Finance Officer – Multiple APS5 & APS6 Opportunities

Our client is a large values-focused Federal Government Agency seeking experienced Finance Officers across APS5 and APS6 levels to support financial reporting, accounts processing, asset/lease management, budget monitoring, reconciliations and compliance activities.

These roles sit within a finance function responsible for financial management, reporting, systems, analysis, advice and compliance.

These roles will suit finance professionals with strong attention to detail, stakeholder engagement skills and experience working across government, shared services or large corporate finance environments.

ROLE DETAILS:

Locations: Richmond and Geelong VIC (see below)
Contract: ASAP start to 31 December 2026, with extension likely
Eligibility: Australian Citizenship required
Rates:
APS5: $55.24 per hour + super
APS6: $60.26 per hour + super

ABOUT THE ROLES:

There are multiple Finance Officer opportunities available, with a mix of general finance, accounts/payments, asset management and higher-level financial analysis responsibilities.

The roles have strong crossover across financial administration, reporting, stakeholder support, compliance, reconciliations and systems work. The key difference is the level and focus of each stream.

ROLE STREAMS:

APS5 Finance Officer – Financial Governance / Compliance (Geelong)
This role is more focused on accounts payable, vendor/payment processing, invoice resolution and finance service desk support. You may be involved in bulk vendor uploads, payment uploads, outstanding invoice reporting, duplicate invoice checks, eInvoice issues, goods receipt queries and direct payment requests.

APS5 Finance Officer – Assets / Leasing (Richmond)
This role is more focused on asset, fleet and property lease management. You may work across SAP REFX, fleet lease contracts, lease reconciliations, monthly journals, rent/property allocations, lease working papers, variance investigations, AASB16 lease compliance and financial statement/audit support.

APS6 Finance Officer – General Finance / Reporting (Richmond)
This role is more senior and analytical, with a stronger focus on financial analysis, budget/forecast monitoring, quality assurance, cost estimates, written reports, business cases, stakeholder correspondence and supporting financial administration across cost centres and projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• Processing and quality-checking finance transactions, vendor uploads, payments, invoices and related documentation.
• Monitoring and resolving finance queries, outstanding invoices, eInvoice issues and unmatched goods receipts.
• Preparing reports, registers, reconciliations, journals, working papers and financial documentation.
• Supporting asset, fleet and property lease management, including lease records, reconciliations and SAP REFX updates.
• Assisting with budget monitoring, forecasting, accruals and variance analysis across cost centres or projects.
• Undertaking quality assurance, error reporting, audit support and compliance checks.
• Preparing written material such as business cases, financial reports, corporate documentation and stakeholder correspondence.
• Liaising with internal business areas, suppliers, shared services providers and other stakeholders to resolve finance matters.
• Supporting compliance with government finance, procurement, goods receipting and accounting requirements.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

• Experience in finance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit card management, financial administration or related finance roles.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to process, reconcile and quality-check financial information accurately.
• Excel skills and confidence working with financial systems and spreadsheets.
• Strong customer service and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Sound understanding of government procurement, goods receipting or shared services finance processes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and resolve moderately complex finance issues.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear reports, documentation and correspondence.
• For APS6 roles, experience with financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, accruals, cost estimates and quality assurance will be highly regarded.
• SAP experience is desirable. SAP REFX leasing module experience will be highly regarded for asset/leasing-focused roles.

APPLY:

Submit your resume, or for further information please contact
Reece Prideaux – Talent International
reece.prideaux@talentinternational.com

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Enterprise Compliance Lead – Privacy

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced privacy and compliance professional to join a large, purpose-led organisation operating in a highly regulated environment.

Working within the Enterprise Risk and Compliance function, you will provide specialist privacy advice across the organisation while supporting the delivery of its broader compliance framework. This role combines hands-on privacy expertise with second-line monitoring, assurance, control testing and senior stakeholder engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the organisation’s subject-matter expert for privacy compliance.

• Conduct and manage end-to-end Privacy Impact Assessments, including stakeholder consultation, risk analysis and formal reporting.

• Maintain privacy obligations, frameworks, policies and supporting guidance.

• Interpret relevant legislation and regulatory requirements and translate them into practical business controls.

• Provide constructive advice and challenge to first-line risk and control owners.

• Support second-line monitoring, assurance and testing of the control environment.

• Review ineffective or partially effective controls and recommend remediation actions.

• Advise on privacy incidents, potential breaches, investigations and regulatory reporting.

• Develop privacy compliance metrics and prepare reports for senior management and risk committees.

• Support annual reviews of regulatory obligations and controls.

• Partner with Risk, Legal, Technology, Incident Management and business teams to strengthen privacy compliance.

• Contribute to compliance training and help embed a strong organisation-wide compliance culture.

About you

You will bring:

• Approximately 5-7+ years of operational compliance, risk or assurance experience.

• Strong subject-matter expertise in privacy compliance.

• Demonstrated experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments end to end.

• Strong knowledge of the Australian Privacy Act, Australian Privacy Principles and relevant privacy obligations.

• Experience with privacy frameworks, policies, obligations registers and control environments.

• Practical experience in second-line monitoring, assurance or control testing.

• Experience investigating privacy incidents or potential regulatory breaches.

• Strong written communication, report-writing and stakeholder-influencing skills.

• The ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical business advice and controls.

Experience within NSW Government, insurance, workers’ compensation, banking, healthcare or another highly regulated environment will be highly regarded. Knowledge of NSW privacy legislation, including the PPIP Act and HRIP Act, would also be advantageous.

Candidates must be based in Sydney and hold unrestricted working rights in Australia.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of enterprise privacy compliance while contributing to broader risk, assurance and governance outcomes across a complex organisation.

• Permanent Position – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Develop and Execute the Digital Transformation Strategy

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced digital delivery leader to drive a portfolio of complex, high-impact transformation initiatives within a respected public sector organisation.

This senior leadership role will oversee multidisciplinary teams, shape digital strategy and deliver secure, scalable and user-centred services that improve both customer and employee experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of large-scale, multi-million-dollar digital transformation programs.
• Align digital delivery priorities with organisational strategy and broader government objectives.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across product, delivery, development, UX and business analysis.
• Establish strong governance, risk management, quality assurance and performance reporting frameworks.
• Partner with executives, business leaders, government agencies and external service providers to deliver successful outcomes.

Key Skills and Experience

• At least 7-10 years’ experience leading complex, organisation-wide digital or technology transformation programs.
• Proven success delivering major programs within agreed scope, budget, timelines and quality standards.
• Strong knowledge of agile, iterative delivery, digital strategy and user-centred design principles.
• Exceptional executive stakeholder engagement, communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and embed sustainable digital capability and cultural change.

What’s in it for you:

• Permanent Position
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Chris Mackay on chris.mackay@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• 3 Month Contract – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures for a Case Management System

We are seeking an experienced Technical Writer to support a major Case Management System implementation and business transformation program.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop Standard Operating Procedures, work instructions and operational guidelines.
• Document future-state business processes for a new Case Management System.
• Facilitate workshops with subject matter experts to capture processes and requirements.
• Produce knowledge articles, fact sheets and client correspondence templates.
• Review and edit content to ensure accuracy, consistency and plain-English communication.

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong experience as a Technical Writer developing operational documentation and business process artefacts.
• Experience supporting technology implementations or business transformation programs.
• Case Management System or workflow platform implementation experience.
• Victorian Government, statutory authority or broader public sector experience.
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.

What’s in it for you:

• 3 Month Contract
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Sarah Jordan on sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• 6 Month Contract – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Windows 11 Deployment

We are seeking an experienced Desktop Support Technician to support a Windows 11 deployment within a Victorian Government environment. This role will provide hands-on technical support to end users while assisting with device rollout, configuration and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the deployment and rollout of Windows 11 devices.
• Configure, enrol and manage devices through Microsoft Intune.
• Provide Level 1 and Level 2 desktop support to end users.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, application and connectivity issues.
• Maintain accurate deployment records, asset information and support documentation.

Key Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated desktop support experience in a large enterprise environment.
• Hands-on experience with Windows 11 deployment and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Intune and device management.
• Previous Victorian Government experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent customer service, communication and problem-solving skills.

What’s in it for you:

• 6 Month Contract
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Sarah Jordan on sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

We’re looking for an experienced HR Coordinator to join a busy and supportive People & Culture team in a large government body.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll be a key point of contact for employees and leaders, supporting day-to-day HR operations and helping deliver a great employee experience.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Responding to employee and manager HR queries
• Preparing employment contracts and variations
• Maintaining employee records and HR compliance
• Providing support around policies, procedures and employee entitlements
• Assisting with reporting, governance and general HR activities
• Supporting People & Culture projects and process improvements.

About you

You’ll have previous HR coordination or People & Culture experience, strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills. You’ll be comfortable managing multiple priorities and enjoy working in a role where stakeholder service and accuracy are important.
This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative team and gain broad exposure across People & Culture.

Interested? Apply now for a confidential discussion or email melissa.haddad@talentinternational.com for further information.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged by our long standing client, a leading entertainment organisation. We are seeking an experienced Head of Group Compliance to lead the enterprise compliance function across a large, complex and highly regulated business.

Role Title: Head of Group Compliance

Opportunity: Permanent Career Opportunity

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD

Salary: Approx. $260,000 package

Client Industry: Entertainment

Start Date: ASAP

Interview Process: 2 rounds of interviews

Role Details:

• Lead the Group Compliance function across the organisation, managing a team of five direct reports.
• Oversee enterprise regulatory compliance, obligation management and internal policy frameworks.
• Partner closely with Executive Leadership, Senior Managers and key business stakeholders to embed a strong compliance culture.
• Provide strategic advice and influence decision making across the Group Leadership Team (GLT).
• Drive continuous improvement across compliance frameworks, governance processes and regulatory obligations.
• Lead, mentor and develop a high performing compliance team while fostering strong engagement across the business.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Significant experience leading compliance functions within a large, complex and highly regulated organisation.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, governance, policy management and enterprise obligation management.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing high performing teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence senior executives and operational leaders.
• A proactive, hands on leadership style with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and drive outcomes.
• Naturally curious, commercially minded and relationship focused, with the ability to build credibility across all levels of the business.

Additional Details & Benefits:

• Opportunity to join a leading Australian entertainment organisation during a significant period of transformation.
• Lead an established team of five direct reports with broad enterprise exposure.
• Work closely with the CEO, Group Leadership Team and senior operational leaders across multiple business units.
• High visibility role with genuine opportunity to shape the organisation’s compliance strategy and culture.
• Permanent executive leadership opportunity with a competitive remuneration package.

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity, or you would like to hear more, please Apply Now and submit your resume.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Sophia Parrelli at Talent International

IT Support Specialist, Legal Technology

Permanent | Sydney CBD | Onsite

We are partnering with a leading Legal professional services organisation to recruit an experienced IT Support Specialist for their Sydney CBD office.

This is a hands-on support position working within a high-performing, professional environment, providing technical support across desktop, applications, hardware, meeting rooms and user administration.

Previous IT support experience within a law firm or legal environment is essential for this position.

The Role

You will provide responsive, high-quality technology support to users across the Sydney office, while collaborating with a broader global IT function.

Key responsibilities include:

* Provide Level 1 and Level 2 desktop and application support to end users
* Troubleshoot hardware, software, network and connectivity issues
* Support Microsoft 365, Windows, Active Directory and Exchange environments
* Provide support across legal-specific applications and document management systems
* Set up and configure laptops, desktops, mobile devices and other hardware
* Manage user accounts, permissions, onboarding and offboarding activities
* Support meeting room and audio-visual technology
* Diagnose technical issues and escalate where appropriate
* Maintain accurate documentation and contribute to ongoing improvements across the IT environment
* Deliver a high standard of customer service to users at all levels of the organisation

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

* Previous IT support experience within a law firm or legal environment, essential
* Experience providing technical support
* Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Windows environments
* Experience with Active Directory and Exchange
* Exposure to legal technology and applications, such as document management, PDF, document comparison or email management platforms
* Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware and software
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* A polished, service-focused approach suited to supporting professionals in a fast-paced environment
* The ability to prioritise competing requests and confidently manage issues through to resolution

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is a great opportunity for someone already working within legal IT who wants to join a sophisticated, well-established environment with exposure to a broader global technology team.

You’ll be joining a collaborative IT function where quality of service is highly valued, with the opportunity to deepen your experience across specialist legal technology and enterprise systems.

Location: Sydney CBD
Employment: Permanent, full-time
Working arrangement: Office-based

If you have hands-on IT support experience within a law firm or legal environment and are interested in hearing more, please apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Senior Salesforce Support Engineer | Salesforce Platform Support, Administration & Continuous Improvement

• Location: ACT / QLD (Hybrid)
• Security Clearnce: Baseline -Cleared
• Contract Length: 12 Months + 12 Month Extensions (Based on the discretion of the Department)

About the Position:

This is a senior hands-on Salesforce support role focused on keeping a complex enterprise platform stable, supportable and continuously improving.

You’ll work across Level 2 support, platform administration, configuration, data management and release assessment, supporting Salesforce applications including Service Cloud, Health Cloud and Digital Experience.

The role requires more than routine administration. You’ll investigate complex incidents, interrogate system behaviour, identify root causes and translate business processes into practical Salesforce configuration and support outcomes.

Working within an Agile environment, you’ll also contribute to UAT, technical documentation, knowledge sharing and the ongoing uplift of Salesforce services.

What You’ll Do:

• Investigate and resolve complex Level 2 Salesforce incidents, including log analysis, platform behaviour and root-cause identification.
• Administer users, licences, roles, profiles, permission sets, sharing rules and access controls.
• Configure and troubleshoot Salesforce functionality and declarative automation, including Flows.
• Support data management, release impact assessment, UAT, documentation and continuous platform improvement.

What We Are Looking For:

• Demonstrated experience supporting and administering enterprise Salesforce environments, including Service Cloud, Health Cloud and/or Digital Experience.
• Strong Salesforce administration and security capability, including user access, permissions and platform controls.
• Proven experience troubleshooting complex Salesforce incidents and working through root-cause analysis.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate business processes into practical Salesforce support and configuration outcomes.

Technology & Environment:

• Salesforce Service Cloud, Health Cloud & Digital Experience
• Salesforce Flows & Declarative Automation
• Salesforce Security, Access & Administration
• OmniStudio / Vlocity, APIs & Enterprise Integration (Desirable)

A Quick Note Before You Apply:

This role is unlikely to suit candidates whose Salesforce experience has been limited to basic administration, purely functional consulting or development without broader ownership of platform support and incident resolution.

The stronger fit is someone comfortable operating across support, administration and configuration, while also understanding the business processes behind the platform.

Applicants must be Australian Citizens and either hold or be eligible to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance.

To showcase your interest for the position, click on ‘APPLY’ on our website or for any further information, please contact Sanat Anmadwar on Sanat.Anmadwar@talentinternational.com. We look forward to seeing how your expertise can help us achieve excellence!

Talent International has partnered with a major Australian organisation operating within a large-scale industrial manufacturing environment.

They are currently seeking an Automation Engineer to join the engineering team delivering a significant automation and control systems upgrade.

The role:

Working alongside experienced Principal and Senior Automation Engineers, you will support the engineering and delivery of automation work packages across a major upgrade program.

This is a broad, hands-on engineering role where you will contribute across the project lifecycle, from defining requirements and developing technical solutions through to testing, cutover and rectification.

The environment includes PLCs, industrial networks and HMI/SCADA systems, giving you exposure to a technically complex automation landscape and the opportunity to work closely with engineering, operations, vendors and external consultants.

You will be responsible for ensuring allocated engineering packages are delivered safely, effectively and in line with project scope, schedule and relevant engineering standards.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of automation engineering packages across a major industrial upgrade.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of PLC and HMI/SCADA solutions.
• Identify and define technical requirements, interfaces and work scopes for control system elements.
• Develop technical and performance specifications.
• Deliver engineering design outcomes directly and through external design partners.
• Support project scope development and engineering documentation.
• Work closely with internal engineering and operations teams, vendors and consultants.
• Assist with testing, system shadowing, cutover and rectification activities.
• Ensure engineering activities meet relevant safety, project and engineering standards.
• Support effective risk management across allocated work packages.

Skills & experience:

You will have:

• A degree in Computer, Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science; other relevant Engineering or IT qualifications, including Diploma qualifications, may also be considered.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.

Experience in the following would be highly regarded:

• Heavy industry or automated manufacturing.
• Brownfield projects or operational support environments.
• Practical electrical experience within industrial environments.
• PLC, RTU, I/O and IoT systems.
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Ethernet and IP networking.
• HMI/SCADA and historian applications.
• Windows, Linux and virtualisation.
• Active Directory.
• Databases and systems integration.

If you are an Automation Engineer looking to take on a technically challenging role within a major industrial transformation program, we would be interested in hearing from you.

About the client

Talent is partnering with a Queensland Government department seeking two experienced Right to Information and Privacy professionals for an initial four-month contract.

Based in Brisbane, you will join a specialist team responsible for supporting the department’s compliance with the Right to Information Act 2009 and Information Privacy Act 2009.

Opportunities are available at both Senior and Principal levels, allowing us to consider candidates with established operational experience as well as those capable of managing complex matters and guiding other team members.

About the role

You will manage a range of RTI, information access and privacy matters while providing clear, practical advice to departmental officers and members of the public.

The roles will involve delegated decision-making, legislative interpretation, Privacy Impact Assessments, privacy complaints and data breaches. At the Principal level, you will also manage more complex matters and provide guidance and mentoring to other team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage legislative and non-legislative requests for access to departmental information and documents
• Interpret and apply the Right to Information Act 2009, Information Privacy Act 2009 and other relevant legislation
• Exercise delegated decision-making powers and prepare clear, comprehensive statements of reasons
• Manage matters involving subpoenas, non-party disclosures and other information access requests
• Conduct and support Privacy Impact Assessments, identifying privacy risks and recommending practical mitigation strategies
• Provide advice regarding privacy complaints and data breaches, including obligations under the Mandatory Notification of Data Breach scheme
• Develop and review RTI and privacy policies, procedures, guidance materials and tools
• Develop and deliver training that communicates complex RTI and privacy principles in accessible language
• Build productive relationships with internal stakeholders, government agencies and regulatory bodies
• At the Principal level, manage complex matters and support the capability and development of other team members

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience applying Queensland RTI and information privacy legislation, or equivalent legislation in another jurisdiction
• Experience managing information access applications and preparing high-quality statements of reasons
• Strong legislative interpretation, analytical and decision-making skills
• Experience conducting risk assessments, with Privacy Impact Assessment experience highly regarded
• Knowledge of privacy complaints, privacy breaches and associated notification requirements
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet statutory deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to explain complex legislative and privacy matters clearly to different audiences
• For the Principal-level opportunity, experience managing complex cases and mentoring or guiding team members will be highly regarded
• Experience assessing privacy risks associated with technology, metadata or complex data holdings would be advantageous
• Ability to complete a criminal history check

What’s in it for you?

• Two initial four-month Queensland Government contract opportunities
• Senior and Principal-level positions available
• Brisbane-based role with flexible working options
• Join a collaborative specialist team
• Work across varied and meaningful RTI and privacy matters
• Contribute to improved governance, transparency and privacy compliance

To be considered, please apply with an updated resume outlining your relevant RTI, information access and privacy experience.

Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates may be contacted.

Solution Architect – Integration

12-Month Contract | Sydney | ASAP Start

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Solution Architect – Integration to join a major enterprise technology transformation program.

This role will take ownership of the integration architecture across complex, business-critical systems, designing secure, scalable and reliable solutions that connect modern cloud platforms, SaaS solutions and legacy applications.

What you’ll be doing

• Design AS-IS and TO-BE integration architectures across major technology projects.
• Design integration solutions using APIs, messaging, event-driven architecture and system integration patterns.
• Develop key architecture artefacts including SADs, ADRs, HLDs and LLDs.
• Provide expert advice across integration technology, data architecture, modelling and integration best practices.
• Translate functional and non-functional business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Work closely with Solution Architects, Developers, Business Analysts, Testers and other technical teams.
• Engage with external vendors and act as a lead technical representative on integration solutions.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture, cyber security, privacy and operational requirements.

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years’ experience designing integration solutions and application architecture.
• 5+ years’ experience with MuleSoft or an equivalent integration platform.
• Strong experience across iPaaS, API Gateways, ETL, ESB, REST and JSON.
• Extensive knowledge of integration patterns including synchronous/asynchronous messaging, event streaming, batch integration, point-to-point integration and data synchronisation.
• Strong experience designing API-led, messaging and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with IBM MQ, Azure Integration Services, AWS Integration Services or equivalent.
• Experience with Kafka, Confluent or similar event-streaming technologies.
• Experience working within CI/CD and DevSecOps environments.
• Exposure to large-scale programs valued at $10M+, with government experience highly regarded.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

Eligibility

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or New Zealand Citizen with a current New Zealand passport. The successful candidate will also be required to undertake relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Baseline National Security Clearance.

If you’re a senior Integration Architect with strong MuleSoft, API and event-driven architecture experience and enjoy working on large, complex technology transformation programs, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now for a confidential discussion.