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Analytical Powerhouse: Reporting & Budget Analyst, SA Health

As a Reporting and Budget Management Analyst, you'll play a crucial role in driving financial success at SA Health. Utilising your exceptional analytical skills, you'll prepare complex financial reports, budgets, and forecasts to inform strategic decision-making. Your expertise will directly impact the organisation's ability to optimise resource allocation and achieve its goals.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Corporate Manager, this role is responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of financial business advice and providing:

• Effective delivery of information in managing financial performance, monitoring, reporting and analysis,
• Effective development and monitoring of savings initiatives, KPIs and FTE performance,
• Effective budget development and forecasting

 Duties for the role will include:

• Provide assistance in monitoring budget processes ensuring deadlines are achieved,
• Assisting in ensuring that comprehensive processes are in place to support budget development, which is aligned to SA Health budget principles,
• Identifying factors likely to impact on the financial performance of the health service in future years,
• Providing regular analysis and interpretation of the performance against agreed key performance objectives, identifying variances in financial results and providing advice on immediate and long-term corrective strategies,
• Providing advice and direction that supports decision making in line with health service objectives and seek to ensure priority needs are balanced against available resources and opportunities

About you:

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting, economics or related financial / business management field or studying towards this,
• Demonstrated skills and commercial acumen in analysing and interpreting data, communicating the information concisely and accurately, in either verbal or written format to accommodate the key stakeholder audience,
• Demonstrated capacity to undertake high level financial research and analysis; identify and resolve strategic and operational issues with practical and effective solutions; exercise lateral, creative and strategic thinking, independent judgement and significant delegated authority; drive and implement change and significantly contribute to change processes applying sound analytical skills and strategic thinking ability,
• Experience in providing positive leadership in a senior financial management role in a climate of reform and continuing change, with demonstrated success in increasing the effectiveness and accountability of the organisation,
• Demonstrated experience in the strategic management of financial resources, undertaking financial business analysis, developing financial strategies to improve financial performance and providing concise written financial reports

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Sujitha Adiyeri, A/Corporate Reporting and Budgeting Manager, (08) 7425 7728, Sujitha.Adiyeri@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 29 July 2025

Attachments:

• 909042 Reporting & Budget Management Analyst- Role Description
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• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 909042