Join a Tier 1 Australian bank as a Senior Policy Analyst – Financial Crime, shaping AML/CTF frameworks at scale.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to step into a Senior Policy Analyst role at the heart of one of Australia’s Big 4 Banks financial crime risk functions. Sitting within the Group Financial Crime team, you’ll work on a global policy framework that underpins AML/CTF compliance across multiple jurisdictions, with real influence on how the organisation responds to a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll own meaningful pieces of the Global Financial Crime Policy Framework, developing, reviewing and continuously improving policies, standards and guidance to keep pace with regulatory change at home and abroad. You’ll monitor legislative and enforcement developments across jurisdictions, translate them into actionable updates, and work closely with senior stakeholders across risk, compliance, legal and the business to drive alignment and uplift. Expect to lead training, support assurance reviews, and contribute to the broader financial crime strategic agenda.

What They’re Looking For

• 10+ years in financial crime across banking, consulting, legal or government
• Deep knowledge of AML/CTF legislation, regulatory expectations and emerging trends
• Proven experience writing, developing and managing financial crime policies, standards and programs
• Exposure to international financial crime frameworks is highly regarded
• Degree in Law, Business or Finance
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills – you can influence at CRO and senior executive level
• Commercial acumen and the ability to operate independently in a complex, matrixed environment

Talent International is currently recruiting a Licensing Support Officer to work for the NSW Government, based in Parramatta. This position is a contract role until the 30^th of June, with a view to be extended, and the role pays $40 to $45 hour + Super.

7.6 hours a day / 38 hours a week

About the Role
As a Licensing Support Officer, you will play a key role in administering all aspects of the wildlife licensing system. You will be responsible for processing applications and renewals, managing records, handling payments, and providing accurate information to support compliance with legislative requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer the wildlife licensing system for private keepers of protected fauna
• Process licence applications, renewals, and annual record reports
• Handle licensing fee payments across multiple payment methods in line with NSW Government procedures
• Provide timely and accurate information on wildlife licensing matters
• Maintain and update databases to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Manage filing systems to ensure records are organised and easily accessible
• Deliver high-quality customer service within defined service timeframes

About You

• Previous experience in administration, licensing, or government roles
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume processing tasks
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work efficiently within set timeframes and procedures
• Experience with databases and record management systems

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.

Talent International is currently recruiting for a Payroll Specialist to join our client’s team based in Ultimo. This position is a contract role for 6 months initially, with the view to be extended and the role pays $75 hour + Super.

7 hours a day / 35 hours a week

The Opportunity

As a Payroll Specialist – Projects, you will play a key role in delivering a complex wage remediation workstream, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and integrity across payroll and employee entitlements.

You’ll work closely with internal teams and external consultants to validate payroll data, resolve discrepancies, and support audit and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the payroll remediation workstream, ensuring alignment with legislation and industrial instruments
• Validate complex payroll data, timesheets, and remediation calculations
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Legal teams, and external consultants
• Support audit processes, including engagement with auditors and regulatory bodies
• Provide expert advice on payroll compliance and business practices
• Identify discrepancies and drive resolution across payroll models and templates
• Manage sensitive employee queries related to remediation outcomes
• Analyse root causes of payroll issues and contribute to process improvements
• Assist in preparing documentation for compliance reviews and audits

About You

You are a payroll subject matter expert with strong analytical capability and experience working in complex environments.

You will bring:

• Extensive experience in payroll legislation, compliance, and employee entitlements
• Strong skills in data analysis, financial modelling, and remediation calculations
• Ability to interpret and apply complex industrial instruments and regulations
• Proven experience working in high-volume or complex payroll environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work autonomously
• Strong problem-solving mindset with high attention to detail

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in payroll remediation projects (highly desirable)
• Experience supporting audit and compliance processes
• Degree qualification in a relevant field OR equivalent extensive experience
• Understanding of EEO principles, ideally within a large or complex organisation

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.

Level 2 Commercial Officer – Defence
Location: Sydney
Clearance: NV1 required

Our client within the defence sector is seeking an experienced Level 2 Commercial Officer to support a high-priority engagement. This role will suit someone with a strong background in defence commercial activities, particularly across procurement, invoicing, and ERP systems.

You’ll play a key role supporting both business-as-usual operations and broader commercial initiatives, working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Key responsibilities:
; support commercial procurement activities across defence projects
; manage invoicing processes and ensure compliance with internal frameworks
; provide commercial support across BAU and project-based work
; work within defence ERP systems, maintaining accuracy and governance
; contribute to contract management activities using ASDEFCON frameworks
; liaise with suppliers and internal teams to ensure smooth commercial operations

Key requirements:
; proven experience as a Commercial Officer within defence environments
; hands-on experience with defence ERP systems, with an active ERP account
; strong understanding of commercial procurement and invoicing processes
; experience working with ASDEFCON contracts
; currently working with, or recently from, a defence supplier (must not have been in uniform within the past 12 months)
; NV1 security clearance is essential

Applicants without defence experience or the required clearance will not be considered

The Role

We’re partnering with a major enterprise undergoing a large-scale migration to Snowflake as part of a broader cloud data transformation. This role sits within a fast-paced delivery team focused on building and validating a modern data platform, with strong emphasis on accuracy, performance, and reliability.

This is a hands-on Test Lead role where you’ll be actively involved in data validation, working closely with engineers and analysts to ensure data is correct, complete, and fit for purpose across the platform.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be embedded within the delivery team, owning end-to-end testing across Snowflake pipelines. This includes writing and executing SQL-based validations, reconciling data between legacy and target systems, and identifying issues across data ingestion and transformation layers. You’ll contribute directly to test execution, support automation where possible, and work closely with stakeholders to resolve data defects quickly and efficiently.

Must-Have Experience (Snowflake)

• Hands-on experience testing data solutions built on Snowflake
• Strong SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation, and root cause analysis
• Experience validating ETL/ELT pipelines and data transformations
• Proven experience supporting data migration projects (source to Snowflake)
• Understanding of Snowflake concepts (staging, COPY INTO, warehouses, performance basics)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience working in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments

Why Join

• Be hands-on in a major cloud data migration program
• Work with modern tools and a cutting-edge Snowflake data platform
• Join a high-performing, delivery-focused team
• Opportunity to build experience in modern data and AI-driven environments
• Strong pipeline of work with long-term opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced SAP BODS Support Engineer to step into a hands-on support role within a busy enterprise environment. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys troubleshooting, keeping platforms stable, and working closely with a collaborative team.

You’ll be supporting a critical data integration platform, working across incident management, maintenance, and ongoing improvement as the system approaches end-of-life.

Responsibilities:

• Providing Level 2 support for SAP BODS job failures (triage, fix, document)
• Managing incidents and work orders through to resolution
• Supporting platform maintenance, including scheduled activities and server restarts
• Assisting with disaster recovery planning, testing, and readiness
• Contributing to planning activities around platform off-boarding
• Working closely with internal teams to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
• Participating in knowledge sharing and handovers to maintain continuity

Requirements:

• Solid experience supporting SAP BODS in a production environment
• Strong troubleshooting skills across data integration workflows
• Experience with incident and problem management processes
• Understanding of platform maintenance and DR practices
• Ability to work collaboratively within an established team
• Clear communication and documentation skills
• Must be able to do on call

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click APPLY NOW. Alternatively, if you are keen to discuss further, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long-standing client, an Australian-founded leader in data science and advanced analytics, to hire a Security Engineer – AI & ML Security.

This organisation is investing heavily in AI and building a practical, engineering-led AI security capability to support secure, large-scale adoption.

Role Details

Role Title: Security Engineer – AI & ML Security

Contract Length: Initial 6-12 month contract (highly likely to extend or convert to permanent)

Location: Eveleigh, Sydney (3 days in office – Tue-Thurs)

Salary: $163,300 – $197,000 package

Start Date: ASAP

Interview Process: 2-stage (technical + behavioural)

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on security engineering role focused on securing real AI systems as they’re being built and rolled out across the business.

You’ll work closely with engineering and data teams to embed security into how things are developed and deployed – not sit on the sidelines writing policy.

You will:

• Work with teams to secure AI and application use cases as they’re designed and built
• Conduct threat modelling and identify practical risks across new features and systems
• Implement security controls and guardrails for AI tools (LLMs, internal platforms, ML pipelines)
• Embed security into CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and deployment workflows
• Contribute to the safe rollout of AI across the business
• Stay close to emerging risks and apply pragmatic, real-world security solutions

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone hands-on and technical, not purely strategic.

• Strong security engineering foundation (AppSec, cloud security, or similar)
• Experience working in DevOps / DevSecOps environments
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or GCP)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and secure deployment practices
• Comfortable doing threat modelling (STRIDE or similar approaches)
• Exposure to AI is a bonus – interest in learning is more important

Why This Role

• Work on real AI systems, not theoretical security frameworks
• Strong focus on building and implementing, not just advising
• Be part of a major AI rollout across the business
• Access to modern tech stack and evolving AI tooling
• Strong engineering culture with close collaboration across teams
• Genuine work-life balance (no expectation beyond ~5pm)
• Clear pathway to a long-term / permanent opportunity

To Apply

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

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long standing client, a globally recognised technology organisation specialising in enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and digital transformation solutions. We are seeking a Business Development Manager to join their growing Education Services function.

Role Title: Business Development Manager – Education Services

Contract Length: Initial contract through to April 2027 (highly likely to extend)

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney (minimum 2 days per week in office)

Daily Pay: $780 per day (including super)

Project: Driving growth across IT training and education services, supporting enterprise customers and partner channels

Role Details:

* Drive revenue growth by selling a broad portfolio of IT training solutions (including cloud, security, infrastructure, and emerging technologies)

* Partner closely with enterprise account teams to position training as part of end-to-end technology solutions

* Manage and grow a portfolio of key accounts across ANZ, focusing on upselling and cross-selling opportunities

* Build and develop relationships with external training partners and resellers to expand indirect revenue channels

* Contribute to go-to-market initiatives and demand generation activities for new and existing training offerings

* Support larger consulting and solution deals by embedding training into client proposals

Required Skills and Experiences:

* Proven background in business development or sales within a services-led environment (IT services, consulting, or similar)

* Experience working with enterprise customers and navigating complex sales cycles

* Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate across sales, delivery, and partner teams

* Commercial mindset with experience managing pipelines, forecasting, and driving revenue outcomes

* Exposure to training, education, or enablement solutions is beneficial but not essential

Additional Details & Benefits:

* Join a high-performing, niche business unit with strong demand and growth across APAC

* Opportunity to own and grow a defined set of strategic accounts across Australia and New Zealand

* Blend of direct and partner-led sales, offering variety and long-term revenue potential

* Work within a globally recognised organisation with strong internal mobility and extension potential

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please ‘apply now’ and submit your resume!

Join a leading financial institution as a Senior Java Engineer working on complex trading systems.

The environment

This is a rare opportunity to embed yourself inside a world-class financial markets technology team, working on one of the most sophisticated trading platforms in Australian banking. You’ll be part of a close-knit, cross-functional squad driving the delivery of high-impact business initiatives, from short-cycle enhancements through to multi-month platform projects. The environment is fast-paced, delivery-focused, and built for engineers who take genuine ownership of their work from first line of code through to production.

What you’ll be doing

Day-to-day, you’ll be hands-on with Java development within a heavily customised Calypso environment, working across the full delivery lifecycle requirements, development, testing, and production deployment. You’ll contribute to microservices architecture, collaborate with BAs, testers, and fellow engineers, and use AI-assisted development tools to sharpen both speed and quality. Deliverables range from two-week changes to complex, multi-month initiatives.

What they’re looking for

• 5+ years of strong Java engineering experience
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex, end-to-end technical solutions independently
• Exposure to microservices architecture and enterprise-scale environments
• Financial markets experience (particularly FX) is highly valued
• Calypso experience is a significant advantage
• Ownership mindset, strong problem-solving, and the ability to ramp up quickly in complex systems

Why join

• Work at the forefront of AI-assisted development. This team actively uses AI tools to improve delivery speed and code quality
• Contribute to evolving platform strategy, including potential transition to next-gen in-house solutions
• Join a squad that values autonomy, accountability, and craft
• Hybrid model, 2-3 days in office
• Strong prospect of extension, with permanent conversion possible for the right person

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long-standing client, an Australian-founded leader in data science and advanced analytics, to hire a Security Engineer – AI & ML Security.

This organisation is investing heavily in AI and building a best-in-class AI security capability to support secure, large-scale adoption.

Role Title: Security Engineer – AI & ML Security

Contract Length: Initial 6-12 month contract (highly likely to extend or convert to permanent)

Location: Redfern, Sydney (3 days in office – Tue-Thurs)

Salary: $163,300 – $197,300 package (base + super)

The Opportunity

A hands-on AI security role where you’ll work directly with engineering and data teams to secure real-world AI systems.

You will:

• Design and implement AI/ML security controls (prompt injection, data poisoning, model risks)
• Build security guardrails for LLMs, agents, and AI platforms
• Conduct threat modelling across AI tools and capabilities
• Embed security into the ML lifecycle and engineering workflows
• Define safe adoption patterns for emerging AI technologies
• Evaluate new AI threats and tooling and guide the business
• Support incident response and AI-related security reviews

What We’re Looking For

• Strong Application Security + threat modelling experience (e.g. STRIDE)
• Experience working in cloud environments (GCP / Azure, AWS nice to have)
• Understanding of CI/CD security and secure deployment practices
• Exposure to AI / LLM systems (or strong interest in the space)
• Hands-on, builder mindset – not purely advisory
• Comfortable in fast-moving, evolving environments
• Strong stakeholder skills – able to work across engineering + data teams

Why This Role

• Build AI security capability from the ground up
• Work closely with senior AI leadership (incl. Chief AI Officer)
• Access to cutting-edge AI tech (OpenAI, Anthropic, emerging tools)
• Be part of a major AI rollout across the business
• Strong work-life balance (no expectation beyond ~5pm)
• High likelihood of long-term / permanent opportunity

To Apply

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

Talent International is currently recruiting for a 3 x Secretariat Support Officer to work for the Local Government, based in Parramatta. This position is a contract role for up to 8 weeks with a view to be extended, and the role pays $57.28 per hour + Super.

About the Role

You will play a key role in supporting the coordination and delivery of Council Meetings and Councillor Workshops, ensuring smooth operations and high-quality administrative support to the Secretariat function.

This is a high-visibility role working closely with Councillors and senior stakeholders, requiring flexibility in office attendance and working hours to support meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage Council Meetings and Councillor Workshops end-to-end
• Provide efficient Secretariat support to Committee and Council meetings
• Attend meetings and workshops, including minute taking and action tracking
• Prepare and coordinate business papers, reports, presentations, and workshop materials
• Support staff in using Council’s business paper systems
• Act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
• Manage incoming correspondence, training coordination, and conference logistics
• Provide research, reporting, and project support to the Secretariat team
• Maintain accurate records and manage meeting-related documentation
• Deliver general high-level administrative support

About You

• Minimum 4+ years’ experience supporting Council, Board, or Senior Executives
• Strong background in high-level administration and stakeholder engagement
• Experience with MS Office and EDRMS systems
• Skilled in preparing and reviewing reports, presentations, and official documents
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication, organisation, and time management skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• Typing speed of 60 WPM+
• Certificate IV in Business (Administration) or equivalent experience (desirable)

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.

Project Manager – Service Transition

Location: Sydney
Rate: Up to $1,050 per day
Length: 24 months
Requirement: Australian Citizenship and ability to obtain Government Security Clearance

This role is responsible for leading the transition of a complex, safety-critical system into live operational service, ensuring all people, processes, and systems are fully prepared. You will drive readiness across multiple domains, minimising risk and enabling a smooth and controlled service commencement.

You will be joining a large, nationally significant organisation delivering complex programs within a highly regulated environment. The organisation is known for its focus on safety, innovation, and operational excellence across critical infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver end-to-end transition and operational readiness plans aligned to program milestones
• Engage and coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders including operations, engineering, training, and safety teams
• Oversee training development and ensure workforce competency and certification prior to go-live
• Ensure operational procedures, manuals, and workflows are updated to reflect new system capabilities
• Support and lead testing, validation activities, and operational readiness assessments
• Manage risks and ensure compliance with relevant safety, security, and regulatory standards

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience delivering service transition or operational readiness within aviation, air traffic management, defence, or other safety-critical environments
• Proven track record working on complex, real-time operational systems (e.g. control systems, command & control, or critical infrastructure platforms)
• Strong understanding of regulatory and safety frameworks (e.g. CASA, ICAO, Defence, or equivalent highly regulated environments)
• Experience supporting operational cutover, shadow operations, and live service introduction in high-availability environments
• Background working closely with operational end users (e.g. controllers, operators, or frontline personnel) rather than purely IT stakeholders
• Ability to manage transition within 24/7 operational environments where downtime and risk must be tightly controlled

This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering a high-impact program within a critical environment, ideal for someone who thrives in complex, high-stakes transitions and wants to make a tangible difference.