Director, Forecasting and Performance

• Senior Leadership role reporting to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer

• Provide high-level strategy and operational oversight across broad institutional segments

• Full-time, 5-year contract based in the Adelaide CBD

• Competitive remuneration plus 17% superannuation

At Adelaide University, we create the opportunities you need to achieve your ambitions - because when you thrive, we thrive.

We are transforming education for contemporary learners and global citizens. Building on a proud legacy and shaped by bold ambition, it's a place of excellence and equity, where our vibrant community of staff are united by our purpose to inspire Australia's future change-makers and create a better tomorrow.

To join our community and thrive in this role, you will likely have the following skills and experience:

• Experience in a similar role within higher education or comparably complex environment

• A significant and successful track record of strategic leadership and senior management across a performance reporting and forecasting function within a large and complex organisation

• Proven ability to deliver client focused services using a continuous improvement approach, translating technical and complex information in a credible and clear manner relevant for the tertiary sector

• An extensive knowledge of higher education wider issues and trends with demonstrated delivery of innovative solutions, possibilities and creative alternatives that met student experience, research and operational demands

• Proven general management capabilities in planning, financial stewardship, financial modelling, budget creation, resource allocation, people management, risk management, analytics and related decision-making

• Highly developed analytic and problem-solving skills with the capacity to think creatively, act strategically, be flexible, establish priorities and work to competing deadlines

• Demonstrated extensive experience in managing internal and external stakeholder relationships including working across organisational boundaries to achieve agreed objectives

• Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, including high level written and presentation skills appropriate to a range of audiences, and the ability to clearly articulate and present complex information in a meaningful and useable form

• Demonstrated ability to promote the organisational values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery, and a commitment to positively comply with the associated behaviour expectations

button and upload:

• your current CV

• a cover letter

The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address