GAZ - EL1 - ACT - Assistant Director - External Budgets and Revenue
Job Details
Job Req ID
Home Affairs - 142365
Location
ACT
Employment Type
Ongoing (Permanent), Full-time
Classification
Executive Level 1 - $121,755.00 and $139,450.00 plus 15.4% super (part time pro-rata)
Contact Officer
Brendan Rawlings at BRENDAN.RAWLINGS@HOMEAFFAIRS.GOV.AU
Office Arrangements
Flexible - Flexible working arrangements can be negotiated in accordance with our Enterprise Agreement and the operational requirements of the role.
| Applications close on 22/11/2026 at 11:59pm AEST (midnight) - Late applications will not be accepted. |
About our opportunity
This process is being used to fill 4 immediate position/s.
Applicants suitable for the role but not offered the position for the current vacancy may be placed in a merit list or pool to fill similar vacancies for up to 18 months anywhere in ACT; NSW; NT; QLD; SA; TAS; VIC; WA.
About our team
Chief Operating Officer Group | Finance Division | External Budgets & Revenue | AFM, Costings, RMS
The External Budgets and Revenue Branch is responsible for managing the Home Affairs portfolio's input into the Commonwealth Budget process, supporting the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), strategic financial and economic advice, and contract related support for specified administered programs. The branch also is responsible for the management of revenue collected by the Department including the Australian Border Force.
The Revenue Management Section (RMS) is a large team responsible for budgeting and modelling more than $20 billion in Australian Government revenue collections including customs duties, import processing charge, passenger movement charge, visa and citizenship charges, GST collected on behalf of the Australia Taxation Office, and the management of any associated debts to the Commonwealth. The section also manages the Department's activity-based departmental funding arrangements which accounts for about 25 per cent of the department's operational budget.
The Administered Financials Management Section (AFM) responsibility is to provide operational financial and performance management responsibilities for the onshore detention network and regional processing centres (RPC) including *Verification and approval of invoices associated with service delivery to support contractual arrangements *Assessing the contract performance management of the onshore network service provider *Implementation and management of the RPC performance management framework.
The External Costings Section (EC) is responsible for costing new policy proposals across Home Affairs, providing expert technical advice and working closely with business areas and agencies across government to ensure key priorities are funded. There are 2 External Costings Teams: Immigration and National Security & ABF.
Please visit our website for more information about the Department of Home Affairs or Australian Border Force.
Our ideal candidate
To be a strong contender for the roles you will have:
- Demonstrated leadership experience with either people or projects and experience working under limited direction including excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
- A mindset of continuous improvement and initiative to drive change
- Strong technical finance/statistics skills together with a willingness to learn
- Experience coordinating input between diverse stakeholder groups to develop meaningful advice for the executive and Minister's Office
- Sound decision making and judgement to produce high level financial advice
- Demonstrated knowledge of budget and asset management principles and the ability to communicate requirements
- A thirst to use your positive can-do attitude to build and maintain rapport with stakeholders and senior management
- A sound understanding of the Commonwealth's financial management framework, various Financial Legislation and policies, including the PGPA Act, delegations, etc
Duties and responsibilities
As Assistant Director, External Budgets and Revenue Branch, you will be responsible for:
Revenue Management section: Lead a stream of work across the full spectrum of Administered Programs such as Visa Application Charge, Cargo, or activity-based departmental revenue collections.
Administered Financials Management Section: This role provides strategic financial advice and supports the management of significant administered funding programs, contributing to budget development, resource allocation, and government financial reporting.
External Costings: Take the lead in preparing costings for new policy proposals by liaising on requirements and potential costs with business areas, gathering costs from related agencies and testing assumptions. Maintain complex models and ensure the Budget Management Tool is accurately updated.
Your responsibilities will vary depending on the role, but will include a combination of the following:
- Being a central point of contact working alongside policy areas and operational teams across the broader department and the ABF to support the budget process and central agencies
- Analysing complex financial data on your stream of work to keep financial modelling coherent with observations while also ensuring forecasts account relevant emerging issues
- Modelling scenarios to inform policy development, general analysis and estimates updates to inform government budget process
- Supporting the executive and Minister's Office with high-quality briefing material that is succinct and evidence-based informed by trends and issues in Home Affairs administered programs
- Lead and manage end of month financial processes related to capital and operating infrastructure related expenditure including facilitation, verification and payment of supplier invoices associated with the detention and regional processing contracts
- The revision of and input of costs into New Policy Proposals that have been developed by responsible business areas
- Stakeholder engagement to ensure relevancy and accuracy of costing assumptions. This includes liaison with central agencies, with other external agencies on NPPs and costings with cross-portfolio impacts, and the collation/reconciliation of funding profiles for these agencies and with internal business areas
- Maintenance of costing templates and funding models, development of evidence-based costings, submission of completed costings to DoF, and subsequent negotiations to agree costs.
Additional information
The Branch has a broad range of work and values people with diverse experiences and skills. Depending on the role, a combination of the following are desirable but not necessarily essential:
- Relevant qualifications and/or experience in one or more of the following:
- Finance, accounting, economics, or a similar quantitative discipline
- Understanding of the Australian Government financial framework, financial reporting requirements, financial policies & procedures, or ability to quickly learn and apply these in a professional setting
- Knowledge of Home Affairs revenue or broader administered programs, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn
- General contract management application
- Experience with data analysis, visualisation and/or modelling using specialist software such as R, SQL, or PowerBI.
- Advanced experience with excel including complex formulae
How to apply
Submit your application and CV through Home Affairs' recruitment system (ourPeople) before the closing data on 22/11/2026 at 11:59pm (midnight) AEDT - Late applications will not be accepted.
As part of your application, you will be required to prepare and submit your resume and a one-page applicant response document highlighting your preferred Section in relation to the advertised role, outlining:
• How your skills, knowledge, and experience will be relevant to this role
• Why you are interested in the role and what you can offer us
• Any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role
Applicant response documents must be a minimum 11pt font in MSWord or PDF format, include your full name and the Requisition Number - 142365 in the document footer.
Prior to preparing your response it is recommended you review the Work Level Standards relevant to the classifications you are applying to. It may also be useful to the Integrated Leadership System information relevant to the classification.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the position you must be an Australian Citizen.
The successful candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (AGSVA) security clearance, and:
- ABF Workers will also be required to obtain and maintain an Employment Suitability Clearance (ESC).
- Home Affairs Workers will also be required to obtain and maintain an Onboarding Check.
In certain circumstances, an Employment Suitability Clearance (ESC) may be required in addition to, or in lieu of, an Onboarding Check, which will be determined by the delegate as necessary.
Diversity and inclusion
The Department is committed to workforce diversity and applicants who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, come from a diverse cultural or linguistic background or have a disability are encouraged to apply.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability
Technical assistance
For technical enquiries please call or email for assistance:
- Email: recruitment@homeaffairs.gov.au
- Phone: 1300 793 883 (within Australia) or +61 2 6196 0444 (outside of Australia)
Please include any applicable screen captures, a response will be provided during business hours.
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