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Principal Health Funding Analyst
Multiple locations across Metro South including Princess Alexandra Hospital, Garden City Office Park, Eight Mile Plains, Metro South Hospital and Health Service
Drive Smarter Funding Decisions Through Data, Insight and Innovation
Use your expertise in Activity Based Funding, casemix analysis and healthcare performance to influence strategic decision-making, optimise funding outcomes and improve health service delivery across a complex tertiary healthcare environment.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Accounting and Finance |
| Classification | AO7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS06685430 |
| Closing date | 26-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Thinh Nguyen |
| Contact details | (07) 3176 5506 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As the Principal Health Funding Analyst, you will provide expert leadership in health funding analysis, Activity Based Funding (ABF), casemix classification and performance reporting. Working closely with executive stakeholders, you will undertake complex data analysis, deliver strategic recommendations, lead funding optimisation initiatives and provide specialist advice that supports service planning, operational efficiency and evidence-based decision making. This senior role offers the opportunity to influence healthcare outcomes through high-level research, innovation and analytical expertise while supporting key stakeholders across the organisation.
About you:
You are a highly analytical and strategic health funding professional with advanced expertise in Activity Based Funding (ABF), casemix classification and healthcare performance analysis, capable of translating complex data into meaningful business outcomes. You will have:
- Demonstrated expertise in ABF, funding classifications and optimisation strategies within a tertiary healthcare environment.
- Advanced ability to interrogate, analyse and interpret complex clinical, financial and casemix data to support informed decision-making.
- Proven experience delivering high-level reports, insights and recommendations for executive and senior leadership audiences.
- Strong research, problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to identify opportunities and implement innovative solutions.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with a commitment to collaborative and customer-focused service delivery.
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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 programs.
The Health Funding Analysis team provides expert data analysis and strategic insights to support Activity Based Funding (ABF), service performance monitoring, funding optimisation and efficiency initiatives. The team partners with stakeholders across the health service to drive quality improvement, inform service planning, benchmark performance and support evidence-based decision-making that enhances healthcare outcomes.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
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.
We are Metro South Health:
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 healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
We are better together.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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