Senior Management Accountant
Job Description
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 with flexible work arrangements available
- Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10 with salary ranging from $ 129,464 to $ 142,665 + super and annual leave loading
- Shape the future of school funding across NSW
About the role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Management Accountant to lead and deliver the department’s budget for NSW public schools.
In this role, you will drive the School Cost Area (SCA) budget and forecasting processes, ensuring accurate financial management aligned with Government priorities and departmental strategy. You will provide strategic insights and expert advice to support executive decision-making, while maintaining strong oversight of financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you
You are a strategic and analytical finance professional with strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
You bring:
- Proven experience in management accounting, ideally within a large or complex organisation
- Strong ability to interpret financial data and provide clear, actionable insights
- Experience influencing and advising senior stakeholders
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure
- A collaborative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
Your ability to navigate complexity, think strategically, and drive financial excellence will be key to your success in this role.
Key knowledge and experience
- Substantial experience setting management accounting governance and controls, and working with stakeholders to operationalise and implement
- Substantial experience with management accounting and reporting risk identification and providing financial analysis and insights
- Substantial experience using key financial management systems, in particular, SAP
- 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
- Degree in accounting or finance discipline and membership of a recognised Australian professional accounting association.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive salary, salary sacrificing options, 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.
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, click here for instructions on how to submit your application.
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: Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 11:59pm.
For role enquiries please contact Ben Wu via email on [email protected] and for recruitment process enquiries please contact [email protected]
We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ([email protected]) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.
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.