Senior Finance Officer, Business Improvement
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 18 January 2026
Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 6
Salary: $102,657 - $116,592 plus superannuation
Position No: 70265, several
Directorate: Digital Canberra
Advertised (Gazettal date): 17 December 2025
Contact Officer: Muku Ganeshalingam on
Muku.Ganeshalingam@act.gov.au
or
(02) 6207 9595
Details: Digital Canberra delivers and supports digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use. Join Digital Canberra and help deliver smart, secure, and seamless digital services that improve the people that live and work in our beautiful city and surrounding area.
At Digital Canberra, you’ll work with passionate technologists, policy experts, and designers to build and sustain services that matter. We value curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, and we’re committed to helping you grow.
We are seeking two experienced Senior Finance Officers to join our Business Improvement team within our Strategic Finance Branch.
In this role you will maintain and improve financial business processes and reporting systems, ensure compliance with financial policies, regulations, and government reporting standards. You will also collaborate with stakeholders to deliver accurate financial insights and identify opportunities for process improvements.
To thrive in this role, advanced knowledge of government financial reporting standards and regulations and proficiency in financial management systems and software are essential, combined with exceptional attention to detail, critical thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills.
For more information about the role, please refer to the position description. You may wish to speak to the listed Contact Officer if you have any queries once you have reviewed the position description.
What we offer you
At Digital Canberra, we offer a rewarding government career that has a direct, positive impact on the Canberra community. You may be strategic, helping us lead technology investment decisions to build a genuinely connected Canberra. Or you may enjoy the hands-on satisfaction of working with the latest technology to keep our hospitals, schools, and government running. At Digital Canberra, you will make a difference!
As part of the ACT Public Service (ACTPS), Digital Canberra offers some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in Australia. Flexible working in the ACTPS means we provide the opportunity to work remotely (from home) or from a choice of office locations around Canberra, although the exact arrangements will be discussed with your hiring manager, based on operational needs.
Canberra is Australia’s capital – a welcoming, unique city with a quality of life that many cities aspire to. It’s the perfect place to raise children, take advantage of world-class cultural institutions, and enjoy the great outdoors. Canberra is primed for technology evolution. As a young and growing city, the shape of our community and our digital government services will continue to change.
Just like our city, Digital Canberra is inclusive. Our work spans many technology disciplines, and our workforce is diverse. We welcome candidates who have the right to work in Australia, which may include temporary and permanent visa holders subject to your visa conditions.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Eligibility/Other requirements: A formal qualification in Accounting, Commerce, Finance, or a related field and professional membership are desirable.
Notes: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.
How to apply: Submit a copy of your curriculum vitae and a two-page pitch that addresses the “What You Require” section of the Position Description. Please ensure your response provides evidence of your suitability for the role, including specific examples that clearly demonstrate your relevant Skills, Knowledge and Behavioural Capabilities.
Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button below.
Digital Canberra
Digital Canberra was established on the 1 July 2025, amalgamating positions which previously were advertised under Chief Ministers and Economic Development Directorate and ACT Health Directorate.
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