Deputy Under Treasurer, Economic and Fiscal Coordination, Alison Rayner
Alison was appointed Deputy Under Treasurer of the Economic and Fiscal Coordination Group in September 2017.
In this role, she is responsible for providing economic and fiscal advice, analysis and guidance to the government on matters of significance to the economic and fiscal performance of Queensland, particularly in relation the State Budget, fiscal efficiency, economic policy, forecasting and reporting initiatives.
More recently, Alison has been in a senior executive management role working closely with Treasury’s partner agencies to develop, fund and implement public policy, and has been involved in the development of the State Budget since 2013-14.
During her 20 years in government, Alison has held key roles in the development and implementation of the government’s budget and reporting system, and its financial accountability framework. She has been responsible for providing advice to government and agencies on financial management matters and complex commercial transactions.
Alison is a Chartered Accountant who started her career in the private sector, initially working in the business and tax advisory services industry followed by several years in commercial banking, before joining government in 1998 with the Department of Education. She joined Queensland Treasury during the period the government was transitioning to accrual based budgeting.