Corporate Plan 2006/07 - 2009/10

High quality and timely budget estimates and policy advice to support effective budget decision making and financial management.

Ministerial satisfaction with the quality and timeliness of budget estimates and advice, and professional working relationships with agencies.

Effective economic and fiscal governance in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries.

Host government satisfaction with capacity building of staff and institutions.

Accurate, timely and complete external financial reports and consistency in accounting treatments across the general government sector.

Achieve the reporting targets set by the government from time to time and comply with statutory obligations under the Charter of Budget Honesty Act and the FMA Act.

A financial governance framework that robustly delivers confidence in the use of Australian Government resources.

Ministerial and stakeholder satisfaction with framework and advice.

Parliamentary and public confidence in the Australian Government's use of resources.

Australian Government civilian superannuation arrangements that meet government policy objectives

Ministerial and stakeholder satisfaction with superannuation arrangements and advice.

Independent high quality and timely evaluations/audits of Indigenous-specific programmes administered by Australian Government agencies.

Ministerial satisfaction with advice given on matters relevant to Australian Government agencies Indigenous programmes.

A procurement policy framework for agencies to achieve value for money in supporting the delivery of government services.

Effective use of Australian Government resources in procurements through competition, transparency and ethical behaviour.

Efficiency through the provision of a whole-of-government procurement reporting system.

Effective management, ownership and divestment of government assets relating to government enterprises, property and land assets.

Completion of scoping studies and sales on time and within Budget to meet government objectives.

Commercial returns from investments in government enterprises, property and listed portfolios.

Ministerial satisfaction with the quality and timeliness of advice.

Efficient management of the government's non-Defence property portfolio to achieve required rate of return.

Effective delivery of major construction projects assigned by government.

Delivery of projects to meet stakeholder requirements on time, on budget and within quality parameters.

Provide high quality insurance services and risk management advice for agencies.

Maintenance of a fully funded mature insurance fund with a solid capital base

Improved risk management practices within agencies

Provision of infrastructure and professional support services to Parliamentarians and their staff.

Positive feedback from clients, measured using qualitative research and quantitative (call register) data.

Continuous improvement of the parliamentary entitlements framework based on the principles of Flexibility, Accountability, Cost effectiveness, Transparency and Simplicity (FACTS).

Successful implementation of entitlements framework improvements agreed by government.

Effective management of entitlements.

Continuous improvement of internal business processes underpinning delivery of services.

Successful implementation of business process improvements.

Achieve appropriate key performance indicators.

Effective administration of non- discretionary grants on behalf of the Department.

Grants paid and acquitted in accordance with programme guidelines and grant deeds. 

Effective governance arrangements supporting whole-of-government ICT initiatives.

Ministerial satisfaction with the quality and timeliness of advice.

Satisfaction of stakeholders with the quality of support and advice.

Effective whole-of-government online connectivity supporting improved service delivery.

Continued high level ranking among the e-government leaders.

Seamless online exchange of information, data and services within government.

Value for money from government investment in ICT delivering the technology capability to meet government needs.

Whole-of-government ICT investment framework developed with widespread adoption.

Improved outcome delivery through increased productivity across the Department.

Meet or better forward estimates.

Greater business productivity by better delivery of services through more effective investment in information technology.

Project delivery and customer satisfaction.

Reduce overhead costs.

Overhead to continue to reduce on a full time equivalent basis.

Attract, recruit and retain high quality staff.

90% of all advertised positions have delegate sign-off within six weeks of the applications closing.

Finance's turnover rate will reduce each year for the next three years.

60% of Finance graduates are retained for at least two years after the completion of the graduate development program.

Learning and development to enhance the skills and capabilities of all staff.

Learning and development program is linked to Finance's key outputs delivered to all staff.

Expenditure on formal (off the job) learning and development is greater than 1.5% of departmental running costs.

Finance staff respected for expert and ethical advice across the APS.

Feedback from external agencies is positive.

Increase each year the level of engagement of Finance staff with the APS.

All staff performance agreements contain a commitment to responsibilities as set out in the APS code of conduct.