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Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Statewide – Financial Business Advisory Service

• Salary: ASO6 - $98,478.00 - $104,165.00 p.a. + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Adelaide CBD
• Full Time, Permanent Role

About the role

As the Senior Business Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of high-quality financial business advice across the organisation. You will support leaders and stakeholders by overseeing the effective delivery of information related to financial performance, monitoring, reporting and analysis, helping the organisation make informed, strategic and operational decisions. Your work will be central to maintaining strong financial governance and transparency.

In this position, you will lead budget development and forecasting activities, provide expert operational financial advice, and build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders to support organisational priorities. You will contribute to shaping a financially sustainable service environment, ensuring financial practices are aligned with strategic objectives and enabling teams to deliver safe, high-quality care with confidence.

About You

You are an accomplished senior finance leader who brings strategic insight, strong analytical capability and a commitment to driving high-quality financial performance across a complex organisation. You communicate with clarity, influence effectively at all levels, and thrive in environments undergoing reform, improvement and change. Your professionalism, leadership and capacity to deliver timely, accurate and strategic financial advice make you a trusted partner to executives, stakeholders and operational teams.

Key Requirements

• Leadership, communication & stakeholder engagement
  Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams, build constructive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, and manage sensitive and complex issues with confidence. Highly developed communication skills, with the ability to convey financial information clearly and accurately.

• Strategic financial management & analytical capability
  Demonstrated commercial acumen in analysing and interpreting data, undertaking high-level financial research and analysis, resolving strategic and operational issues, and contributing to financial strategies that improve organisational performance.

• Experience in financial governance, change & performance improvement
  Proven experience in senior financial management roles, leading accountability reforms, implementing change initiatives, supporting continuous quality improvement, and delivering effective budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting within complex environments.

• Knowledge of legislative frameworks, risk & organisational reform
  Understanding of relevant legislation, safety frameworks and risk management standards (including AS/NZS ISO 31000), along with insight into the health sector reform agenda and emerging directions, enabling informed decision-making and sound financial stewardship.

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

• Attractive salary packaging available
• Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
• Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites

Diversity and inclusion:

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. 

Application Information:

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position. 

Job ref: 922193

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Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 19^th December 2025

Attachments

 ASO6 Senior Business Manager Role Description.pdf

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