The finance department has made waves with a wonderfully awkward new recruitment ad.

“I’ve been here less than a year and I never thought I’d be working on a project supporting the modernisation program across government,” a Department of Finance employee says in the three minute promo.

The ad has been lampooned nationwide this week for its clunky dialogue and heavy-handed references to “paleo pear and banana bread”, a buddy program, and a non-specific but omnipresent “presentation”.

But if the goal is to be shared, commented on and talked about, the grad program recruit drive should win an award.

Watch some top figures in the APS in action below, and click here for more information about the Department of Finance's grad program.