What your day could look like
As an Assistant Accountant, you'll play a vital role in strengthening financial confidence across the health service. From maintaining accurate asset and financial records to supporting compliance and reporting, your work helps ensure resources are managed effectively to support patient care and community services.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Delivering accurate financial and asset reporting that supports confident decision-making
Partnering with teams and stakeholders to provide clear, trusted financial advice
Strengthening controls and processes to improve data integrity and compliance
Supporting financial reporting cycles and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and outcomes
Let's Talk About You
You're someone who thrives on accuracy, accountability, and making a meaningful contribution behind the scenes. You bring a thoughtful, solutions-focused mindset and take pride in ensuring financial data is reliable and insightful. Your work helps others make better decisions, and you value collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement in everything you do.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Experience in financial accounting within a complex or large organisation
Strong understanding of accounting standards, taxation, and financial processes
Confidence using financial systems and analysing data to support outcomes
Ability to manage priorities, communicate clearly, and build trusted relationships
You'll stand out from the crowd if you have a relevant tertiary qualification or professional membership in accounting, and/or experience working in a public sector or healthcare setting.
Above all, you'll bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation, and courage to your work, helping ensure resources are managed responsibly to support care across the community.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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