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
- Multiple roles available
- Located in Parramatta with flexible working arrangements available
- Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8 with salary ranging from $113,574 to $125,720 + super and annual leave loading
- Use your financial expertise to provide meaningful insights and help leaders make informed decisions that enable better outcomes for schools, students and communities across NSW.
About the role
As a Management Accountant within Finance Business Advisory & Partnering, you will provide high-quality management accounting and financial analysis support that enables informed decision-making and helps ensure resources are used effectively to deliver better outcomes for schools across NSW. Working collaboratively with business leaders and finance colleagues, you will deliver budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial analysis while building strong working relationships across the organisation. Your insights will help stakeholders understand financial performance, make informed decisions and ensure public resources are effectively allocated to support the Department’s priorities.
You’ll be a part of a collaborative Finance Business Advisory & Partnering team where you’ll work alongside experienced colleagues and continue developing your analytical and business partnering skills.
If you enjoy building relationships and partnering with stakeholders, translating financial data into meaningful insights and helping stakeholders make informed decisions, we'd love to hear from you.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you
You are a proactive finance professional who combines strong technical accounting and analytical skills with a collaborative and customer-focused approach. You enjoy working with stakeholders at all levels, understanding business needs and translating complex financial information into practical advice, meaningful insights and recommendations.
You are motivated by the opportunity to use your financial expertise to support better decisions that have a positive impact across the NSW education system.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Experience in management accounting, financial accounting or finance business partnering roles.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis capabilities, with the ability to identify trends, explain financial performance and contribute to meaningful insights.
- Experience using enterprise financial systems (SAP experience highly regarded) to analyse financial performance and variances.
- The ability to interpret financial information, identify key issues and provide evidence-based recommendations to support decision-making.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, provide financial advice and influence postivie outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex financial concepts clearly.
- A commitment to continuous improvement and delivering high-quality customer service.
- Curiosity and a proactive approach to understanding challenges and using financial insights to support organisational outcomes.
Key knowledge and experience
- Demonstrated experience leveraging financial data from enterprise financial systems (the Department uses SAP) to analyse financial performance and variances.
- Demonstrated experience working in management accounting and/or financial accounting roles.
- 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
- Qualifications in finance/accounting or demonstrated equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- 35 hour working week.
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth.
- Work alongside experienced Finance Business Partners in a collaborative team environment with opportunities to further develop your advisory and analytical capability.
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions.
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter.
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: Wednesday, 9 July 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.
