Careers at TAFE NSW

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Director Finance Systems

Location Negotiable across NSW (subject to campus availability)

Total Remuneration Package $210,404 to $ 235,350 pa

Full-time Permanent

At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact. That’s why we offer world-class training and education that supports the NSW Government's priority to grow skills for the economy that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Critically, TAFE NSW plays a vital role in providing vocational education in rural and regional NSW, and job training pathways for the most vulnerable in the community and helping our industries flourish. 

We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work and inspire our performance.   

We invest in our people

At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.

We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, and depending on your role, a variety of flexible working options.

About the role

The Director Finance Systems is a senior finance leadership position and the primary interface between the Finance function and the Systems/IT teams at TAFE NSW. This role is responsible for ensuring that finance processes and reporting are fully enabled and supported by our finance systems. It is not a technical developer role – instead, the focus is on providing finance leadership, system governance, and strategic oversight of how finance systems are used to deliver high quality financial reporting, advice and corporate governance.

You will lead the creation and delivery of the Finance Systems Roadmap, ensuring reliability, data integrity, and compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, NSW legislation, and Treasury requirements. A key part of this role is setting and maintaining the Finance Business Intelligence strategy and driving system-enabled process improvements to support organisational performance, efficiency, and decision-making.

As a senior leader, you will provide strategic advice to the CFO and executives, engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practice, and lead a high-performing team committed to integrity, collaboration, excellence, and customer-first service.

About You 

You are an experienced senior finance professional with strong technical and leadership expertise in finance systems. With degree qualifications in accounting or finance and membership of a recognised professional accounting body, you bring a proven track record in overseeing complex financial systems and driving enhancements that deliver business value.

You excel in strategic leadership and stakeholder engagement, particularly in environments with competing priorities and evolving system landscapes. Your ability to partner with technology teams, regulators, and government stakeholders enables you to support the requirements gathering, design and implementation of practical and sustainable solutions.

As a values-based, inclusive and collaborative leader, you inspire direction and purpose, build organisational capability, and foster a customer-focused, solutions-oriented culture. With advanced skills across finance, project management, technology, and governance, you will play a critical role in strengthening TAFE NSW’s financial systems to support its strategic priorities.

To find out more about the role, click to view the  Position Description

Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks. If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Lead listed below.

A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!

Applications close 11.55pm (AEST) Wednesday 24th September 2025

To apply, click ‘Apply Now’ and submit:

• Copy of your current resume
• A one-page cover letter outlining how your skills and experience align with the role as described in the advertisement
• Copies of your relevant qualifications (finance or accounting)
• Responses to the application questions, including confirmation of membership with a recognised professional accounting body

Role-specific enquiries: contact Louise Coutts, Chief Financial Officer at louise.coutts@tafensw.edu.au

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Renae Lindner, Talent Acquisition Lead at renae.lindner5@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7921 1902

For helpful insights into preparing your application, TAFE NSW’s recruitment process, and getting interview ready, read through our Application Process and the interactive Capability Application Tool.  

This is a child-related position. A NSW Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct. 

For ongoing positions in the NSW Public Sector, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. 

An eligibility list, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.

Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note your preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer. 

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