Financial Accountant - Senior

What your day could look like

As a Senior Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring strong financial stewardship across the health service. From delivering trusted financial reporting and governance outcomes to leading a capable team and partnering with senior stakeholders, you'll help support services that make a real difference to communities across the region.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Leading high-quality financial, taxation and statutory reporting outcomes that support informed decision-making and organisational accountability.
• Providing expert advice to leaders and key stakeholders on complex financial matters, governance requirements and compliance obligations.
• Driving improvements to financial processes, controls and systems that strengthen efficiency, integrity and long-term performance.
• Coaching and developing a skilled team while fostering strong partnerships across finance, operational areas and audit stakeholders.

Let's Talk About You

You're someone who combines technical expertise with sound judgement and genuine leadership. You thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving problems and know how to build confidence in financial information that others rely on. You bring integrity to your decision-making, courage to challenge the status quo, innovation in your approach, and respect for the people you work alongside. You'll take pride in helping leaders make informed decisions while creating stronger financial outcomes that support the broader community.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Strong experience in financial accounting, taxation and statutory reporting.
• Sound knowledge of accounting standards, compliance and governance.
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have tertiary qualifications in accounting, membership of a recognised professional accounting body, and experience leading finance improvement initiatives in large service-based environments.

Above all, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage, using your expertise to strengthen financial sustainability and support positive outcomes for the communities we serve.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless. 

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.  

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region. 

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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