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APS 6 - Finance Officer

Employer
APS
Location
Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Nov 14, 2024
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Job Role
Credit Control
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
  • $91,702 - $104,753 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
  • Williamtown - NSW

The Role
The APS 6 Finance Officer will provide valuable financial business focused support for Australia's F-35A Joint Strike Fighter air combat capability. Day-to-day activities will involve mentoring and support to budget owners focused on building financial acumen, including invoice and purchase order management. You will:
  • Manage and reconcile a range of financial data across multiple systems, focusing on data integrity.
  • Be responsible for assisting the coordination of Defence's annual management finance plan, asset reporting for F-35A and be required to work closely with key stakeholders to achieve capability effectiveness and cost efficiencies.
  • Develop briefs for senior Defence personnel at short notice, concisely presenting your highly detailed quantitative analysis.

Tasks will also involve researching independent and varied information sources, drawing conclusions based on sound judgement, knowledge and experience, provide policy advice, contribute to strategic planning, assisting with Tender Evaluations and routine management and reporting of the F-35A sustainment budget.

About our Team
Air Combat Systems Program Office (ACSPO) organisationally sits in the Aerospace Combat Systems Branch in Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), within the Department of Defence. ACSPO is the aviation asset management in-service support agency for the Australian F-35A Lightning II Air System.

ACSPO engages with local, regional and international enterprise partners and suppliers of the F-35 Global program; consisting of both foreign governments and industry, to provide sustainment support for the Capability Manager, the Royal Australian Air Force.

ACSPO is based at RAAF Williamtown in NSW and supports the F-35A Fleet. The F-35A aircraft are based at RAAF Williamtown and RAAF Tindal in the Northern Territory. The primary focus for ACSPO is governing across the Australian F-35A Air Combat Capability. This includes the ongoing management, execution and continuous improvement of the various governance frameworks, processes and procedures in order to provide leading aviation asset management.

Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have a strong analytical background, with demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking in the interpretation, and application of financial policy.

The role requires research, problem solving and communication skills, with an ability to synthesise and communicate qualitative and quantitative information independently. Advances MS Excel skills is highly desirable.

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