• Senior Payroll Officer – Permanent Role
• Location: Sydney CBD | Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day WFH)
• Salary: $110,000 package (including super)

Talent International is partnering with a long-standing, high-profile client to recruit a Senior Payroll Officer for a permanent opportunity. This role sits within a well-established payroll function and plays a key part in ensuring accurate, compliant payroll delivery across a large, complex workforce.

The Role

As a Senior Payroll Officer, you will be part of a 10-person payroll team, taking ownership of payroll processing, review, and quality assurance. You will act as a subject matter expert, supporting Payroll Officers through training and guidance, while leading the resolution of complex payroll matters.

This role does not have direct reports, but does provide leadership through coaching, review, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Process and review end-to-end payroll across fortnightly and monthly cycles
• Review payroll outcomes to ensure accuracy and compliance prior to finalisation
• Lead the resolution of complex payroll queries and escalations
• Provide training, coaching, and support to Payroll Officers
• Complete month-end payroll activities and reporting
• Prepare personnel and payroll documentation in line with statutory requirements
• Ensure compliance with Fair Work, legislation, and internal policies
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and payroll-related projects

Key Skills & Experience (Top Priorities)

• Strong SAP payroll processing experience
• Experience working in a large, complex organisation (2,000+ employees)
• Solid understanding of Fair Work and Australian payroll legislation
• Demonstrated commitment to building a long-term career in payroll
• High attention to detail with strong problem-solving capability
• Confident communicator with internal stakeholders

Team & Structure

• Payroll team of 10
• No direct reports
• Leadership responsibility through review, coaching, and technical expertise

Why Apply?

• Permanent role within a high-profile entertainment organisation
• Competitive $110k package
• Exposure to large-scale, complex payroll operations
• Supportive, experienced payroll team
• Opportunity to influence process improvement and projects

Apply Now

If you’re an experienced payroll professional looking for a stable senior role with growth and flexibility, click Apply Now and submit your resume

Role Overview – Junior Assistant Accountant (Fully Remote)

Client: Leading Technology Consultancy

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Rate: $40 + super up to $55 + super (depending on experience)

Contract: Initial 3 months with strong possibility of extension

This role was initially scoped as an Admin Assistant, however it’s clear the team requires someone with Assistant Accountant-level understanding due to the accounting concepts involved (GST and payroll tax reporting support).

Role Purpose

Provide high-volume, admin-heavy accounting support to the tax and payroll function. The focus is on data extraction, reconciliation, documentation, and compliance support, rather than analysis or senior accounting responsibilities.

The role is designed to remove repetitive, time-consuming admin work from senior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Extract large volumes of data from SAP (or other ERP systems) into Excel templates
• Validate and reconcile SAP data against Excel outputs
• Handle extremely high data volumes (hundreds of thousands of lines)
• Maintain:
• Work papers
• Supporting schedules
• Audit and compliance documentation
• Support GST and payroll tax reporting
• Perform intermediate Excel tasks:
• Pivot tables
• Data validation and checking
• Liaise with finance and payroll teams to request required information
• Send recurring monthly information requests to internal teams
• Ensure documentation is:
• Correctly dated
• Filed in the right folders
• Stored consistently (not bulk dumping)

Candidate Profile

Ideal background

• Junior Assistant Accountant (around 1-1.5 years’ experience), or
• Experienced Admin Assistant who has supported:
• An accounting team
• An accounting firm

Key requirement:

Someone who already understands accounting concepts (journals, invoices, reconciliations), even though the role itself is very admin-heavy.

Skills & Experience Required

• Conceptual understanding of:
• Journals
• Invoices
• Reconciliations
• Hands-on experience extracting and manipulating data from SAP or another ERP system
• Intermediate Excel skills (including pivot tables)
• Strong attention to detail and document control
• Comfortable working at pace in a highly repetitive, high-volume environment
• Willingness to learn and follow structured processes

Systems

• SAP (ideal) or other ERP systems – daily use
• Concur (nice to have, not essential)

Role Characteristics (Important to Set Expectations)

• Very admin-heavy and process-driven
• Extremely high volume of work
• Technically straightforward but repetitive
• Minimal analysis required (handled by Iris)
• Best suited to someone who:
• Is detail-oriented
• Can manage large data sets
• Is comfortable with routine, compliance-focused work

Summary

This is a fully remote, junior-level accounting support role suited to someone early in their accounting career or an experienced accounting admin. The value is in volume handling, accuracy, and consistency, rather than technical complexity.

Australia’s number one beauty brand is putting social at the centre of how it builds brands and drives growth. With multiple beauty brands under its umbrella and aggressive growth plans underway, the business is looking for a Head of Social to lead the function end-to-end.

You’ll sit at the centre of campaigns, launches, creators, retailers and culture – you’ll own how social shows up across every brand under your guidance, market and moment. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love ambiguity, and want real influence, this is the role for you!

The Opportunity:

As Head of Social, you’ll own strategy, leadership and execution across a portfolio of leading beauty brands. You’ll lead small, sharp social teams, partner closely with brand, performance and retail marketing, and work with best-in-class agencies to bring bold, social-first ideas to life.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set the vision, but you’ll also be in the work – shaping content, guiding creators, and pushing campaigns live at speed.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Own and lead social strategy across multiple beauty brands
• Running the social function day-to-day
• Translate brand ambition into social-first ideas, campaigns and always-on content
• Lead, mentor and develop social talent across brands
• Drive major launches, cultural moments and retail-led social activations
• Partner closely with Brand Managers, Performance Marketing and Retail Marketing
• Oversee and collaborate with external creative, social and PR agencies
• Support global expansion, working with global teams
• Be present – at shoots, events, retailer activations and campaign moments

Who This Is For:

You’re a senior social strategist who knows how to build brands up. You’re comfortable owning big decisions, juggling multiple brands, and moving without perfect information. You’re not precious – you care more about impact than polish, and you love the energy of fast growth.

You’ll Likely Bring:

• Proven senior experience in social strategy (brand or agency side)
• Strong agency background highly regarded
• Experience managing multiple brands or accounts simultaneously
• A deep understanding of content, creators, platforms and culture
• Confidence leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders
• Passion for beauty, consumer products and brand storytelling
• A bias for action – you move fast and figure it out

Culture & Ways of Working:

• Startup mentality, even at scale
• High trust, high accountability, very collaborative
• Deeply embedded, “we’re in this together” culture
• Opportunity for international and domestic travel (including New York)

We are working with a leading electricity distribution organisation to recruit an experienced Senior Network Engineer to support the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) across the distribution network.

This role sits within a specialist DSO and network planning function and focuses on optimising the grid to support the increasing uptake of solar, batteries, EVs and flexible demand, while enabling smarter use of existing infrastructure and avoiding unnecessary capital investment.

The position is Melbourne CBD-based with a flexible working arraignment of 3 days in the office & 2 from home.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead grid engineering activities focused on DER and DSO integration
• Develop and maintain DER integration and DSO capability roadmaps
• Support the evolution and uplift of DERMS functionality over time
• Work closely with network planning teams to optimise grid investment decisions
• Support DER trials (e.g. flexible exports, EV integration) and transition to BAU
• Contribute to grid strategy, regulatory submissions, and rule change responses
• Engage with regulators, government bodies, and industry working groups
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and graduates

Key Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or Power Systems
• 4-5+ years’ experience in electricity distribution or transmission
• Practical experience in grid planning, DER integration, DSO or DERMS
• Strong understanding of distribution networks and emerging DER technologies
• Ability to operate across technical, strategic, and stakeholder-facing work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• RPEV / RPEQ (or ability to obtain) highly regarded
• Please note: candidates with purely academic backgrounds and no applied industry experience will not be suitable for this role.

What’s on Offer

• Permanent role in a high-growth area of the energy sector
• Melbourne CBD location with hybrid working
• Opportunity to influence how DER is integrated into the grid long term
• Exposure to regulators, government and industry forums

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now

This large government body is seeking an experienced a Cloud Engineer – Network to design, build, and support secure, scalable enterprise network solutions across on-premises, Azure, and AWS environments.

In this role you will play a key part in delivering resilient, high-performance network services that support critical business systems and cloud transformation initiatives.

You’ll work closely with architects and engineering teams to translate approved designs into operational solutions, supporting migrations, uplift programs, and ongoing network optimisation across multi-cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise network solutions across on-prem, Azure, and AWS
• Configure and support physical and cloud networking (firewalls, routers, switches, VNets, gateways, load balancers)
• Deliver hybrid and cross-environment connectivity (ExpressRoute, site-to-site and point-to-site VPNs)
• Ensure network solutions meet security, performance, and availability requirements
• Support migrations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills and experience

• Strong experience in enterprise networking across cloud and on-prem environments
• Hands-on experience with Azure networking including virtual networks and security controls
• Experience with AWS networking constructs
• Strong hands-on experience with physical networking infrastructure, such as routers, firewalls and switching platforms
• Experience using Infrastructure-as-code tools to deploy and manage network infrastructure (Terraform preferred)
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills

Apply now to secure an interview or email josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for additional information.

This large government body is seeking an experienced Desktop Deployment Engineer to provide onsite, hands-on support during a large-scale Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrade across their environments.

You’ll play a critical role in ensuring a smooth, user-friendly rollout using Microsoft Autopatch, Intune, and SCCM in a modern, co-managed environment.

Key activities

• Provide onsite technical support to staff during the Windows 11 upgrade program
• Support device upgrades delivered via Windows Autopatch, including pre-upgrade readiness checks and post-upgrade validation
• Troubleshoot upgrade-related issues such as application compatibility, performance, user profiles, and device compliance
• Assist users with post-upgrade familiarisation, answering common Windows 11 usability questions
• Log, track, and manage incidents and service requests through ServiceNow
• Work closely with IT teams, project managers, and business stakeholders to coordinate deployment activities
• Identify, document, and escalate issues related to Autopatch, Intune, SCCM, or update failures

Experience & skills

• Proven experience supporting endpoint deployment or OS upgrade projects
• Strong knowledge of Windows 10 and Windows 11 in enterprise environments
• Experience with Microsoft Intune, Windows Autopatch, and modern endpoint management (preferred)
• Working knowledge of SCCM / MECM in co-managed environments
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting update failures, driver issues, performance, and application compatibility
• Experience using ServiceNow or similar ITSM tools
• Understanding of Active Directory, Entra ID, and managed corporate devices

Apply now to secure an interview or email alistair.barr@talentinternational.com for additional information.

Cloud SME – AWS & Azure

Location: Sydney or Newcastle, NSW
Salary: Up to $150,000 incl. super

About the Role

We’re looking for a Cloud Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep experience across AWS and Azure to join a high-performing technology team. This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll provide technical leadership, design cloud solutions, and guide teams across complex, enterprise-scale environments.

You’ll work across cloud architecture, DevOps, Kubernetes, monitoring, automation, and compliance, while also contributing to solution design and RFP responses.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Cloud SME across AWS and Azure platforms
• Design, implement, and support enterprise cloud architectures
• Provide technical leadership to teams of 6-10 engineers
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps, and Kubernetes best practices
• Build and integrate monitoring and observability solutions with a single-pane-of-glass view
• Produce high-quality technical documentation and architecture artefacts
• Support automation, reliability, and performance optimisation initiatives
• Participate in solution design and RFPs
• Ensure environments align with security and compliance standards

AWS Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience supporting enterprise AWS environments
• 1-2 years’ hands-on experience with Amazon EKS, Kubernetes & CI/CD
• Strong experience with DevOps tooling and automation (2-3 years)
• Expertise with AWS monitoring solutions (CloudWatch, Container Insights, Application Insights)
• Experience building integrated dashboards and observability platforms
• Exposure to APM tools such as AppDynamics, New Relic (highly desirable)
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, SOC2, ISO 27001)

• Mandatory AWS Certifications:
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• Additional DevOps / Developer / Operations certifications highly regarded

Azure Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience supporting enterprise Azure environments
• 1-2 years’ experience with Azure AKS, Kubernetes & Docker
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Expertise with Azure monitoring and automation solutions
• Experience integrating SaaS-based and cloud monitoring platforms
• Ability to lead and mentor technical teams

• Mandatory Azure Certifications:
• AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
• AZ-500 (Azure Security Engineer)
• AZ-700 (Azure Network Engineer)

What We’re Looking For

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts for stakeholders
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-grooming capability
• Delivery-focused mindset with a passion for cloud excellence

Why Apply?

• Senior, influential role with real architectural ownership
• Work across both AWS and Azure in complex environments
• Flexible location: Sydney or Newcastle
• Opportunity to shape cloud strategy and mentor teams

Workplace Lead – Endpoint & Digital Workspace

Location: Sydney or Newcastle, NSW (Client-side | Onsite)
Salary: $150,000 package (including super)
Experience: 5+ years’

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Workplace Lead to take ownership of a modern, enterprise digital workplace environment. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on endpoint management, collaboration platforms, and Microsoft 365, ensuring a secure, high-performing, and user-centric workplace across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

You’ll be embedded client-side, working closely with technology, security, and business teams to improve productivity tools and device management at scale.

What You’ll Be Doing

Microsoft 365 & Identity

• Administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams
• Manage users, groups, licensing, and permissions via Azure AD (Entra ID)
• Implement DLP, retention policies, conditional access, and email security controls
• Monitor service health and drive continuous improvement

Endpoint & Device Management

• Design and manage Intune and SCCM solutions for enterprise device management
• Implement MDM/MAM policies across corporate and BYOD devices
• Manage Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android endpoints end-to-end
• Oversee application packaging and deployment via SCCM and Intune
• Administer Jamf for Apple device management and security
• Maintain security baselines and device compliance reporting

Collaboration & Workplace Tools

• Manage and support Zoom environments and integrations with Microsoft 365
• Ensure conference room and collaboration hardware is operational and reliable

Leadership & Operations

• Provide Tier II/III technical support and escalation
• Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, and training materials
• Automate tasks and reporting using PowerShell
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and network teams to meet compliance standards

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ experience in endpoint, workplace, or EUC environments
• Strong hands-on experience with M365, Exchange Online, Intune, SCCM, Jamf
• Solid understanding of MDM/MAM, device security, and conditional access
• Experience supporting enterprise collaboration tools (Zoom, Teams)
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder engagement experience
• Ability to work onsite in Sydney or Newcastle

Why Apply?

• Client-side role with real ownership and impact
• Modern workplace stack and enterprise-scale environment
• Work across both technical delivery and leadership

Software Packaging SME

Sydney / Newcastle, NSW
Permanent | Onsite (Client Side)
Experience: 3+ years

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Software Packaging Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join a client-side environment in Sydney/Newcastle. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys building enterprise-grade application packages, automating deployments, and acting as the technical escalation point for complex packaging and deployment challenges.

You’ll work closely with infrastructure, security, and project teams to deliver reliable, secure, and standardised application deployments across a large Windows environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Packaging & Repackaging

• Create, modify, and maintain application packages including MSI, MST, EXE, MSIX, Intune Win32, App-V
• Use tools such as AdminStudio, InstallShield, RoboPack, Winget
• Ensure packages meet enterprise standards and deployment requirements

• Deployment & Distribution

• Deploy applications using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM) and Intune
• Configure advanced deployment settings including dependencies, detection methods, supersedence, and task sequences

• Scripting & Automation

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell (PSADT) and VBScript
• Deliver silent, unattended installations and configuration workflows

• Troubleshooting & Support

• Act as L3 escalation support for complex packaging and deployment issues
• Perform deep analysis using tools such as ProcMon and RegMon

• OS Deployment & Image Management

• Support Windows OSD, image creation, maintenance, and upgrades
• Assist with hardware refresh and task sequence improvements

• Patch Management

• Support monthly Windows patching cycles for clients and servers
• Deploy security updates and ensure compliance reporting

• Documentation & Standards

• Produce clear, high-quality technical documentation (SOPs, KBs, best practices)
• Support L1/L2 teams with structured handover documentation

• Collaboration

• Partner with infrastructure, security, and project teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise and security standards

Skills & Experience Required

• 2-6 years’ experience in application packaging and deployment
• Strong hands-on experience with SCCM/MECM and Intune
• Advanced PowerShell scripting (PSADT highly desirable)
• Strong understanding of Windows Installer technologies
• Experience with AdminStudio, InstallShield, MSIX, MSI, Winget
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to create clear, structured technical documentation

Desirable (Nice to Have)

• Microsoft 70-243 certification or equivalent/latest SCCM certification
• Exposure to AWS EBS and Azure DevOps
• Experience in large enterprise or highly regulated environments

Why Apply?

• Work in a client-side, enterprise environment
• Be the go-to SME for software packaging and deployment
• Long-term opportunity with exposure to modern endpoint technologies
• cooperative, professional team with strong technical standards

Backup & Storage Engineer

Location: Sydney or Newcastle
Salary: $150,000 incl. super
Experience: 4+ years’ experience

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Backup & Storage Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team supporting important environments. This role is ideal for someone with deep hands-on experience across Veeam, Azure Native Backup, cloud storage, and enterprise Dell storage platforms, who enjoys owning resilience, availability, and recovery outcomes end-to-end.

You’ll be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimising modern backup and storage solutions across on-prem and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Backup & Recovery (Veeam)

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Veeam Backup & Replication across virtual, physical, and cloud workloads
• Design and manage backup policies, schedules, retention, immutability, and copy jobs
• Manage Veeam components including Backup Proxies, Repositories, WAN Accelerators, and Cloud Connect
• Perform restores, SureBackup testing, and DR failover/failback activities
• Integrate Veeam with VMware, Hyper-V, and cloud platforms
• Troubleshoot backup failures, performance issues, and repository problems

Azure Native Backup & DR

• Configure and manage Azure Backup Vaults and Recovery Services Vaults
• Support backups for:
• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Files & Blob Storage
• SQL workloads on Azure VMs
• AKS clusters (where applicable)
• improve storage using Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers, including immutable backups
• Support Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for disaster recovery scenarios
• Monitor backup health and SLAs using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

Cloud Storage (Nexon)

• Manage and configure Nexon Cloud / Nexon Managed Storage solutions
• Provision storage volumes, shares, snapshots, and replication policies
• Integrate cloud storage with Veeam, VMware, and Azure workloads
• Monitor performance, utilisation, capacity growth, and compliance requirements

Dell Enterprise Storage

• Support Dell EMC storage platforms including:
• PowerStore
• Unity
• Isilon / PowerScale
• SC Series (where applicable)
• Perform LUN and volume provisioning, zoning, masking, and multipathing
• Manage storage protocols: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, SMB
• Configure snapshots, replication (sync/async), tiering, and clones
• Execute firmware upgrades, expansions, and performance tuning

Operations & Optimisation

• Proactively monitor backup and storage environments
• Identify performance, availability, and capacity risks
• Support compliance, retention, and DR testing requirements
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and continuous improvement

Skills & Experience

• 4-10 years’ experience in backup and storage engineering roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Veeam Backup & Replication
• Proven experience with Azure Native Backup and Recovery
• Enterprise storage experience, ideally Dell EMC platforms
• Cloud storage exposure (Nexon or similar managed cloud storage solutions)
• Strong troubleshooting and operational mindset
• Experience in hybrid (on-prem + cloud) environments

Why Apply?

• Flexible location: Sydney or Newcastle
• Work with modern cloud and enterprise storage technologies
• High-impact role supporting critical systems and DR outcomes

Azure Data Engineer

Sydney or Newcastle, NSW
$150,000 incl. super
5+ year’s experience

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Azure Data Engineer to support and maintain enterprise-scale data pipelines in a production environment. This role is focused on ensuring the reliability, performance, and integrity of Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines across a multi-cloud data ecosystem.

You’ll play a key role in monitoring data ingestion, resolving incidents, collaborating with cross-cloud teams, and ensuring data platforms meet SLA, security, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Support, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure Data Factory pipelines in production
• Manage data ingestion from Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, flat files, and web services
• Track pipeline executions, SLA adherence, and proactively escalate issues
• Perform incident analysis, implement fixes, and document root causes and resolutions
• Validate data integrity across source and target systems post-execution
• Automate alerts and notifications for pipeline failures and SLA breaches
• Collaborate with AWS teams to support multi-cloud ETL workflows and SAS DW integrations
• Participate in release management for new pipelines and enhancements
• Ensure all operations comply with security, governance, and data standards

Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory
• Solid SQL skills and ETL troubleshooting experience
• Experience integrating APIs and external data sources
• Familiarity with AWS data platforms and cross-cloud operations
• Knowledge of job scheduling, monitoring, and alerting tools
• Proven background in production support and operational data environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 5+ years’ experience in ETL operations and production support
• Azure Data Engineer certification (preferred)

Why Apply?

• Choice of Sydney or Newcastle location
• Work with modern Azure data platforms in a complex, enterprise environment
• Opportunity to collaborate across cloud ecosystems and mature data operations

• Initial contract until 30 Jun 2026
• New Government Agency
• CBD Location with hybrid working from home

Seeking a Senior Financial Administrator to be responsible for establishing and delivering financial accounting, budgeting and payment processing functions from the ground up.
Prepare monthly financial performance reports, develop finance policies and procedures, manage general ledger reconciliations, and contribute to annual financial reporting, compliance, budget management and business advisory activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage end-to-end financial accounting and reporting functions
• Prepare monthly financial performance and management reports
• Develop and implement finance policies and procedures
• Perform general ledger reconciliations and ensure compliance with financial standards
• Support annual financial statements, audits and compliance requirements
• Provide financial advice and insights to support business decision-making
• Manage budgets, forecasts and expenditure monitoring

Key Capabilities

• 5 + years as a Senior Financial Administrator or similar role
• Demonstrated financial compliance and reporting experience within Victorian State Government
• CPA Australia or CA qualified (current member)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, advanced formulas, large data sets)
• Experience with Oracle Cloud, Axiom, or similar ERP / financial reporting systems
• Current Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain

What’s in it for you:

• Initial contract until 30 Jun 2026
• New Government Agency
• CBD Location with hybrid working from home

Please apply today to secure an interview or for more information contact Xavier Cusack at xavier.cusack@talentinternational.com