At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- Ongoing Full-Time
- Located in Parramatta, offering flexible working arrangements with mandatory office presence for business requirements.
- Competitive salary ranges from $116,981 to $129,492 p.a. plus superannuation and annual leave loading
About the role
As a Senior Transactional Banking Services (TBS) Analyst, you will support the Departments day-to-day finance, accounting and cashflow operations, to ensure accurate and timely delivery of financial activities, while delivering a positive customer experience.
Your responsibilities include:
- Building strong partnerships and providing advice to stakeholders relating to budgets, forecasts, projections and expenditure management.
- Supporting accounting and cashflow activities, including invoices, payments and financial transactions
- Monitoring team daily workload and operational activities
- Working closely with Treasury and finance teams to report on financial management activities
- Preparing correspondence, briefings and reports for management and governance forums
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery, efficiency and customer experience.
This role sits with the EDConnect, Finance Function, responsible for delivering effective financial operational practices and customer-focused services.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you
As the Senior TBS Analyst, you have solid financial and accounting experience with a customer-centred approach to your service delivery. You bring:
- Analytical skills and an attention to detail to interpret data and ensure accuracy of financial activities
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, to provide clear, accurate and timely advice
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines
- Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment and ability to work effectively under pressure
- Knowledge and experience using tools such as Excel, SAP and Power BI
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Essential requirements of the role
- Tertiary qualifications or relevant experience in Administration, Finance and Accounting or a relevant discipline and/or demonstrated successful experience in stakeholder/customer engagement in a Shared Services/Contact Centre environment.
- Proven experience across a range of accounting and finance functions, with a sound knowledge of accounting principles and standards, financial data processing and reporting
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive pay, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role, as well as your response to two pre-screening questions below:
Question1
Describe a complex financial or cashflow problem you recently solved using advanced Excel or Power BI. How did you structure your analysis, and how did you present these findings to stakeholders to ensure clear, accurate, and timely advice was understood and acted upon? (300 word max)
Question 2
Working in finance operations often requires balancing daily transaction processing with the need for systemic improvements. Can you provide a specific example of how you managed competing priorities under tight deadlines while successfully driving a continuous improvement initiative to enhance efficiency or customer experience? (300 word max)
Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.
Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.
If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education,
All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
As a condition of employment, successful candidates not currently employed by the Department must provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number. Renewal is not required after the WWCC expires, as long as you remain in a non–child-related role. Employer obligations only apply while the WWCC is valid.
Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.
Closing date: Tuesday 8 September 2026 at 11:59pm.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.
