Assistant Director – Commercial and Financial – Department of Defence
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769893
- Agency: Department of Defence
- Job Title: Assistant Director – Commercial and Financial
- Position Number: CASG/03061/26
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
- Salary: $124,393 – $140,315
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Defence is committed to supporting workplace)
About Department of Defence
The Commercial and Financial Analysis team provides commercial and financial analysis to
support complex procurement and contracting activities across the Defence organisation, and over
all stages of the procurement and contracting life cycle.
The position will provide you with exposure to a diverse internal customer base within
cross-functional teams and provide significant opportunity to interact with industry across various
industry sectors, including Defence Industry
Our Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a high performing candidate that can lead and conduct commercial focused
analysis to join our team of finance and commercial professionals. Your role will be to lead and
undertake price and cost analysis, audit and assurance activities, including examination, analysis
and reporting on pricing proposals related to tender evaluations and contract reviews.
Using sound commercial and financial analyses advice you will assist in providing improvements
in outcomes for procurement and contracting activities. You will further develop your commercial
acumen and guide internal clients to optimal value for money outcomes. You will look to
continuously improve the delivery of the team’s value proposition to customers and the processes
and tools that are utilised. You will actively manage your ongoing self-improvement and
professional development, and ensure compliance with relevant policy and legislation. As a leader,
you will be adaptable, supportive and consultative. You will drive performance and set a high
standard while delivering positive outcomes for internal customers.
Duties
- The Role
- Working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide commercial, cost
- and price analysis in support of complex procurement activities. You will provide leadership and
- support in conducting financial analysis as it relates to the evaluation of costing and pricing
- proposals. You will develop and support negotiation of commercial outcomes, which achieve value
- for money for the Commonwealth. You will develop and foster productive working relationships
- with project leads and customers to develop commercial, costing and pricing strategies which are
- fit for purpose, achieve value for money and are consistent with the Commonwealth Procurement
- Framework and Defence policies.
- This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence
- Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base
- salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement (DECA), for
- positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For
- further information, please contact the contact officer.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance:
- Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Negative Vetting Level 1”.
How to Apply
Position Contact Kristyn Worner, 0448 457 149
Agency Recruitment Site https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=42DEBECE-5BC7-336A-E927-ED0427C00
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