Manager Strategic Finance

Description:

Rural Assistance Authority are currently seeking a Manager Strategic Finance to join their high performing and highly dedicated team!

• Ongoing full-time opportunity
• Located in Orange NSW

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW. We encourage applications from people with a range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. This includes differences in culture, gender, sexual orientation, language and disability status or other attributes.

The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.

The Department of Regional NSW (DRNSW) was formed in 2020 as a central agency for regional issues. The Department has responsible for building resilient regional economies and communities, strengthening primary industries, managing the use of regional land, overseeing the state’s mineral and mining resources and ensuring government investment in regional NSW is fair and delivers positive outcomes for local communities and businesses.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) supports the development of profitable primary industries that create a more prosperous NSW and contributes to a better environment through the sustainable use of natural resources.

Within NSW DPI, the Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) is part of the DPI Infrastructure Investment & Business Development Branch and works to deliver programs that provide rural support and enhance connections with our communities. The RAA has decades of experience and expertise in the assessment and administration of financial assistance schemes to primary producers and small business operators in NSW on behalf of both the NSW and Australian Governments.

The role works in close partnership with CEO Rural Assistance Authority to oversee the financial planning, budget and forward estimate processes, financial risk management and modelling for the Rural Assistance Authority.

In this role your key accountabilities will be:

• Apply an analytical approach to support strategic decision making, with a focus on funding allocation decisions, staff resourcing and long-term operational and financial planning;
• Be responsible for the Rural Assistance Authority’s operating model, financial & metrics reporting and related deliverables for executives, functional leaders and the board of directors;
• Manage the forecasting and budgeting capabilities for the full P&L, ongoing reporting processes such as the annual budget and monthly / quarterly packages and coordinate all aspects with NSW Treasury.
• Assist executive team in communication with board and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate ad-hoc and cross-functional strategic and operational projects and execute on strategic projects independently and with Business leaders.
• Analyse revenues, expenses, and monthly actuals to ensure accuracy and perform variance analyses to ensure financial performance of the business.
• Partner closely with accounting team to ensure deep understanding of financials and deliver accurate financial reporting.
• Provide detailed analyses on trends that will assist in decision making and forward planning.
• Assist in preparing correspondence, briefings and reports to support the effective operation of the Authority for a variety of stakeholders including Ministerial correspondence.