Principal Financial Accountant
Adelaide, SA
Initial contract through to October 2026 (with potential extension)
Australian work rights required (no visa sponsorship available)

About the Opportunity
We are partnering with a large public sector organisation seeking an experienced Principal Financial Accountant to lead a small, high-performing team. This role plays a critical part in delivering high-quality financial accounting services across multiple stakeholders in a complex, service-driven environment.

You will be responsible for ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timeliness across statutory reporting, reconciliations, and financial operations, while also providing strategic financial advice and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of financial statements (general and special purpose) and manage audit processes
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, general ledger, fixed assets, and payroll interfaces
• Provide expert financial and accounting advice to internal stakeholders
• Support and guide team members delivering financial management services
• Contribute to maintaining a strong control environment and positive team culture
• Prepare complex financial reports, working papers, and briefings
• Drive continuous improvement of financial processes and procedures
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, legislation, and service level requirements
• Undertake risk management and governance activities to support quality outcomes

Interested or know someone suitable? Reach out or apply today. You can reach Shilpa Sharma at 08 8228 1501

About the client
This leading advisory firm is continuing to expand its Valuation Services team in Brisbane, supporting clients with independent, commercially focused valuations across transactions, restructures, disputes, and reporting requirements.

About the role
As a Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering valuations across a diverse portfolio. You’ll analyse financial and market data, build and review models, and deliver clear, defensible valuation insights that support strategic decision-making.

Key responsibilities
* Analyse financial, industry & transaction data to identify value drivers
* Prepare detailed valuation reports and insights
* Build, review & interpret financial models
* Apply valuation methodologies across assets, equity & debt instruments
* Engage with clients on performance, forecasts & strategy

What’s in it for you?
* Exposure to complex, high-value engagements
* Collaborative, high-performing team environment
* Career progression within a growing national function
* Work with cutting-edge tools & methodologies

What you’ll bring
* Experience in managing valuations or corporate finance
* Strong financial modelling & analytical skills
* Excellent communication & stakeholder engagement
* CA / CFA (completed or in progress)

Contact me if interested!
nicky.hargreaves@talentinternational.com or 0466 173 695

Due to high application volumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About the client

Our client is a leading Queensland-based organisation undergoing a significant finance transformation as part of a broader enterprise program. This initiative focuses on modernising financial planning, reporting and systems to support better business outcomes and decision-making.

About the role

The Plan to Perform (P2P) Business Analyst will support the P2P Lead in the implementation of Workday Adaptive Planning (EPM). You will play a critical role in designing, testing and deploying future-state finance processes, planning models and reporting structures aligned to business needs and best practice.

Key responsibilities

• Support the P2P Lead in designing and validating the chart of accounts, dimensions, organisational structure and reporting structure in the EPM.
• Partner with P2P Lead and System Integrators to identify and resolve design gaps and issues.
• Support the P2P Lead in identifying process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Assist in defining future state planning models and reporting within the P2P taxonomy.
• Support data migration activities for EPM.
• Document future-state processes and controls in line with financial reporting and compliance requirements.
• Perform hands-on testing of P2P processes during system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Contribute to cutover planning and execution, ensuring accurate closing balances and reconciliations move into the new systems.
• Support compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory reporting needs.
• Work with finance teams to validate management reporting

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work on a large-scale finance transformation program
• Exposure to leading EPM technology (Workday Adaptive)
• Collaborative, high-performing project environment
• Competitive contract rates
• Strong potential to extend and contribute to future phases

What you’ll need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• CA/CPA (or equivalent) highly regarded
• 3-5 years’ experience in FP&A and management reporting
• Experience in finance transformation or system implementation projects
• Exposure to Workday Adaptive or similar EPM tools
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across Finance and IT
• Knowledge of data governance, master data and reporting controls
• Experience supporting testing, change management and training activities

How to apply

If you would like more information about this opportunity, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your job search, please contact:

Nicky Hargreaves
0466 173 695
nicky.hargreaves@talentinternational.com

Contract: 12 months
Location: Sydney
Security: Australian Citizen required; Baseline or NV1 highly desirable

An opportunity is available with one of my government clients for a Program Commercial and Procurement Specialist to support a major technology uplift within critical infrastructure.

This role sits within Technology Strategy, Procurement and Commercial, and is focused on shaping and driving the commercial strategy across the program. You’ll play a key role in ensuring procurement and commercial decisions are aligned to broader program outcomes, risk posture, and Commonwealth Procurement Rules.

Rather than purely transactional procurement, this position is about influencing how the program engages the market, manages suppliers, and delivers long-term value.

Key responsibilities

• shape and deliver the commercial and procurement strategy aligned to program objectives
• provide strategic commercial advice across planning, sourcing, and execution phases
• lead supplier engagement approach, ensuring strong performance, accountability, and value delivery
• identify and proactively manage commercial risks, dependencies, and opportunities across the program
• develop and maintain contract management strategies aligned to policy and operational needs
• oversee the broader commercial ecosystem, including assurance partners and third-party providers
• drive governance outcomes through clear reporting and engagement with boards and committees
• ensure supplier performance, obligations, and compliance are actively managed and optimised

Technical and program alignment

• act as the key interface between commercial strategy and technical delivery across the program
• coordinate engagement between engineering teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
• guide technical governance activities, including review gates and third-party assurance
• enable SME input across design, development, testing, and implementation phases
• represent the organisation in testing, acceptance, and operational readiness activities
• oversee installation, commissioning, and verification across operational environments
• ensure change control and configuration management align with program integrity
• contribute to risk strategy, including identification, mitigation, and tracking
• provide strategic input across systems engineering and delivery phases, including safety and security considerations

Requirements

• experience operating within large Defence or Federal Government programs
• strong understanding of CASG and ASDEFCON frameworks is highly regarded
• proven ability to lead commercial and procurement strategy in complex, multi-vendor environments
• experience working with OEMs or technology providers across systems such as communications, radar, or radio
• strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across technical and commercial domains
• experience working within highly governed environments, including program boards and assurance frameworks

Security requirements

All candidates must:

• be an Australian Citizen
• be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance (Baseline or NV1 preferred)

This opportunity suits someone who enjoys sitting at the intersection of strategy, commercial decision-making, and complex technology delivery, particularly within government or defence environments where the stakes, and the paperwork, are equally high.

• Permanent (On-Going) Position
• Melbourne CBD Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
• Financial Services | Investments | Factset & Aladdin Experience

The Role: The Investment Technology Consultant will work closely with both the Investment Teams and the broader Investment Technology group to drive primarily platform-focused transformation.

The Responsibilities:

• Strong background in investment management processes, systems and data structures, for example: Portfolio monitoring, Risk and Performance Returns calculations.
• Where required, demonstrate deep subject matter expertise in applicable investment platforms, including configuration, data flows and integration points with the investment process-particularly in areas such as portfolio monitoring, risk, and return calculations.
• Operate as a bridge between Investment teams and Technology teams, championing the high-level needs of Investment stakeholders and translating those needs into technology impacts and requirements.
• Collaborate with Investment, Technology, and Investment Data teams to workshop and document more detailed requirements to ensure full alignment and traceability across initiatives.
• Provide ad-hoc SME knowledge to Investment teams, front-line internal platform support and initiative delivery teams relating to investment context and platform related queries.

Skills & Experience Required:

• A minimum of 7 years as an Investment Technology Consultant with significant experience delivering solutions to investment management teams, with a demonstrated understanding of core investment concepts.
• Experience providing hands-on support and troubleshooting for investment platform and product users in a live investment environment.
• Exposure to modern data platforms and cloud highly desirable, eg. ETL, integration technologies e.g. APIs, Data Orchestrators, SQL, AWS, Databricks.
• Experience with Factset and/or Aladdin is essential. Other similar platforms may be considered.
• Experience using the Atlassian stack, particularly JIRA and Confluence is desirable.

What’s in it for you:

• Permanent (On-Going) Position
• Melbourne CBD Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
• Financial Services | Investments | Factset & Aladdin Experience

Apply today and Ron Tran will reach out to disclose further information.

Our client is a boutique private equities firm based in Sydney, focused on delivering strong risk-adjusted returns through disciplined investment strategies. With a lean and collaborative team, they offer a dynamic environment where individuals can make a meaningful impact on investment outcomes.

They are seeking a highly motivated Trading Officer to support the execution and management of investment strategies across their portfolio. This role is ideal for a candidate with a solid investment background, strong analytical capability, and excellent communication skills, who thrives in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities:

• Execute trades across equities and related financial instruments in line with investment strategies
• Monitor market conditions, liquidity, and pricing to optimise trade execution
• Support portfolio managers/traders/brokers with investment analysis, trade ideas, and performance tracking
• Maintain accurate records of trades, positions, and compliance requirements
• Liaise with brokers, custodians, and counterparties to ensure smooth transaction processes
• Prepare internal reports on trading activity, portfolio performance, and market developments

Requirements:

• 1 to 2 years’ experience in trading, investment banking.
• Strong understanding of equity markets and investment principles
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Commerce, or a related discipline
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a small team
• Sound judgment and ability to operate under pressure

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.

• Permanent (On-Going) Position
• South Yarra Location | 5 Days On-Site
• Financial Services

The Role: The Mid-Level Accountant will provide accounting support to the Senior Accounting Team while building the skills to manage a client portfolio beginning with individual clients.

The Responsibilities:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant taxation and other relevant legislation and rulings.
• Research taxation and other relevant legislation for technical manager review.
• Identify opportunities for financial planning, loan and insurance leads to our Financial Planning team.
• Prepare Income Tax Returns, CGT and FBT calculations for review.
• Manage the flow of information between clients and our firm.
• Prepare Business Activity Statements (BAS’s) and Instalment Activity Statements (IAS’s).
• Prepare Financial Statements, including Depreciation Schedules for review.

Skills & Experience Required:

• A minimum of 4 years of experience as an Accountant within the financial services sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or Business, specialising in accounting.
• Currently completing CPA or CA Qualification.
• Good experience in the preparation of Financial Statements and Tax Returns with strong knowledge of taxation legislation.
• Having a Xero Certification and excellent Xero experience is essential.
• Proficiency with utilising Word, Excel and Outlook is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport with clients is essential.

What’s in it for you:

• Permanent (On-Going) Position
• South Yarra Location | 5 Days On-Site
• Financial Services

Apply today and Ron Tran will reach out to disclose further information.

• Initial 6 month contract + Potential extensions
• Bendigo Location with one day onsite WFH arrangement
• Government Agency

This government agency seeking a highly skilled Finance Specialist with strong ERP implementation experience to provide hands-on support throughout the build, testing, and go-live phases of a new ERP solution

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Finance SMEs to document processes, validate system designs, execute testing, and escalate issues where required.
• Apply your strong understanding of core finance processes, GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, month-end, internal controls, and delegations to help shape efficient workflows.
• Support a dynamic and evolving project environment by flexing between BAU, project tasks, troubleshooting, and process review activities.
• Contribute to key project milestones including CRPs, UAT cycles, and cutover preparation.

About You:

• Senior Accountant or Finance Coordinator/Team Lead level with demonstrated experience delivering or supporting medium-sized ERP implementations (TechOne, Oracle, or any modern ERP platform).
• Confident working in an agile, fast-moving setting with the ability to adapt to evolving priorities.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent documentation and problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to translate technical concepts into business value.

What’s in it for you

• Initial 6 month contract + Potential extensions
• Bendigo Location with one day onsite WFH arrangement
• Government Agency

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

Case Remediation Lead

We are partnering with a leading higher education client to recruit a Case Remediation Lead to support the delivery of a large scale workplace compliance and staff remediation program.

The role sits within a growing workplace relations and compliance team and offers the opportunity to help shape processes, governance frameworks and remediation practices as the program transitions from project delivery into a long term operational function.

The Opportunity

As the Case Remediation Lead, you will play a key role in supporting remediation activities relating to wage compliance and employee underpayment matters. You will work closely with the Senior Manager and internal stakeholders across HR, payroll, legal and compliance to ensure remediation cases are assessed, calculated and resolved accurately.

This role is largely focused on frameworks, governance and remediation calculations, supporting investigations led by case officers and ensuring consistent remediation approaches across cases.

You will also contribute to building sustainable processes and systems that support the organisation’s long term compliance strategy.

Key Responsibilities

* Provide oversight and support to remediation activities including assessment, calculation and resolution of underpayment claims
* Review and validate remediation calculations to ensure accuracy and consistency across cases
* Develop and maintain remediation frameworks, methodologies and documentation
* Support case officers undertaking workplace investigations relating to wage compliance matters
* Liaise closely with payroll, HR, legal and compliance teams to ensure coordinated remediation outcomes
* Interpret complex payroll and workforce data to support remediation decisions
* Monitor remediation trends and identify potential systemic risks or compliance issues
* Contribute to process improvements, governance frameworks and remediation best practices
* Support the development of preventative strategies to minimise future compliance risks

Skills and Experience

We are looking for candidates who bring experience in large scale remediation or compliance environments, ideally involving complex workforce or payroll data.

Relevant backgrounds may include:

* Wage remediation programs or workplace compliance investigations
* Workplace relations or employment law environments
* Consulting experience within Big 4 firms such as PwC or Deloitte
* Financial services remediation or financial crime remediation programs
* In house remediation or compliance functions within large organisations

You will also demonstrate:

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data
* Experience developing remediation frameworks, governance models or compliance processes
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across HR, payroll and legal teams
* Strong judgement and the ability to manage sensitive matters with discretion
* The ability to work autonomously in a fast evolving environment

Work Environment

* Hybrid working, typically 2 to 3 days in the office
* Collaborative team structure with strong senior leadership support

My client, a global digital media company is looking to add a Director of Revenue Operations to work out of their NYC based office.

In this role you will set the revenue operations strategy, managing the revenue operations budget, maximizing user and asset value, initiating and growing alternative revenue streams, and delivering on revenue targets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute short-term and long-term revenue operations strategies
• Set, track, and report on revenue-related KPIs
• Research and implement diverse revenue streams across company assets
• Oversee ad stack and programmatic results across all formats (display, video, native)
• Drive optimal results with revenue partners via fostering of relationships
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams, as well as general managers on testing and implementing revenue products
• Provide actionable insights from revenue data to stakeholders
• Ensure ad quality and compliance with industry standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Stay updated on industry news, regulatory updates, and key technological changes

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience leading revenue operations teams in a publishing/media company
• Knowledge of programmatic ecosystems and platforms (Google, Rubicon, Index Exchange, etc.)
• Proven experience in building and scaling direct-to-consumer revenue channels
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute revenue growth plans
• Experience in building and optimizing data infrastructure for monetization
• Strong leadership skills and strong ability to cross collaborate between teams
• Data-driven problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experienced collaborating with product and engineering teams