across senior government, executive and business stakeholders.
- Ability to influence decision making.
- Ability to navigate competing priorities in a complex operating environment.
- Confident engaging at the executive level.
- Ability to lead challenging conversations.
- Ability to provide constructive advice.
- Ability to present clear, evidence based recommendations to support informed decision making and organisational outcomes.
Skills
- Finance
- Accounting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial planning
- Labour costing
- Workforce planning
- Savings initiatives
- Financial modelling
- Budget reporting
- Funding submissions
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
Location
- NSW
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Significant experience
Education Level
- Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline
- Full membership of a recognised professional accounting body (e.g., CPA Australia, CA ANZ, ACCA)
Benefits
- Flexible work options may be available
About the Company
- Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system.
- We connect people, communities and industry every day.
Equal Opportunity
- Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.