Financial Controller

Higher Education Sector

Overview
An established organisation within the higher education sector is seeking a highly experienced Financial Controller to lead core financial control functions and act as a trusted advisor across a complex, multi-entity environment.

The Role
Reporting into senior finance leadership, the Financial Controller will oversee financial control operations, statutory reporting, audit, taxation, and governance across domestic and international entities.

Key Responsibilities

, Lead the preparation of annual statutory financial statements in line with relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements
, Ensure that foreign jurisdiction accounting standards, specifically across China and Vietnam, are understood and fully complied with across all relevant entities
, Manage external audit relationships, ensuring timely delivery of unqualified audit outcomes
, Oversee general ledger integrity, balance sheet control, and financial accounting processes
, Ensure robust internal controls and compliance frameworks are maintained across all financial operations
, Lead financial management of research funding, grants, and program acquittals in line with legislative obligations
, Drive accurate revenue recognition processes and continuous improvement across financial systems
, Oversee all taxation matters including corporate tax, GST, FBT, and international tax compliance
, Maintain and enhance finance policies, procedures, and governance frameworks
, Support executive stakeholders with financial insights, reporting, and committee submissions
, Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes
, Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team

Experience

, Extensive experience in financial management within large, complex organisations
, Demonstrated leadership of professional finance teams
, Experience managing audits, compliance, and regulatory reporting requirements
, Exposure to project delivery, systems improvement, and process transformation initiatives

Capabilities

, Strategic thinker with the ability to operate at both operational and executive levels
, Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
, High level of integrity, accountability, and professional judgement
, Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments within the higher education sector

We’re partnering with a leading organisation on a major risk transformation program and are looking for a Capability Manager to drive the learning and adoption strategy across the business.

This is not a traditional L&D role. You’ll play a critical part in ensuring teams and leaders have the skills, knowledge, and tools to meet evolving risk and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver a structured learning strategy and roadmap aligned to a large transformation program
• Develop and roll out training content, toolkits, and learning materials (risk frameworks, regulatory uplift)
• Run end-to-end training operations – scheduling, communications, delivery, and learner support
• Track training completion, effectiveness, and audit evidence for governance and compliance
• Partner with risk, compliance, and program stakeholders to ensure training aligns to business outcomes
• Drive adoption and behavioural change across the organisation
• Continuously improve learning content and delivery based on feedback and insights

Requirements:

• Experience in learning, capability, or training roles within large organisations
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end training programs (design → delivery → measurement)
• Experience supporting risk, compliance, or regulatory initiatives
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, working with senior leaders and SMEs
• Ability to balance hands-on content development with strategic planning
• Experience measuring learning effectiveness and driving adoption outcomes

If you think you have the above skills and experiences, click the ‘Apply’ button or send your resume to alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for this role.

ServiceNow API Developer , AGSVA Cleared , Contract

One of our consulting clients is looking for a ServiceNow API Developer to join a high-profile government program. This is a contract role requiring an active clearance, supporting a critical delivery environment.

Contract
Initial 6 months , with strong potential to extend for a further 6 months
ASAP start

Key Responsibilities
, develop and maintain ServiceNow integrations using REST APIs
, work across Integration Hub and Flow Designer to automate workflows
, build and manage Service Catalogue items
, collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable and effective solutions
, contribute within a fast-paced consulting environment

Required Experience
, proven experience working with ServiceNow as a Developer, Consultant, or Administrator
, strong JavaScript capability within ServiceNow
, hands-on experience with REST, SOAP, and web service integrations
, exposure to ITOM (Discovery/Service Mapping), HAM or SAM highly regarded
, solid understanding of ITIL practices and Agile delivery
, strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Mandatory Requirements
, Australian Citizenship
, AGSVA Baseline clearance minimum , NV1 preferred
, candidates eligible to upgrade from Baseline to NV1 may be considered
, ability to pass background checks
, availability to work from the office as required
, relevant certifications such as ITIL, ServiceNow CSA or CIS are advantageous

Please note, applications will only be considered from candidates who currently hold an AGSVA Baseline clearance (or higher) and are based in Sydney.

We’re partnering with a leading global professional services organisation to find an experienced Delivery & PMO Lead to play a key role in a major Risk Transformation Program.

This is a unique opportunity to combine hands-on delivery leadership with PMO strategy and governance, driving meaningful change across a complex enterprise environment.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure the successful end-to-end delivery of the program, while establishing best-in-class PMO practices that enable transparency, alignment, and high performance.

Responsibilities:

Program Delivery

• Drive end-to-end delivery of a large-scale transformation program
• Ensure outcomes are delivered on time, within scope and budget
• Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies
• Partner with initiative leads and project managers to maintain momentum and alignment

PMO Leadership

• Establish and lead the Program Management Office (PMO)
• Define governance frameworks, reporting standards, and delivery methodologies
• Oversee program planning, resource management, and performance tracking
• Deliver clear, consolidated reporting across status, risks, financials, and outcomes

Governance & Planning

• Implement robust governance structures and forums
• Provide high-quality insights to support executive decision-making
• Continuously uplift delivery capability and PMO maturity

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Program Director and executive stakeholders
• Drive collaboration and alignment across the organisation

Requirements:

• 10+ years’ experience in program delivery / PMO leadership roles In Financial Services sector.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale transformation programs
• Strong experience establishing or leading PMOs in complex environments
• Background in risk, or regulatory programs (highly regarded)
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong commercial acumen and structured, outcomes-driven mindset

If you think you have the above skills and experiences, click the ‘Apply’ button or send your resume to alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com

Please Notes: Visa sponsorship is not available. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for this role.

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Join a global technology operations team supporting a large-scale, enterprise database environment, where you’ll play a key role in maintaining performance, stability and availability across critical systems in a 24/7, follow-the-sun model.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long standing client, a leading entertainment organisation. We are seeking a SQL & Oracle DBA.

Role Title: SQL & Oracle DBA

Employment Type: Permanent

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | Hybrid

Salary: $134k + super

Role Details:

• Support and administer SQL Server and Oracle database environments across global systems
• Perform BAU activities including patching, maintenance, upgrades and performance tuning
• Monitor database health, performance and availability across production environments
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents across dev, test and production systems
• Manage backup, recovery and high availability configurations
• Work closely with CloudOps, DevOps and SRE teams in a highly collaborative environment
• Operate within a global follow-the-sun support model across AU, UK and US
• Participate in an on-call rotation every 3rd week, including weekend coverage

Required Skills and Experiences:

• 5-10 years’ experience as a DBA in enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on experience across SQL Server and Oracle (Oracle highly valued)
• Proven experience with database maintenance, patching and performance tuning
• Strong troubleshooting capability in live, production environments
• Experience supporting high availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Comfortable working across development, test and production environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a global team

Technical Environment:

• SQL Server (core platform)
• Oracle (critical capability)
• AWS (RDS-heavy environment)
• Backup, recovery and HA/DR (e.g. Always On, RMAN, Data Guard)
• Exposure to open-source / NoSQL databases (nice to have)
• Scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python or similar – nice to have)

Additional Details and Benefits:

• Work in a global, enterprise-scale environment across US, UK and AUS
• Strong collaboration with CloudOps, DevOps and SRE teams
• High-impact role focused on stability, performance and reliability
• 4.5 day working week
• Exposure to modern cloud-based database environments (AWS RDS)
• Opportunity to operate at a deep technical level across complex systems

To Apply:

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

The Role

This is an opportunity to join a major financial services organisation undergoing a significant digital transformation within its servicing function. The focus is on taking existing manual banking processes such as forms and customer servicing journeys and turning them into seamless digital experiences. You will be part of a Digital environment, working across a complex enterprise landscape with strong stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll be doing

You will take ownership of key servicing products, leading the digitisation of manual workflows into scalable digital journeys. Working closely with business and technology teams, you will map current state processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive delivery through Agile squads. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands on execution, ensuring outcomes improve both customer experience and operational efficiency in a regulated environment.

What they are looking for

• Experience as a Senior Product Owner or Product Manager
• Background in banking or financial services
• Proven experience in digital or service transformation
• Experience digitising manual processes or customer journeys
• Strong stakeholder management across business and technology
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Ability to operate in large, complex organisations

Why join

• Work on high impact digital transformation initiatives
• Be part of a large scale Digital and AI function at the forefront of AI
• Own meaningful products that directly improve customer and operational outcomes
• Long term contract with strong potential for extension
• Collaborative, enterprise environment with senior stakeholder exposure

Join a global technology operations team supporting a large-scale, enterprise network environment, where you’ll play a key role in keeping critical infrastructure running across a 24/7, follow-the-sun model. This is a strong entry point into networking for someone looking to step up from service desk or IT operations into a hands-on engineering role with real exposure to enterprise technologies.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long standing client, a leading entertainment organisation. We are seeking an Associate Network Engineer

Role Title: Associate Network Engineer

Employment Type: Permanent

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | 4 days onsite, 1 half-day WFH

Salary: $92,000 + super + 10% bonus

Role Details:

• Provide Level 1 and 2 support across LAN, WAN and Wi-Fi environments in a global network
• Troubleshoot connectivity, routing and performance issues across enterprise infrastructure
• Perform BAU tasks including VLAN changes, switch configuration, firewall patching and network updates
• Support firewalls and VPN environments, including configuration and performance troubleshooting
• Investigate incidents using logs, trace routes and monitoring tools, working closely with global teams
• Participate in a 60-day shift rotation (early/late shifts with ~1 hour difference)
• Weekend work required: 1 day onsite (Saturday or Sunday) as part of a roster
• Operate in a follow-the-sun model with no after-hours or on-call

Required Skills and Experiences:

• 2-3 years’ experience in Service Desk or IT Operations, looking to step into networking
• Strong networking fundamentals (routing, switching, TCP/IP, troubleshooting)
• Hands-on exposure to router/switch configuration and network troubleshooting
• Comfortable working with CLI
• Experience working within ITIL environments (incident + change management)
• Exposure to monitoring tools and working to SLAs
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a structured shift environment

Technical Exposure (Highly Valued):

• SD-WAN architecture (key focus area)
• Palo Alto firewalls
• BGP (highly regarded)
• Network monitoring and observability tools
• VPN and remote access technologies
• Nice to have: AWS (Route 53), PowerShell, Terraform, MPLS

Additional Details and Benefits:

• Clear pathway from Service Desk into a Network Engineering career
• Strong mentorship from senior network engineers
• Exposure to enterprise-scale, global network environments
• No after-hours work or on-call (rare for network ops roles)
• 4.5 day working week
• Additional leave including Christmas shutdown + wellbeing days
• Opportunity to gain exposure to automation and engineering work over time

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 a Sourcing Specialist (Procurement) (Grade 6) x 5 to work for the NSW Government, based in Sydney. The position is a 3-month contract role with the possibility of extension, paying between $55 to $65/hr plus Super.

8 hours per day/ 38 hours per week

This is a fantastic chance to join a high-performing procurement function, where you’ll play a key role in delivering sourcing activities while supporting business stakeholders across a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end sourcing activities including RFQs/RFPs.
• Draft and support contract documentation.
• Process purchase orders (POs) accurately and efficiently.
• Provide procurement advice to internal stakeholders.
• Work across systems such as ARIBA, Beeline, Guided Buying.
• Collaborate with Finance, Procurement Services, and Centres of Excellence.
• Support process improvements and service delivery excellence.

About You

You’re a proactive and customer-focused procurement professional who enjoys working in a dynamic environment.

To be successful, you will have:

• Experience managing sourcing events (RFQ/RFP)
• Exposure to contract drafting
• Experience in procurement operations / PO processing
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Ability to manage high-volume work and competing priorities
• A positive attitude with strong problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with ARIBA or SAP.
• Previous NSW Government or public sector experience.

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.

Our client:

Our client is one of the fastest-growing AI startups globally, building a new category of interactive entertainment. With 20M+ users in year one, a profitable and bootstrapped model, and a high-performing team, they’ve scaled rapidly and are now pushing toward hundreds of millions of users.

This is a rare opportunity to join early and help scale a product aiming to redefine how people engage with digital content.

The role:

This is the first dedicated Site Reliability Engineer, responsible for owning platform reliability, performance, and scalability. You’ll play a critical role in shaping infrastructure decisions, improving system resilience, and ensuring the platform can scale seamlessly as usage accelerates.

Key responsibilities:

• Own reliability, uptime, and performance across core systems
• Improve uptime and reduce RTO across critical services
• Orchestrate and optimise GPU clusters handling high-volume AI workloads
• Build and enforce observability across metrics, tracing, and alerting
• Define and maintain SLOs across the platform
• Optimise AWS infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency
• Lead incident response and drive root cause resolution

Skills and experience:

• 5+ years operating production systems at scale
• Strong AWS experience (infra-as-code, high-scale compute, Kubernetes/ECS)
• Deep experience in observability, monitoring, and incident response
• Strong CI/CD and deployment pipeline knowledge
• Ability to write code and solve root causes, not just symptoms
• Familiarity with modern stacks (TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS etc.)
• Thrives in high-growth environments

Benefits and additional information:

• Extremly competitive salary with meaningful upside
• Company card for food, coffee, tools, and productivity
• Daily team lunch and dinner
• Unlimited workspace budget
• High ownership, high impact from day one

How to apply:

If you’re looking to own reliability at scale and build systems from the ground up in a high-growth AI environment, apply now or reach out to Sienna at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

Our client:

Our client is one of the fastest-growing AI startups globally, building a new category of interactive entertainment. With 20M+ users in year one, they’ve scaled rapidly and are now entering their next phase of growth.

This is a rare opportunity to join early and help shape a business aiming to redefine how people engage with digital content.

The role:

This is the first dedicated finance hire, owning day-to-day finance operations while partnering closely with founders and leadership. You’ll build the foundations for scale, drive financial discipline, and act as the go-to finance partner across the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Own month-end close end-to-end – fast, accurate, and scalable
• Manage GL coding, allocations, and financial processes
• Build and implement approval workflows and spend controls
• Deliver revenue reporting and insights to leadership
• Partner with founders on financial decision-making and performance
• Manage external bookkeepers, advisors, and fractional CFO
• Support FP&A, unit economics, and operational efficiency

Skills and experience:

• Proven month-end close experience in a commercial environment
• Background in in-house finance (not purely audit/tax)
• Experience working with external accountants or bookkeepers
• Strong ownership mindset – proactive and accountable
• Excellent communication with non-finance stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Startup/scale-up experience or Big 4 + commercial exposure (preferred)

Benefits and additional information:

• Extremly competitive salary with meaningful upside
• Company card for food, coffee, tools, and productivity
• Daily team lunch and dinner
• Unlimited workspace budget
• High ownership, high impact from day one

How to apply:

If you’re looking to step into a true ownership role and build something from the ground up, apply now or reach out to Sienna at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

Global consultancy working in federal government environments
AGSVA Baseline clearance is mandatory for consideration
We recommend applicants include their AGSVA clearance on their resume to be considered

Business Analyst, Power BI Focus

Location: Sydney
Rate: Up to $700 per day + GST
Start: Immediate start preferred
Contract: Until December 2027, potenital for extension
Working arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days onsite

An urgent opportunity is available for a Business Analyst to join a major federal government modernisation program, working within a high-performing Business & Technology Integration team.

This role will suit someone who is confident operating across both business and technical environments, with a strong emphasis on Power BI to drive insights, reporting, and decision-making.

What you’ll be doing

• Analyse business processes, systems, and operating models to define current and future state solutions
• Use Power BI to develop dashboards, reports, and visualisations that support strategic and operational decisions
• Translate data into meaningful insights, identifying trends and performance improvements
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather and refine business requirements
• Produce clear and structured documentation across business processes and system requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated business and reporting solutions
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using data-backed recommendations
• Act as a go-to for Power BI best practice within the team

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience in Business Analysis, including requirements gathering and process mapping
• Proven capability using Power BI for reporting, dashboards, and data visualisation
• Experience working across business and technology teams
• Solid stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills
• Ability to translate complex data into clear business insights
• Experience within government or large-scale transformation programs is highly regarded

Key requirements

• AGSVA Baseline clearance is essential
• Must be able to start immediately or with minimal notice
• Must be comfortable working onsite 3 days per week

Global consultancy working in federal government environments
AGSVA Baseline clearance is mandatory for consideration
We recommend applicants include their AGSVA clearance on their resume to be considered

Talent International is currently recruiting for an Asset Engineer to work for the Local Government, based in Blacktown. This position is a contract role for a 6-month contract with a view to be extended, and the role pays $77.33 per hour + Super.

7 hours a day / 35 hours a week

About the Role

As an Asset Engineer, you will play a critical role in supporting various City Asset teams to achieve strategic objectives outlined in the client’s Management Plan. You will ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery of asset-related data and processes, while maintaining compliance with relevant legislation and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate updates to the client’s asset register for new assets from developments and capital works
• Maintain and update the client’s spatial information systems (GIS)
• Ensure quality and timely delivery of asset dedications, capitalisations, and revaluations
• Support end-of-financial-year reporting in collaboration with the Asset Accountant
• Respond to external audit requests in a timely and accurate manner
• Provide asset-related information to internal stakeholders and the public
• Liaise effectively across Council departments and external organisations
• Support delivery of key objectives across the City Assets Directorate
• Ensure compliance with WHS legislation and client’s policies

About You

Essential:

• Qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline

Desirable:

• Experience within Local Government (Civil Engineering)
• Strong teamwork and stakeholder engagement skills
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence

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.