Associate Director | Finance
Associate Director | Finance
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Job Description
Geelong Grammar School is one of the worlds leading co-educational boarding and day schools. Offering exceptional educational opportunities across four campuses from Early Learning to Year 12 Geelong Grammar School is committed to making a positive difference for students staff and the community. We believe in prioritising wellbeing adventure creativity and academic rigour and we value wisdom.
This permanent full-time position is critical to ensuring the overall governance of the finance function of the School. The successful candidate will be responsible for enabling the delivery of financial results including insightful reporting and recommendations to drive efficiencies and reduce costs. Key to the role is also the responsibility for the development of financial strategy and medium-term plans and the leadership and engagement of the Finance team.
About the role:
The Associate Director of Finance is responsible for the following tasks:
- Leading the Finance accounting and Finance administration teams
- Supporting delivery of financial targets through co-piloting delivering insightful reporting and recommendations to drive actions efficiencies and reduce costs
- Interpreting guiding and supporting budget holders and others to take good financial & commercial decisions
- Providing meaningful data and recommended actions in simple-to-understand formats
- Leading mentoring and developing the team to drive strong engagement and to deliver contemporary financial solutions
- Identifying strategic opportunities for the School
- Developing short medium and long-term financial plans to support the requirements of delivering strategy and financial targets including long-term capital and cash modelling
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders (students staff and GGS community)
- Contributing to and participating in Project Management activities and other duties
About you:
The successful candidate for this role will be:
- A qualified accountant
- Possess a contemporary technical accounting skillset
- Aligned to the Schools strategic imperatives (substantiation progression inclusivity collaboration and ethicality) and character (courageous curious and compassionate)
- Action-oriented
- Able to build positive and professional relationships
- Lead manage and develop people
Geelong Grammar School is committed to the safety of all students and has a zero tolerance of student abuse.
The Schools Student Safeguarding Framework which includes the Student Safeguarding Strategy Student Safeguarding Policy and Student Safeguarding Code of Conduct is available on the GGS website under Student Safeguarding. The Schools expectation is that all staff members (and School Community members) comply with the Student Safeguarding Framework policies and procedures and the Child Safe Standards as applicable to their role. Any queries in respect of this Framework or the Schools expectations should be directed to .
For further details or to apply for this position please visit the Employment page on our website:
Please submit a resume cover letter and document addressing the key selection criteria.
Please be aware that applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and interviews may occur prior to the closing date. There may be a slight delay to the recruitment process due to the School holiday period.
Applications close at 10:00am on Monday 7th July 2025
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
