Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long-standing client, one of the world’s leading privately owned packaging, paper and recycling companies.

We are seeking an experienced Reliability Manager to lead reliability and maintenance strategy across a large-scale industrial manufacturing facility operating in a 24/7 production environment.

The site processes recovered paper from recycling streams and converts it into cardboard packaging products. Operations span Recycling, Box Plant and Plastic Recycling divisions, creating a complex and highly integrated manufacturing environment.

Role Title: Reliability Manager

Opportunity: Permanent Career Opportunity

Location: Smithfield, Sydney (on-site)

Salary: Up to $230,000 package depending on experience

Client Industry: Manufacturing / Recycling / Packaging

Candidates located anywhere across Australia or New Zealand will be considered, with relocation support available for the successful applicant.

Role Details

* Lead reliability and maintenance across the paper pulping process and paper machines within a complex manufacturing environment

* Strengthen preventative maintenance frameworks, RCA processes and reliability engineering capability

* Plan and deliver monthly shutdowns and a major annual shutdown with large contractor workforces

* Oversee reliability of large rotating equipment and heavy mechanical assets

* Manage a maintenance budget of $20M-$24M while improving plant reliability, safety and availability

Required Skills and Experience

* Heavy mechanical reliability background within large-scale manufacturing environments

* Strong experience with rotating equipment and large industrial machinery

* Proven leadership of multidisciplinary maintenance teams (engineering, planning and trades)

* Experience operating within a 24/7 manufacturing environment, including major shutdowns

* Track record of improving reliability frameworks, asset performance and plant availability

Additional Details & Benefits

* Leadership responsibility across 4 Electrical Engineers, 4 Mechanical Engineers, 2 Planners and ~30 tradespeople

* Opportunity to uplift and develop the maintenance team and implement improved reliability frameworks

* Direct influence on plant performance, reliability strategy and long-term operational improvement

* Relocation package available for candidates across Australia or New Zealand

* Work within a large, well-established global organisation with strong internal career mobility

To Apply

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

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact – Angus Bick at Talent International – angus.bick@talentinternational.com

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by a globally recognised leader in the entertainment and music industry. We are seeking a Senior Financial Accountant – Operations to join their Sydney finance team.

Role Title: Senior Financial Accountant – Operations

Opportunity: Permanent

Location + WFH Flexibility: Woolloomooloo (City Fringe) – Monday to Thursday in office, Friday work from home (half day)

Salary: $110,000 – $130,000 + Super + 10% Bonus

Role Details:

* Own the relationship with the offshore Shared Services Centre, including service delivery oversight and quality improvement

* Review journals, reconciliations and outputs prepared by offshore and onshore finance teams

* Support month-end close and ensure accuracy and integrity of financial records

* Oversee revenue, inventory, intercompany and balance sheet reconciliations

* Support implementation of SOX controls and finance governance frameworks

* Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation and efficiency improvements

* Mentor and uplift junior accountants within the team

* Support internal and external audit processes

This role sits within a transforming finance function and will play an important part in strengthening standards, improving processes and supporting finance operations as the business prepares for future growth initiatives.

Candidate Profile:

* Ideally 5-6 years total experience

* Big 4 audit background preferred (minimum ~3-4 years)

* Industry experience as a Senior Accountant strongly preferred

* Strong technical accounting capability

* Experience working within corporate or large enterprise finance environments

* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

* SAP experience preferred

What Success Looks Like:

* Acting as a key escalation point for technical and operational finance questions

* Uplifting standards and coaching junior team members

* Improving efficiency and quality of finance processes

* Building strong working relationships with the Shared Services Centre and global finance stakeholders

Culture & Environment

The finance team operates within a collaborative and supportive environment. The successful candidate will be someone who can raise standards while maintaining a positive and constructive team culture.

The business is currently undergoing several transformation initiatives, including improvements to finance processes, automation opportunities and broader operational enhancements.

Benefits

* Short Fridays – finish at 1pm every Friday

* Hybrid flexibility – Friday work from home

* 2 additional well-being days per year

* 5 gifted days leave over Christmas

* Up to 30% off award-winning restaurants and accommodation

* Lifestyle benefits including gym memberships and dry-cleaning services

To Apply:

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

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact Sienna Coate Thompson at Talent International

📧 sienna.coatethompson@talentinternational.com

A leading Australian Financial Services provider is seeking a Cloud Architect with strong GCP engineering experience to join their Infrastructure Architecture team on an initial six-month contract (with strong extension potential).

Working across multiple business units and locations, you’ll design target-state cloud architecture and establish new foundational reference architectures, lead technical workshops, and guide engineering teams on GCP best practices. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic architecture thinking and practical cloud engineering expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design high-level GCP architectures aligned to enterprise guardrails and security standards
• Establishing new foundational reference architectures and helping shape GCP cloud architecture, landing zones and implementing best practice
• Contribute to architecture decisions, costing and project estimates
• Facilitate technical workshops with stakeholders across the business
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams

Essential Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications combined with GCP certification (AWS will also be considered)
• Proven Cloud Architect experience in large, complex environments (Financial Services highly regarded)
• Strong hands-on GCP engineering background (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL, networking)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to influence technical decisions at senior levels

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive daily rate
• Hybrid working: 2-3 days in office, remainder WFH
• High likelihood of extension

Interested? If so apply now to be considered!

• Head of Social
• Sydney CBD based with flexibility
• $190,000 + annual 10% bonus

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

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

The Opportunity:

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

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

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

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

Who This Is For:

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

You’ll Likely Bring:

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

Culture & Ways of Working:

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

If this role sounds like you, please APPLY NOW!

AI and Digital Enablement Analyst
Location: Sydney
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: upto130,000 Package
Start Date: As soon as possible

Position Summary

This is a national AI/ Digital enablement role responsible for driving the adoption, capability uplift and use of AI and digital technologies to shape how 2,000 people work in the AI era. This is a national role responsible for turning AI strategy into real behaviour change across seven service lines. You will build the networks, programs and capability frameworks that make AI adoption stick at scale.

What you will own

1. Enterprise AI adoption at scale, leading the national rollout of M365 Copilot, Power Platform and AI tools through a high impact Champions Network and Communities of Practice.
2. Digital capability uplift, designing structured learning pathways, bootcamps and workshops that build genuine digital fluency across the firm.
3. Program leadership, translating strategic direction into clear enablement plans, measurable adoption outcomes and consistent national delivery.

What you will lead

1. A Technology Adoption Specialist, providing coaching, direction and quality oversight.
2. A national Champions Network embedded across divisions, reducing reliance on central IT and accelerating peer-led adoption.
3. Cross divisional engagement with senior leaders, shaping tailored adoption plans aligned to client delivery.

What you bring

1. 3+ years in technology adoption, change, digital enablement or learning in a corporate or professional services environment.
2. Previous experience managing Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform.
3. Prior consulting background
4. Experience building communities of practice or champion networks at scale.
5. Confidence facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and translating strategy into structured programs that deliver measurable results.
6. Strong commercial judgement, clear writing, and the ability to operate independently in a national role.
7. Experience working across multiple business units or divisions with competing priorities.
8. Ability to work independently and translate strategic direction into structured programs without close supervision.

You will not set AI strategy or governance. You will make it work in practice.

If you are energised by scaling behaviour change, building digital capability and leading from the front in AI adoption, this is your opportunity to define how a national firm works in the next decade.

Only applicants with full Australian work rights and previous experience with generative AI experience will be contacted.

How to Apply

Apply now for a chat & somebody from Talent will contact you!

Commercial Support Officer
Sydney, NSW
NV1 Clearance Required

A leading defence consultancy is seeking a Commercial Support Officer to support one of Defence’s systems program offices through the structured phase-out of an existing In-Service Support Contract and transition to a new contractual arrangement.

This role is critical in ensuring continuity of support, compliance with Defence procurement policy, and a seamless handover to the incoming contract. You’ll provide commercial expertise to manage phase-out activities, mitigate risk, and uphold Defence standards throughout the transition.

Location and travel
Based in Sydney, NV1 Clearance Required
After the first two weeks onsite in Sydney CBD, hybrid working arrangements may be considered

Key responsibilities

Contract phase-out activities
Review and confirm all obligations under existing ISSCs
Manage the phase-out plan in line with Defence procurement guidelines
Oversee contract closure activities including final invoices, deliverables, stocktakes, disposals, and performance reporting
Ensure compliance with Commonwealth Procurement Rules and the Defence Contracting Framework

Transition activities
Support the development of transitional arrangements into the new contract
Facilitate knowledge transfer between outgoing and incoming contractors
Draft and review transitional documentation, including novation agreements, schedules, stocktakes, and disposals
Identify and mitigate commercial risks during transition

Stakeholder engagement
Liaise with internal Defence stakeholders, contractors, and suppliers
Provide regular updates and reporting to senior leadership
Chair meetings and prepare and distribute minutes

Deliverables
Phase-Out Plan, Transition Plan, and supporting schedules
Closure checklist
Risk register for phase-out and transition
Transition support documentation, including handover notes and contractual amendments
Procurement documentation
Action registers

Please note, we can only consider candidates with NV1 clearance, clearance is mandatory.

Talent International is currently recruiting for an HR Business Partner / People Consultant x 2 to join our client’s team based in Ultimo. The position is a 4-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays $550 per day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

About the Role

The People Consultant provides Tier 2 operational HR partnering and case management support to leaders and staff across assigned client groups. You will ensure the consistent, timely, and compliant application of policies, procedures, and enterprise agreements while delivering trusted advice across the employee lifecycle.

Working closely with Client Services, Strategic Business Partners, and specialist Centres of Excellence (Workplace Relations, Reward, Talent Acquisition, Learning & OD, and Health, Safety & Wellbeing), you will play a key role in managing people matters, supporting workforce initiatives, and building leadership capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end employee case management across the employee lifecycle.
• Provide practical HR and workplace relations advice on performance, conduct, and employee concerns.
• Interpret and apply enterprise agreements, employment legislation, and organisational policies.
• Act as a trusted operational partner to client groups and key stakeholders.
• Support managers with low-to-moderate workplace investigations, escalating complex matters where required.
• Coach leaders in effective performance management and difficult conversations.
• Support recruitment activities, role evaluations, and remuneration advice in line with job architecture frameworks.
• Provide advisory support during organisational change, including consultation and redeployment.
• Maintain accurate case records and manage complaints through HR systems, ensuring confidentiality.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across HR processes and documentation.

About You

You will be a confident and experienced HR professional who thrives in an operational, advisory environment and enjoys partnering closely with leaders.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in operational HR business partnering, advisory, and case management.
• Strong capability in interpreting and applying industrial instruments and employment legislation.
• Proven experience partnering with managers and senior stakeholders to resolve people issues.
• Ability to deliver high-quality, timely advice in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Experience using HR systems such as Workday, ServiceNow HRSD, or similar platforms.
• Experience collaborating with specialist HR functions to deliver integrated People services.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on efficiency and positive employee experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Accreditation or formal training in a recognised job evaluation methodology (e.g. Hay Group / Korn Ferry, Mercer CED, or equivalent) – 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.

Junior Active Directory Engineer

We are currently seeking a Junior Active Directory Engineer (4+ years’ experience) to join a well-established enterprise environment based in North Sydney. This is an initial 6-month contract with a strong likelihood of extension.

This role will focus primarily on Level 2 support across Active Directory and associated identity infrastructure, while also contributing to operational stability and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Level 2 support for Active Directory (on-prem and hybrid)

• Administer users, groups, OUs, and Group Policy

• Troubleshoot authentication and identity-related issues

• Maintain domain controllers, replication, DNS, and DHCP

• Support Azure AD / Entra ID in a hybrid environment

• Assist with AD security, patching, and access controls

• Contribute to upgrades, migrations, and environment improvements

• Maintain documentation and support ITIL processes

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years’ experience with Microsoft Active Directory

• Strong troubleshooting skills in Windows Server environments

• Experience managing Group Policy

• Exposure to Azure AD / Entra ID

• Understanding of AD replication and authentication protocols

• Experience in Level 2 infrastructure support

• Strong communication skills

Why Apply?

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their infrastructure career to gain hands-on experience within a large enterprise environment while working alongside experienced engineers. You’ll build strong AD and hybrid identity exposure with the security of a long-term contract opportunity.

To be considered for this role, you must be based in Sydney with full working rights in Australia.

Our Client is a Big 4 Bank in Sydney seeking a skilled, Senior Full Stack Developer with expertise in AWS Cloud, to join their team in a permanent position. The role is based in the Sydney CBD (2-3 days in the office required).

The Full Stack Developer must have expertise in AWS Cloud and back-end experience in Python, Node.js or Java. The role blends infrastructure automation, cloud-native development, and AI integration. The Senior Full Stack Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining cloud applications, implementing infrastructure as code, and delivering AI enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Back-end development using Python, Java or Node.JS
• React for Front-end application development
• Build and maintain platform components
• Implement RESTful APIs and Micro-services architectures

To be successful in this role, experience required:

• AWS Cloud experience (A Must)
• Full Stack experience in large enterprise organisations (Financial Services A Must).
• Proven experience with AWS/ Python OR Java/ React, Angular OR Vue.js
• Exposure to Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Critical thinking and excellent stakeholder engagement skills

If this role sounds like the role for you, please apply now. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com

Network Engineer (Cloud Focused)

Details

Location: Sydney
Job type: 6-month Contract (potential extension)
Working arrangement: Hybrid (3 days on-site)
Start date: ASAP

Overview

We are seeking a highly capable Network Engineer (Cloud Focused) to design, engineer, and operate enterprise network and security platforms across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.

This role is pivotal in delivering a strategic Azure-to-AWS migration, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable network architecture aligned to cloud best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and support enterprise network infrastructure across branch, data centre, and cloud environments.

• Design and implement AWS, Azure, and GCP networking (VPC/VNet, routing, peering, DNS, load balancing, NAT).

• Build and maintain hybrid connectivity using Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, IPSec VPN, and BGP.

• Engineer and operate Palo Alto next-generation firewall platforms (Prisma Access, Panorama, GlobalProtect), including segmentation, traffic inspection, and policy optimisation.

• Lead and support Azure-to-AWS network migration initiatives.

• Deliver Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to enable automated, repeatable network deployments.

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years’ enterprise networking experience across design, build, and operations.

• Strong Cisco expertise (Catalyst switching, wireless, ISE, BGP, QoS).

• Advanced Palo Alto firewall engineering and troubleshooting capability.

• Proven multi-cloud networking experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Solid understanding of secure segmentation and identity-driven access controls.

• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to play a key role in a large-scale cloud transformation, supporting critical Azure-to-AWS migration initiatives while working across modern multi-cloud and security technologies in a technically mature, engineering-led environment.

Talent International is currently recruiting a Senior Contracts Administrator to work for the NSW Government, based in Sydney CBD (Hybrid). The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays $520/ day + Super.

Hours of Work: 8 hours p/d, 40 hours p/w

About the Role

As the Senior Contracts Administrator, you will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end contract management activities to ensure compliance, performance, and value for money outcomes. You will play a key advisory and leadership role, working closely with procurement professionals, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive Contract Management Plans in line with sourcing documentation, established contracts, and approved procedures
• Monitor, analyse and report on contract performance, addressing non-performance to achieve required outcomes
• Maintain integrity of contract information and coordinate all aspects of the contract administration process
• Provide expert advice on contract conditions and administration to procurement teams and stakeholders
• Establish and maintain strong stakeholder and supplier relationships to minimise risk and maximise contract value
• Proactively identify and manage commercial, contractual, operational, financial, reputational, ethical, and supply chain risks
• Lead, manage and develop contract administration staff to deliver high-quality contract management services

About You

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Extensive experience in contract management and administration within a complex environment (Government experience highly regarded)
• Strong knowledge of commercial and contractual risk management
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills
• Proven ability to provide expert advisory support to senior stakeholders
• Leadership experience managing or mentoring contract administration staff
• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving capabilities

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.