Job Description

Senior Compliance Officer (Finance)

Location – Burwood – Hybrid 50% office attendance

Employment type – Ongoing Full-time

Clerk Grade 9/10 - $129,464.00 to $142,665.00 plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

In this role, you will support the Registrar of Community Housing to regulate and monitor community housing providers across NSW, with a strong focus on financial performance, viability and risk. This is a valuable opportunity to apply your financial analysis and regulatory expertise in a purpose-driven environment that helps strengthen the community housing sector and improve outcomes for tenants, government and investors.

What you’ll do

• Manage a caseload and assess the financial performance of community housing providers in line with the National Regulatory System for Community Housing and the NSW Local Scheme.

• Analyse financial statements, budgets, forecasts, cash flows and business plans to support registration and regulatory decisions.

• Undertake modelling and predictive analysis, and prepare clear, evidence-based reports and recommendations.

• Provide specialist financial advice to colleagues and stakeholders, and contribute to stakeholder engagement and reporting.

• Identify sector trends and risks, and help improve financial analysis systems, models and regulatory practice.

• Work within a specialist team supporting an independent statutory function in a collaborative, analytical and advice-driven environment.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in finance or a business-related discipline, or equivalent skills and experience, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.

• Strong financial analysis, forecasting and data modelling skills, including advanced capability in Microsoft Excel and other modelling tools.

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex financial information and prepare well-reasoned assessment reports, advice and recommendations for diverse stakeholders.

• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks, registration processes or the community housing sector, with the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships and travel regionally when required.

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What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close 31 May 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager on Pablo Marques or at pablo.marques@homes.nsw.gov.au.

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Jess Tan on 0457 853 766 or via jess.tan@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visitInclusion and diversity on the DCJ website

Other Information

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