Director, Management Accounting | Full-time Permanent

Closes: 24 July 2026

Classification: Senior Officer Grade B

Salary: $149,172 - $167,151 plus superannuation

Position No: 36974

Directorate: Suburban Land Agency

Advertised (Gazettal date): 26 June 2026

Contact Officer: Wesley Willcott on Wesley.Willcott@act.gov.au or (02) 6205 8171

Details: The Director, Management Accounting is a key team leader role within the Suburban Land Agency’s Land, Value, Finance and Technology Branch, with responsibility for providing financial support to the portfolio of property development projects across Canberra.

We are looking for a commercially focused and results-driven leader with proven experience in finance, project budgeting and reporting, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, and continuous improvement.

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 full member of either Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia or Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ).

Notes:

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

This position is designed for activity-based working (ABW). Officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

How to Apply: Applicants should submit a supporting statement, addressing the Professional/Technical Skills and the Behavioural Capabilities of not more than two A4 pages outlining your skills and experience relevant to the role. Please include a copy of a current curriculum. Include contact details for two referees with your application (or list referees as available by request).

Applications should be submitted .

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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