Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged by our long-standing client, a leading Australian manufacturer and resource recovery organisation. We are seeking an experienced HSEQ Manager to drive safety performance, strengthen compliance systems and support operational improvement across its NSW recycling operations.

Role Title: HSEQ Manager

Opportunity: Permanent Career Opportunity

Location: Western Sydney, five days per week on site

Salary: $165,000 including super

Role Details:

• Lead the implementation and ongoing improvement of HSEQ frameworks across the NSW recycling operations.
• Partner with operational leaders and site teams to improve safety performance, strengthen risk controls and foster a proactive safety culture.
• Manage HSE and Quality Management Systems, including ISO certification, internal audits, incident investigations, compliance reporting and non-conformance management.
• Provide data-driven reporting and analysis across safety KPIs, audit outcomes, operational risks and quality performance.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, compliance, quality and plant performance.
• Influence stakeholders across senior leadership, site management and shop-floor operations to ensure actions are implemented and closed out effectively.

Required Skills and Experience:

• At least five years of HSEQ experience within manufacturing, recycling, heavy industry or another operational environment.
• Strong operational safety experience, with the ability to engage site-based teams and drive measurable safety outcomes.
• Practical knowledge of Quality Management Systems, ISO certification, compliance frameworks and internal auditing.
• Proven ability to influence operational decision-makers and build relationships across both corporate and frontline environments.
• Relevant degree, qualification or equivalent professional experience in health and safety, quality, compliance or a related discipline.
• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, with internal auditing and training qualifications highly regarded.
• Strong analytical, reporting, problem-solving and stakeholder management capabilities.
• A stable employment history and genuine interest in building a long-term career with the organisation.

Additional Details & Benefits:

• Brand-new position offering the opportunity to shape HSEQ practices across the Recycling division.
• Report directly to the General Manager, Operations, with a dotted reporting line into the National Compliance and HSE team.
• Join a well-established Australian organisation with a strong focus on sustainability, manufacturing and resource recovery.
• Work closely with experienced operational leaders across a workforce known for its strong tenure and long-term career opportunities.
• This is an on-site position suited to someone who enjoys being visible across operations and working directly with site teams.

To Apply:

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Location: Sydney | Hybrid

Contract: 6-month initial contract, strong potential for extension

Our client:

Our client is a large, well-known organisation operating within a complex corporate environment. The business is entering its next phase of growth, with increasing global exposure through its international ownership structure.

They are now looking for an experienced Treasury Analyst or Senior Treasury Analyst to join the team on an initial 6-month contract.

The role:

This is a broad, hands-on corporate treasury position and a key role within the team. You’ll work closely with the Group Treasurer and take ownership across day-to-day treasury operations, with exposure to cash management, liquidity, funding, FX, settlements, reporting and broader financial risk management.

The team is looking for someone who can get up to speed quickly, take ownership of their workload and operate confidently in a fast-paced corporate environment.

This could suit a Treasury Analyst ready to step into a broader role, or looking for a hands-on opportunity with significant exposure across the treasury function.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day treasury operations including cash management, liquidity and funding

• Manage cash forecasting and daily funding positions

• Coordinate treasury settlements across FX, debt and banking transactions

• Support foreign exchange and broader financial risk management activities

• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external banking partners

• Prepare treasury reporting, including board, audit and financial disclosure requirements

• Ensure compliance with treasury policies, debt facilities and relevant regulatory requirements

• Utilise the organisation’s Treasury Management System (TMS) to support treasury operations and reporting

• Identify and contribute to process improvements and operational efficiencies

• Support broader treasury initiatives and projects as required

Skills and experience:

• Previous corporate treasury experience, ideally within a large or complex organisation

• Experience working with a Treasury Management System (TMS) is highly regarded, with G-Treasury experience particularly beneficial

• Strong understanding of cash management, liquidity, funding and treasury operations

• Strong Excel and analytical capability

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline

• CA/CPA qualification or progress towards qualification would be beneficial

Benefits and additional information:

• Initial 6-month contract with strong potential for extension

• Hybrid working

• Broad exposure across the corporate treasury function

• Work closely with an experienced Group Treasurer and senior stakeholders

• Opportunity to deepen your treasury expertise across a broad and complex environment

• Increasing exposure to a global organisation operating across the US and Europe

• Join the business at an exciting stage as it continues to stabilise, transform and grow

• Free lunch and subsidised parking

• No travel required

Our client:

Our client is a large, well known organisation undergoing a significant transformation. The business is now entering a new growth phase, offering strong long-term opportunity and exposure.

The role:

This is a hands-on Treasury Analyst position sitting within a high-performing team. You’ll support day-to-day treasury operations while gaining exposure to funding, liquidity, FX, and broader financial risk management in a complex corporate environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Support daily treasury operations including cash management, funding, and liquidity
• Assist with cash forecasting and daily funding positions
• Manage treasury settlements across FX, debt, and banking transactions
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external banking partners
• Support treasury reporting (board, audit, and financial disclosures)
• Ensure compliance with treasury policies, debt facilities, and regulatory requirements
• Contribute to process improvements and operational efficiency initiatives
  

  Skills and experience:

• 1-5 years’ experience in banking, treasury, or finance
• Strong Excel and analytical capability
• High attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Commerce
• Exposure to treasury concepts or corporate finance (advantageous)
• CA/CPA (or working towards) beneficial

  Benefits and additional information:

• Hybrid working – 2 days WFH
• Free lunch + subsidised parking
• No travel required
• Strong career progression opportunities including exposure to insurance and broader treasury functions
• Direct access to senior leadership with significant investment in development
  

  How to apply:

  If this opportunity aligns with your experience and you’re looking to accelerate your career in treasury within a high-growth environment, please apply or reach out to Sienna at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

This is a hands-on role focused on improving and maintaining Works Delivery and Asset Management platforms, while supporting the business to define future system enhancements and requirements. You will work closely with operational stakeholders and technical delivery teams to translate complex processes into clear documentation, requirements and actionable user stories.

Key responsibilities include:

• Review and develop user guides, manuals, process maps, work instructions and training materials.
• Analyse and document processes across Works Delivery, Maintenance, Asset Management and Finance.
• Engage stakeholders to identify improvements and define future product requirements.
• Develop business and functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and process models.
• Partner with technical teams to clarify requirements and support successful delivery.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy across system, process and operational documentation.

About you:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, Technical Writer or similar.
• Strong technical writing, requirements documentation and process modelling skills.
• Experience working between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Background in Utilities, Energy, Resources or another asset-intensive environment.
• Experience with Asset Management, Maintenance or Works Delivery processes and enterprise work management systems.
• Experience with Ellipse, Maximo, SAP PM, Azure DevOps, BPMN or Visio would be highly regarded.
• Agile, hybrid delivery and/or Product Owner experience is desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity for a practical, adaptable BA/Technical Writer who can quickly understand complex operational environments, produce high-quality documentation and play a key role in shaping future product and system improvements.

Match the selection criteria? Click the “APPLY” button now!
Alternatively, for a confidential conversation, contact Jane Saxby on 0423 165 998 OR email jane.saxby@talentinternational.com

The Role

This is a specialist Business Analyst opportunity embedded within a strategic Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) delivery program in a large, complex enterprise environment.

Working closely with cyber security teams, security architects, infrastructure specialists and business stakeholders, you will lead requirements gathering and process analysis across the implementation and integration of enterprise PKI capabilities. You will map current and future state processes, define detailed requirements and ensure certificate lifecycle management solutions align with security standards, operational needs and broader cyber security strategy.

The role requires a Business Analyst who can operate confidently between technical and business domains, bringing enough PKI and cyber security knowledge to engage credibly with technical specialists while translating complex requirements into clear, actionable delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the elicitation, analysis and documentation of business, functional and technical requirements across the PKI delivery program.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews to map current and future state processes across certificate issuance, renewal, revocation and broader certificate lifecycle management.
• Translate complex security and operational requirements into clear technical specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria and process documentation for engineering and delivery teams.
• Partner with cyber security, architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure PKI requirements align with enterprise security policies, standards, regulatory obligations and target-state architecture.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability throughout delivery, managing dependencies and ensuring implemented solutions remain aligned with approved business objectives.
• Conduct risk assessments and business impact analysis across certificate management processes, identifying potential operational and security risks and supporting appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Develop high-quality business analysis artefacts, process workflows and standard operating procedures to support implementation, transition and ongoing operational resilience.
• Support project planning, dependency management and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring delivered PKI capabilities meet agreed functional, technical and business requirements.

Skills & Experience Required

• Demonstrated Business Analyst experience delivering complex cyber security, identity, infrastructure or enterprise technology programs within large organisational environments.
• Strong understanding of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts, including certificate lifecycle management, digital certificates and their role within enterprise identity and security environments.
• Proven ability to elicit, analyse and manage complex business and technical requirements, producing high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and requirements documentation.
• Strong process analysis capability, with experience mapping current and future state workflows and identifying opportunities to improve security, operational efficiency and service resilience.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills, with the ability to work across cyber security specialists, architects, engineers and business stakeholders and translate highly technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including experience identifying risks, dependencies and business impacts across complex technology initiatives.

Nice to Have:

• Previous experience working specifically on PKI, certificate management, cryptography, Identity & Access Management (IDAM) or related cyber security programs.
• Experience supporting enterprise security transformation within higher education, government or another large and complex organisation.
• Relevant tertiary or postgraduate qualifications in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Business, Information Systems or a related discipline.

What’s in it for You:

• Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension.
• Clayton, Melbourne location with hybrid working – 2 days working from home per week.
• High-impact Business Analyst role within a strategic enterprise PKI and cyber security delivery program.
• Work closely with experienced cyber security, architecture and infrastructure specialists on a complex security capability with organisation-wide impact.

Apply today and Peter Li will reach out to disclose further information.

Scale by Avec is a consulting business that helps organisations access specialist capability for complex technology and transformation programs.

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join one of our latest infrastructure transformation programs in Melbourne CBD. You will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to define requirements, create high-quality documentation and support the successful progression of the program.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, facilitate and document discovery, requirements and process-design workshops.
• Engage effectively with business, technology, infrastructure, security and operational stakeholders.
• Elicit, analyse and validate business, functional, technical and non-functional requirements.
• Challenge assumptions, resolve ambiguity and ensure requirements accurately reflect stakeholder needs.
• Create documentation from scratch, including:
  • Business and functional requirements
  • Current-state and future-state process maps
  • User stories and acceptance criteria
  • Workshop materials and outcomes
  • Requirements traceability matrices
  • Gap assessments and impact analyses
  • Options papers and decision records
  • Implementation, transition and operational-readiness documentation
• Translate technical infrastructure concepts into clear business language.
• Work with architects, engineers, project managers and delivery teams to clarify requirements throughout the program.
• Identify and document dependencies, risks, issues and delivery gaps.
• Support solution validation, testing and stakeholder acceptance.
• Produce accurate, structured and decision-ready documentation with minimal supervision.

Required experience

• Demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst on infrastructure transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology infrastructure, including areas such as cloud, networks, identity and access management, workplace technology, end-user computing, data centres, security or infrastructure operations.
• Proven ability to independently plan and lead workshops involving senior, technical and operational stakeholders.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis, validation and documentation skills.
• Experience creating project documentation from a blank page-not simply maintaining existing templates.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across business and technical teams.
• Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Experience supporting complex transformation, remediation, migration or implementation initiatives.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, incomplete information and competing stakeholder perspectives.
• Working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments.

Highly regarded

• Experience working in consulting or professional-services environments.
• Exposure to large, regulated or geographically distributed organisations.
• Experience supporting infrastructure discovery, architecture, security, migration, testing or operational transition.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio, Miro or equivalent tools.
• Relevant qualifications or certifications in business analysis, project delivery or technology.

What success looks like

You will bring structure and clarity to a complex infrastructure transformation. You will lead productive workshops, ask the right questions, establish accurate requirements and produce documentation that stakeholders and delivery teams can confidently use.

This opportunity will suit a proactive Business Analyst who is comfortable taking ownership, working through ambiguity and operating across business and technology teams.

Talent is searching for an experienced Senior Test Analyst – API to join our client, a well-regarded financial institution headquartered in Brisbane. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role across core banking and API initiatives, with a strong focus on REST API testing and the migration of legacy SOAP services to modern REST-based services.

• Senior Test Analyst – API & Core Banking
• Large Financial Institution – Brisbane CBD + plus hybrid WFH options
• 6-month initial contract (+Possible extensions)

About the Role:
As a Senior Test Analyst, you will provide hands-on testing expertise across core banking and API initiatives, delivering functional, integration, regression, end-to-end and performance testing.

A key focus of the role will be testing REST APIs and validating the migration of legacy SOAP services to REST. You’ll work closely with developers, business analysts, vendors and other stakeholders to ensure services are reliable, accurate and ready for release.

Responsibilities / Key Deliverables:

• Analyse user stories, requirements, legacy SOAP services and target REST API specifications to determine test coverage and feasibility
• Design, develop and maintain manual and Java-based automated test cases using TestNG
• Perform hands-on REST API functional testing using Swagger.io, Bruno and SOAP UI
• Validate SOAP-to-REST migration outcomes, including request and response structures, JSON/XML payloads, HTTP methods, status codes, error handling and data integrity
• Execute system, integration, regression and end-to-end testing across upstream and downstream services
• Plan and execute API performance, load, stress and endurance testing using Apache JMeter
• Use SQL to reconcile API results against backend databases and validate data integrity
• Manage defects through investigation, root-cause analysis, re-testing and resolution
• Maintain test traceability, documentation and reporting across the delivery lifecycle
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, vendors and stakeholders within an Agile delivery environment
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing tools, processes and automation practices

Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Test Analyst or Senior Test Analyst within complex technology and integration environments
• Strong hands-on experience testing REST APIs
• Strong API functional testing experience using Swagger.io, Bruno and SOAP UI
• Experience analysing legacy SOAP services and validating migration to REST APIs
• Strong Java-based automation experience using frameworks such as TestNG
• Experience with Apache JMeter for API performance and load testing
• Strong SQL and database testing capability, including validation of API data against backend databases
• Strong understanding of JSON, XML, REST principles, SOAP services, HTTP methods and HTTP status codes
• Strong defect analysis, troubleshooting, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
• Experience working within Agile or Scrum delivery environments
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, consulting and facilitation skills
• Highly regarded: experience testing APIs integrated with core banking platforms
• Highly regarded: banking or financial services experience
• Highly regarded: CI/CD pipelines, automated test execution and Git/version control experience
• Degree in a relevant discipline and/or formal software testing or quality assurance certification

Why Apply?

• Join a major core banking and API modernisation initiative within a leading financial institution
• Work on complex REST API and legacy SOAP transformation initiatives
• Gain exposure to business-critical core banking services and enterprise integrations
• Work with modern API, automation and performance testing technologies including Java, TestNG, Swagger, SOAP UI and JMeter
• Collaborate with experienced technical, business and vendor teams in a high-performing Agile environment
• Opportunity to influence testing practices, automation capability and quality outcomes across critical banking platforms

How to Apply:
To find out more, please “Apply for this job” or contact Jackson Bruce on 0435 581 994 or jackson.bruce@talentinternational.com

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The Role

This is a senior PKI Engineer opportunity responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a major enterprise Public Key Infrastructure program within a large and complex organisation.

Acting as the key technical SME for PKI and cryptographic services, you will lead the design and implementation of secure certificate management capabilities, establish supporting governance and operational practices, and ensure new PKI services transition effectively into production.

Working closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, architecture, application teams and program stakeholders, you will combine deep hands-on PKI expertise with technical leadership. There is also strong scope to improve certificate lifecycle management through automation, scripting and modern operational practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end technical delivery of enterprise PKI capabilities, providing subject matter expertise across cryptographic architecture, certificate management and supporting infrastructure.
• Design, implement and improve scalable PKI and certificate lifecycle solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise security requirements, architectural standards and industry best practice.
• Develop PKI governance including security policies, Certificate Practice Statements, operational procedures and technical standards to support secure and auditable services.
• Drive automation across certificate provisioning, renewal, monitoring and lifecycle management, using scripting and modern engineering practices to reduce manual administration and operational risk.
• Provide technical guidance to cybersecurity, infrastructure, application and development teams on certificate integration, authentication, identity and cryptographic services.
• Design and manage the supporting infrastructure required to deliver resilient enterprise cryptographic services, including appropriate use of Hardware Security Modules and secure key management.
• Produce high-quality architecture diagrams, technical specifications, operating procedures and support documentation, ensuring solutions can transition effectively into BAU operations.
• Establish disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities for PKI services, including regular testing and validation of critical cryptographic infrastructure.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing or managing enterprise Public Key Infrastructure, ideally as a senior PKI Engineer, Security Engineer or technical SME within a large-scale environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of *PKI, digital certificates, cryptographic algorithms, secure authentication protocols, key management and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)* across enterprise or hybrid environments.
• Proven experience implementing certificate lifecycle management and automation, including scripting or automation pipelines covering certificate provisioning, renewal, monitoring and operational management.
• Strong infrastructure engineering capability, with experience designing and supporting the underlying platforms required to deliver highly available and resilient PKI services.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex PKI, certificate, authentication and cryptographic issues and provide authoritative technical guidance across infrastructure and application teams.
• Experience developing security policies, Certificate Practice Statements, architectural documentation and operational procedures aligned with security, compliance and audit requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly and work effectively across cybersecurity, architecture, infrastructure, application and program delivery teams.
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications and extensive professional experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training and enterprise technology experience.

What’s in it for You:

• Initial 12-month contract with potential for extension.
• Clayton, Melbourne location with hybrid working – 3 days on-site and 2 days WFH per week.
• Senior technical role with genuine ownership across the design and delivery of a significant enterprise PKI program.
• Opportunity to shape certificate management, cryptographic architecture, automation and security practices across a large, complex technology environment.
• Work closely with experienced cybersecurity, infrastructure and architecture professionals on a strategically important security capability.

Apply today and Jimmy Nguyen will reach out to disclose further information.

Our client

Our client is a growing technology business providing software-led products and services across industries including construction, mining, property, utilities, water and solar farms.

The business experienced strong growth last financial year and is continuing to evolve towards a software and subscription-based model, with significant investment in technology and AI. Operating more like a start-up than a traditional corporate, the business offers a high-energy environment where ideas move quickly and employees can influence its continued growth.

The role

This is a player-coach opportunity for an experienced Inside Sales professional who is ready to step into, or is currently leading a small team while remaining hands-on with customers and sales activity.

You will initially manage and coach one graduate, with plans to expand the team to two, while qualifying warm leads, managing the pipeline and progressing more complex opportunities. The role works closely with Marketing and focuses heavily on following up campaigns and existing customer opportunities rather than relying solely on cold calling.

Key responsibilities

• Coach, support and develop a growing Inside Sales team.
• Qualify approximately five to seven warm leads each week.
• Manage sales pipelines, follow-ups and opportunities through HubSpot.
• Contact customers following EDM and broader marketing campaigns.
• Maintain consistent outbound activity while managing more complex deals.
• Stay across evolving products, technology and AI-enabled solutions.
• Contribute towards team, Australian and New Zealand sales targets.

Skills and experience

• Strong Inside Sales, lead management and pipeline management experience.
• Previous team leadership experience or the capability to step into leadership.
• Hands-on HubSpot experience.
• Experience within software, SaaS or a subscription-based business is highly regarded.
• Comfortable balancing coaching responsibilities with personal sales targets.
• High energy, disciplined and consistent in completing outbound activity.
• Strong customer service focus with a genuine interest in helping customers.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced business where priorities and product roadmaps can change.

Benefits and additional information

• Salary: $100,000-$120,000 plus super + coms, depending on experience.
• Quarterly coms of approximately $2,000.
• Clear progression into BDM, Product Management or further leadership roles.
• Opportunity to build and shape a growing Inside Sales team.
• Exposure to AI, software and subscription-based products.
• Seven Hills location.
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm.
• Five days per week in the office.

Project Manager, Electrical, Defence

About the Opportunity

Our client is looking for an experienced Electrical Project Manager to join their growing Defence division, delivering electrical installation and fit out projects across Defence sites in NSW.

We are looking for someone with a strong electrical background who has progressed into Project Management and has experience delivering large-scale electrical projects.

Previous Defence, on base installation experience and an AGSVA Security Clearance are highly preferred.

The Role

You will manage multiple electrical projects from planning and estimation through to delivery, commissioning and handover.

Projects can be valued at $5M+, with responsibility for managing project budgets, subcontractors, electricians, procurement, scheduling and client relationships.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage electrical projects from start to completion
• Manage multiple projects and approximately $750K of project delivery per month
• Coordinate electricians, subcontractors, suppliers and site teams
• Manage budgets, forecasts, variations and project costs
• Support estimating, quoting and project planning
• Manage project schedules and ensure delivery milestones are achieved
• Liaise with Defence, Commonwealth and other project stakeholders
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget

What We’re Looking For

• Electrical trade background and qualifications
• Proven experience as an Electrical Project Manager
• Experience delivering electrical installation, construction or fit out projects
• Experience managing projects valued around $5M or above
• Strong understanding of estimating, budgets, variations and electrical project delivery
• Experience managing subcontractors and electrical site teams
• Australian Citizenship
• Ability to pass Defence and Police background screening
• AGSVA Security Clearance, ideally NV1, highly regarded
• Previous Defence project experience highly regarded
• Previous on base Defence electrical installation experience or site access clearance strongly preferred

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to work across major Defence projects
• Strong and growing pipeline of electrical work
• Work with an established national Defence team
• Competitive salary package
• Car allowance
• Long-term career and project opportunities within the Defence sector

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is embarking on a significant enterprise transformation, with technology playing a critical role in enabling future ways of working, improving organisational capability and supporting long-term strategic outcomes.

As Chief Digital Technology Officer, you will partner with the Executive Leadership Team and senior stakeholders to lead ACER’s enterprise transformation program. With a significant transformation roadmap ahead, you will be establishing the delivery capability, maintaining program momentum, achieving key milestones and implementing the technology capabilities that will support ACER’s future operations.

This is an executive leadership role focused on turning strategy into delivery-leading a complex transformation program, establishing strong delivery governance and ensuring investment delivers meaningful organisational outcomes.

About ACER

For more than 90 years, ACER has been recognised globally for its contribution to education, assessment and research. Operating across Australia and internationally, ACER partners with governments, education providers and organisations to improve learning outcomes through research, data and innovation.

Technology is central to ACER’s future strategy, with significant investment being made to modernise core platforms, improve enterprise capability and deliver long-term digital outcomes.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Chief People & Transformation Officer, you will lead the delivery of ACER’s enterprise technology transformation program.

Your immediate priority will be leading the successful delivery of a complex portfolio of technology initiatives that modernise ACER’s enterprise technology environment and enable broader organisational transformation. While there will be opportunities over time to contribute to technology and digital strategy, the initial focus is on program execution, governance and delivering measurable business outcomes.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading ACER’s enterprise technology transformation program, ensuring key milestones, timelines and benefits are achieved.
• Overseeing a significant portfolio of enterprise technology initiatives, ensuring successful implementation across the organisation.
• Establishing strong program governance, delivery disciplines and benefits realisation across the transformation portfolio.
• Leading the modernisation of ACER’s core platforms, applications and integration capabilities, supported by contemporary enterprise architecture and solution design principles.
• Leading organisational change across people, process and technology to support successful implementation and adoption.
• Partnering closely with the Chief People & Transformation Officer to ensure technology delivery aligns with business priorities.
• Working collaboratively with the Chief Information Officer to successfully transition new capabilities into business-as-usual operations.
• Ensuring technology investment delivers measurable business outcomes and long-term organisational capability.
• Leading internal teams and strategic delivery partners to achieve successful program outcomes.

Success in this role will be measured by your ability to successfully deliver the transformation program, realise measurable business benefits and establish the technology capabilities that support ACER’s long-term strategic objectives.

About You

We’re looking for an accomplished technology executive with a proven track record of delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programs.

You will bring:

• Executive leadership experience delivering complex technology and digital transformation initiatives.
• A proven track record leading large-scale enterprise transformation programs, with experience shaping enterprise architecture and solution design to support complex technology environments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing governance, delivery frameworks and benefits realisation across complex programs.
• Experience governing large technology investment portfolios and complex vendor environments.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence Executive teams and Boards.
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to work across technology, transformation and business functions.
• Experience building high-performing delivery teams and embedding disciplined program governance.

Most importantly, you’ll know how to translate strategy into execution and deliver transformation outcomes that enable lasting organisational change.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to lead a major technology transformation that will shape the future of one of Australia’s leading research organisations, we’d welcome a confidential discussion.

Talent International has been exclusively retained to manage this executive search.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Chris Mackay, Client Relationship Manager, Talent International on 0415 305 483

Applications close COB 24/08/2026

Talent International is currently recruiting Director Risk, Compliance and Safety to work for the NSW Government, based in Haymarket. This is a 10 month contract, with the possibility of extension, paying between $1,000 – $1,250.00 per day + Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week

This senior leadership role will lead the development and implementation of enterprise risk, compliance, business continuity, safety and security frameworks. You will help uplift organisational maturity, foster a strong risk culture and embed effective governance practices across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve risk, compliance, business continuity, safety and security programs.
• Establish performance expectations, quality standards and measures to monitor operational effectiveness.
• Manage engagement with the Audit and Risk Committee and provide strategic risk management advice to the Board and Executive.
• Lead the development and delivery of audit and risk frameworks to identify, monitor and mitigate organisational risks.
• Oversee WHS strategy, systems, processes and projects, ensuring compliance with legislative and statutory obligations.
• Lead protective security strategy and operations in line with NSW, Commonwealth and customer requirements.
• Maintain strong engagement with relevant security organisations to ensure an up-to-date security posture.
• Play an active leadership role in crisis management and business continuity, including acting as the interface with DCS.
• Oversee governance reporting, risk assurance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead communication and education strategies relating to legislative provisions, regulations, licensing requirements and compliance obligations.
• Support the delivery of business strategy, governance capability uplift and knowledge management across the organisation.

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Strong senior leadership experience across risk, compliance, governance, safety, business continuity and/or protective security.
• Experience providing strategic advice to executive leadership, boards and audit and risk committees.
• Must hold, or be able to attain and maintain, NV1 security clearance.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.