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

• Multiple roles available

• Located in Parramatta with flexible working arrangements available

• Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8 with salary ranging from $116,981 to $129,492 + super and annual leave loading

• Play a key role in supporting the department’s annual budget process.

About The Role

As a Management Accountant within the Budget Management & Oversight team, you will help drive a consistent and effective approach to financial management across the department. You will work closely with Finance and business partnering teams to support the implementation of budget processes, governance and controls that align with the department’s broader finance strategy.

For further information please click here to view the role description

About You

You are an experienced management accountant with strong analytical skills and a sound understanding of financial management, governance and budget processes.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Can

• Prepare and analyse budgets and financial reports

• Strong Excel and systems skills, who can confidently handle data and navigate financial models and systems to analyse and interpret information efficiently. Experience using SAP and Prime would be highly regarded but is not essential.

• Analyse and investigate issues, and identify financial risks and opportunities

• Manage competing priorities and deliver accurate and high-quality work with attention to detail within tight deadlines

• Work with stakeholders to improve financial processes and controls

• Explain financial information clearly to different audiences

• Maintain appropriate documentation and working papers to support financial analysis, budget process and decisions

• Find practical solutions and look for ways to improve processes

• Adapt to changes in financial systems and processes

Key Knowledge And Experience

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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, 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: Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Christina Cheng via email at Christina.Cheng7@det.nsw.edu.au

For recruitment process enquiries, please contact projectrecruitment@det.nsw.edu.au

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.