Senior Commercial Specialist
Defence Consulting

A leading defence consultancy is seeking a Senior Commercial Specialist to support complex capability programs across the Defence portfolio. This position is suited to candidates with substantial Defence commercial experience and the required security clearance.

Important eligibility notice
* Applications from candidates who do not hold NV1 clearance will not be considered.
* Applications from candidates without prior Defence & ASDEFCON commercial experience will not be considered.

Key roles and responsibilities
* Design and develop procurement methodologies and contracting options, including commercial arrangements
* Develop key commercial documentation, including business cases, strategies, plans, reports, tender documentation, and formal correspondence
* Maintain and enhance contract management plans, systems and tools
* Manage commercial relationships, identify issues and resolve disputes
* Oversee contract performance management, including supplier deliverables, performance reporting, reviews and cost management
* Undertake commercial governance and assurance activities
* Develop, review, and coordinate Deed and Contract Change Proposals
* Manage and support phase-in and phase-out activities
* Administer export control requirements
* Coordinate supplier payments and resolve invoicing queries in line with departmental policies
* Engage stakeholders from needs identification through to contract execution, ensuring alignment with capability objectives, procurement framework,s and governance requirements
* Develop and maintain budget phasing plans, track against approved allocations and produce accurate financial reporting and variance analysis
* Maintain audit-ready records and ensure compliance with relevant legislation, Defence Instructions and accountability standards

Essential requirements
* Tertiary qualifications in Law, Commerce, Business, Finance, Procurement or related field
* Demonstrated experience with ASDEFCON and Defence procurement
* 8+ years of Defence commercial experience
* Strong commercial acumen and ability to navigate complex organisational structures
* NV1 security clearance, mandatory

Security clearance
* Negative Vetting Level 1, NV1

Location
* Sydney, NSW

Working hours
* 40 hours per week

Note
Applications without NV1 clearance will not be considered. Applications without Defence experience will not be considered. Candidates must meet both requirements to progress.

Audit Senior, Leading Global Consultancy

Overview
A leading global consultancy is seeking an experienced Audit Senior to join their team on an initial 3 month contract. You’ll support end to end audit delivery, bringing strong technical accounting knowledge and practical Big 4 audit capability to a fast paced engagement environment.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver audit fieldwork across planning, execution, and completion phases

• Prepare and review audit workpapers in line with methodology and quality standards

• Analyse financial statements and disclosures under IFRS

• Identify, assess, and document key risks and controls

• Liaise with client stakeholders to gather evidence and resolve queries efficiently

• Support audit managers with status updates, issue tracking, and reporting

Key requirements

• Big 4 external audit experience

• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, minimum requirement

• CA qualified

• Confident communicator; able to work autonomously and meet tight timeframes

Tools, methodology, and training

• You will be trained on the firm’s audit methodology and audit tools

Contract details

• Contract length: 3 months

• Start: 12th January

Network Security Consultant
Location: Sydney CBD (hybrid working)
Requirement: Australian citizens with NV1 security clearance mandatory

We are seeking an experienced Network Security Consultant to join our team, responsible for designing, implementing, and securing enterprise networks across LAN, WAN, Data Center, and Cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and maintain secure network solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and compliance.

• Manage network operations, incidents, changes, and problem resolution.

• Collaborate with clients to understand requirements and implement timely, effective solutions.

• Monitor network performance using ITSM and monitoring tools.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Enterprise networking: Routing & Switching, LAN/WAN, Virtualization, Data Center technologies.

• Security: Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ISE, Network Encryption.

• Load balancing: F5 Load Balancers.

• Cloud networking: AWS and Azure.

• DDI: DNS, DHCP, IPAM.

• 5-8 years in Enterprise Network Management, including 3+ years in Managed Network Services.

Professional Attributes:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

• Ability to manage priorities independently and communicate effectively with clients and teams.

Please note: Only Australian citizens with active NV1 clearance will be considered for this position.

We are partnering with a large, complex public-sector organisation to appoint an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of enterprise applications across a high-visibility, city-scale digital program.

This role sits at the intersection of hands-on technical leadership and delivery execution. It’s ideal for someone who has come up through .NET development and now owns end-to-end technical delivery in complex enterprise environments.

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The role

Working closely with Project Managers, Technical Leads, and delivery partners, you will be accountable for ensuring enterprise solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and to quality standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end technical delivery across multiple initiatives

• Owning technical planning, resourcing, sequencing, and execution

• Managing technical risks, dependencies, and release cycles

• Overseeing CI/CD pipelines, environments, and data migration activities

• Coordinating technical work allocation with PMs and Tech Leads

• Managing vendors and delivery partners

• Supporting delivery governance, reporting, and change control

This is a hands-on delivery role, not a purely governance or PM position.

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About you

• 10+ years’ experience in .NET development

• At least 2 years in a Technical Delivery Manager or senior Technical Lead role

• Proven experience delivering solutions in complex enterprise environments (on-prem and hybrid cloud)

• Strong technical delivery and coordination skills

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams

• Solid background in release management, environments, and CI/CD

• Excellent communication skills and confidence, engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable experience:

• Sitecore

• BizTalk

• Dynamics CRM

Talent are partnering with a large, complex organisation to hire two UX Designers to support critical Home Loans initiatives. These roles sit within a highly collaborative product environment and focus on delivering clear, practical UX outcomes across customer, banker, and broker experiences.

Senior UX Designer – Home Loans

This role is focused on translating existing strategic and service design work into delivery-ready UX outcomes across the Home Loans domain.

You will work from large, target-state journey maps that span both customer and banker/lender experiences, breaking down strategic initiatives into clear, cohesive UX deliverables that can be confidently taken into build.

Key responsibilities

• Translate service design and strategy into high-quality, delivery-ready UX
• Work from complex, end-to-end journey maps covering customer and banker/lender experiences
• Break down strategic initiatives into clear UX flows, wire-frames, and artefacts
• Collaborate closely with product owners, product managers, business analysts, and technology teams
• Partner with legal and compliance stakeholders to ensure designs meet regulatory requirements
• Facilitate and contribute to workshops with bankers and lenders

Experience required

• Strong senior-level UX experience in complex or regulated environments
• Proven experience working in Home Loans (A must)
• Comfortable moving from strategy through to execution
• Confident stakeholder communicator with experience facilitating workshops
• Experience working closely with product, technology, and compliance teams

UX Designer – Home Loan Platform Team (Intermediate)

This role focuses on Home Loans tools, and broker-facing tools. It is well suited to a strong intermediate designer or a senior designer who enjoys hands-on delivery and facilitation.

Key responsibilities

• Design UX for home loan and broker-facing tools
• Lead and contribute to workshops, including planning, facilitation, and synthesis
• Translate business and user needs into clear, intuitive UX solutions
• Work closely with product, technology, and business stakeholders
• Communicate design intent clearly and effectively across teams

Talent has been engaged by a leading financial services organisation to recruit an experienced Change Manager to support a major transformation initiative within a large, complex banking environment.

This role is focused on process-led change, working closely with business and delivery teams to design, embed and roll out changes that enable new ways of working. The successful candidate will bring strong financial services experience and a practical, hands-on approach to change delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver end-to-end change management activities across business and operational teams

• Drive process change, translating future-state processes into clear, actionable change plans

• Partner with senior stakeholders to support adoption and minimise change impacts

• Develop and execute change artefacts including impact assessments, change plans, communications and readiness activities

• Support teams through transition, ensuring changes are embedded and sustainable

Key experience required:

• Proven experience as a Change Manager within banking or financial services (A Must)

• Strong background in process change and operational transformation

• Experience working in large, regulated, enterprise environments (Big 4 banking experience highly desirable)

• Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and complex delivery streams

Our client is seeking an experienced Change Lead to drive the successful adoption of technology and process roll outs across the organisation. This role will be responsible for leading end-to-end change management activities for complex digital and operational initiatives, ensuring stakeholders are engaged, impacts are managed, and business readiness is achieved.

The Change Lead will work closely with Technology, Business, Training, Communications, and Delivery teams to embed new systems, processes, and ways of working.

(This role is not a leading/managing role. It’s a hands-on Change Lead role).

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute change management strategies for technology implementations and process transformations.

• Conduct change impact assessments, stakeholder analysis, and readiness assessments.

• Develop and deliver change plans, including communications, training, engagement, and adoption strategies.

• Partner with business and technology teams to ensure solutions align with operational needs and are successfully embedded.

• Support the rollout of enterprise platforms (e.g. ERP, CRM, core systems, digital tools).

• Manage resistance and proactively address adoption risks and issues.

• Coordinate with Training teams to design and deliver role-based learning and support materials.

• Measure and report on change effectiveness, adoption metrics, and benefits realisation.

• Provide coaching and guidance to leaders and managers to support change.

• Ensure change activities align with organisational change frameworks and governance.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a Change Lead role. Experience in Banking sector – A MUST

• Strong background in technology and process roll out, including new systems and major upgrades.

• Experience working on digital transformation or enterprise-wide initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence across multiple business areas.

• Hands-on experience with change methodologies (e.g. Prosci/ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent).

• Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

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

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.

Our client is seeking a Senior Quantitative Analyst with strong Market Risk Model & C++ experienceexperience to join their project team on an initial 12-month contract. This role will focus on the development, validation, enhancement, and support of market risk models used across trading and risk management functions.

The successful candidate will work closely with Risk, Front Office, Technology, and Model Governance teams to ensure market risk models are robust, compliant, and aligned with regulatory and business requirements.

This role will start in late Feb 2026.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain market risk models, including VaR, Stressed VaR, Expected Shortfall, sensitivities, and stress testing frameworks.

• Perform model validation, back-testing, benchmarking, and ongoing performance monitoring.

• Analyse market data, model assumptions, and limitations to ensure models remain fit for purpose.

• Support regulatory and internal model reviews, including documentation, audit responses, and remediation activities.

• Collaborate with trading desks, risk managers, and technology teams to implement model changes and improvements.

• Provide expert quantitative input into risk methodologies, capital calculations, and scenario analysis.

• Produce clear, concise documentation and present findings to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

• Assist with incident investigations and remediation related to model or data issues.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Senior Quantitative Analyst within Market Risk (A MUST)

• Strong hands-on experience with market risk models (e.g., VaR, Expected Shortfall, stress testing).

• Solid understanding of financial instruments across equities, fixed income, FX, and derivatives.

• Experience with model validation, back-testing, and governance processes.

• Strong programming skills in C++ (A MUST)

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently in a contract role while collaborating effectively with multiple stakeholders.

• Degree (or higher) in Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Postgraduate qualification (e.g., MSc, PhD) or professional certifications (FRM, CFA) highly regarded.

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

Location: Sydney (4 days in office, 1-day WFH)
Reports to: Technical Operations Director, APAC
Department: Global Technical Operations

The Opportunity:

A leading music organisation is now growing their Global Technical Operations hub in Sydney and looking for a Service Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team.

This is more than a traditional ops role – it’s an opportunity to bring a software engineering mindset to reliability, automation, and scalability in a global, high-impact environment.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll join a collaborative, hands-on team responsible for the stability, performance, and scalability of global platforms. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams, you’ll help build a resilient environment that keeps music flowing – from studio tools to streaming systems.

• Design and maintain high-availability, high-performance systems for global applications.
• Automate everything – from infrastructure provisioning to deployment and scaling – using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Build robust monitoring and observability frameworks with AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and deployment speed.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
• Champion SRE principles – embed SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets into everyday engineering.
• Collaborate across Dev, Infra, and Security teams to create a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

About You

You’re a technically strong and level-headed engineer who loves automation, thrives in complex environments, and knows how to balance pragmatism with perfection.

• Background in systems administration (Linux/Windows) in a large-scale environment.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Java).
• Hands-on experience with AWS (GCP or Azure a bonus).
• Deep understanding of networking, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Calm, collaborative communicator with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with ServiceNow or ITIL processes.
• Knowledge of chaos engineering, resilience testing, or advanced capacity planning.
• Previous experience managing distributed, global systems in production.

Culture & Perks

• Annual bonus $
• Global collaboration and career growth opportunities

Interested?
Apply now or contact Sophia Parrelli at Talent International for a confidential chat.

Talent International is currently recruiting for a Customer Contact Team Operator to work for the NSW Government, based in Sydney. This is a 3-month contract with a view to be extended. The role is paying between $34/hr – $41/hr + Super.

Hours – 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week

This is a 3-month contract with a strong view to extend. The position offers a hybrid work model – you’ll work from the Sydney CBD office Monday to Wednesday, and from home Thursday and Friday. During onboarding (first 1-2 weeks), you’ll be required to work from the office full-time.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver professional and courteous customer service aligned with the organisation’s Customer Excellence Principles.
• Handle and triage a high volume of inbound calls (approx. 30,000 per month), ensuring all enquiries are directed appropriately and within service levels.
• Provide accurate information and ensure all customer interactions are handled efficiently and empathetically.
• Participate in training to maintain a strong understanding of the agency’s products, services, and processes.

Key Challenges

• Managing a high call volume while maintaining service quality and professionalism.
• Handling sensitive or complex enquiries from vulnerable customers with empathy and discretion.
• Prioritising and managing multiple competing tasks in a fast-paced environment.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience in a call centre, customer contact, or customer service role (preferably within government or a large organisation).
• The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.
• A proactive attitude and a commitment to delivering positive customer experiences.

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.

Job Title: SAP Transportation Management (TM) ABAP Consultant
Location: Sydney
Employment Type: Initial 5-month contract

Reports To: Project Delivery Manager

About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled SAP Transportation Management ABAP Consultant to join our project team. In this role, you will work on SAP TM initiatives, delivering technical solutions, custom programs, and system enhancements. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your expertise in ABAP development and SAP TM while contributing to complex, high-impact projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with SAP TM Functional Consultants to design, develop, and implement SAP TM solutions.
• Build and test custom programs, enhancements, and reports to extend core SAP TM capabilities, including Forwarding Agreement, Freight Order Management (Rail & Road), and charge calculation logic.
• Develop technical specifications and implement code for point solutions and integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems (e.g., ECC for invoice generation, operational system data ingestion).
• Create and enhance custom reports, interfaces, and forms (Adobe/Smartforms) within SAP TM, ensuring seamless integration with other SAP modules.
• Assist with data conversion and migration activities for SAP TM integrations.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues in SAP TM systems.
• Support upcoming SAP S/4HANA migrations with SAP TM integration.
• Analyze and optimize SAP TM solutions for performance, efficiency, and business needs.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 5-10+ years of experience in BOBF-based ABAP programming, data dictionary knowledge, debugging, and performance tuning.
• Extensive ABAP experience in SAP TM, LE modules, with SD and FI integration.
• Proven experience in design, testing, and support of WRICEF objects.
• Hands-on experience with BAPI, BADI, functional modules, EDI, ALE, API interfaces, and logistics event/alert configuration.
• Strong knowledge of business partner and customer master replication, forwarding agreements, freight order objects, PPF, action profiles, and invoice outputs.
• Expertise in SAP invoice forms development (Adobe/Smartforms) and order-to-cash processes, including credit/debit memos and intermodal rail freight.
• Experience with SAP TM, LE-TRA, WM/EM/SD/FI integration, AIF, and interfaces with third-party applications or ordering portals.
• Specialist knowledge of pricing condition types, output determination, BOBF enhancements, and ERP text/field transfers.
• Experience with modern SAP UI development (SAPUI5) is a plus.
• Industry experience in rail, mining, utilities, or asset-intensive transport environments is highly desirable.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with the ability to work effectively under project timeframes.

Why Apply:

• Work on high-impact SAP TM projects with cutting-edge technologies.
• Collaborate with experienced functional and technical teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to SAP S/4HANA migrations and modern SAP solutions.