Senior Director, Health Funding Analysis

Senior Director, Health Funding Analysis As the Senior Director – Health Funding Analysis, you will lead Metro South Health's strategic health funding and activity function, reporting directly to the Chief Finance and Sustainability Officer. You will provide executive leadership, expert advice and governance oversight to optimise activity‐based funding (ABF) outcomes, strengthen funding integrity, and support financial sustainability.

Provide enterprise‑wide leadership on ABF, funding reforms and State and Commonwealth policy, supporting service planning and financial strategy.

Analyse weighted activity units, case‑mix complexity, cost structures and funding variances to drive performance improvement and support executive decision‑making.

Advise on major projects, service redesign and hospital expansion, modelling funding impacts and risks under multiple scenarios.

Assist in negotiations with the Department of Health on funding arrangements, activity targets and performance issues, advocating for Metro South Health.

Represent the Health Service in state and national ABF forums, committees and working groups, contributing to funding policy, classification and costing standards.

Lead, develop and sustain a multidisciplinary team of ABF analysts, health information managers and clinicians, building capability in funding intelligence and performance management.

About you You are a senior financial leader with a strategic mindset and a proven track record in managing complex funding, ABF and performance frameworks. You excel at translating complex technical and analytical information into actionable insights and have strong experience guiding executive decision‑making. Your leadership fosters collaboration, capability building and accountability.

Extensive experience in ABF, health funding strategy, financial governance and performance management within a large, public sector organisation or multi‑facility health service.

Proven ability to lead and inspire high‑performing multidisciplinary teams and manage complex stakeholder relationships.

Exceptional analytical, strategic and communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate at an executive level.

What we can offer you

We offer a family‑friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid‑back lifestyle.

We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

We want to empower you to build a long‑term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role.

You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world‑class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programmes.

About us We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim, operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state‑wide health services. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives and make the world a better place.

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

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