An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller to lead the finance function for a growing consulting business.

You’ll play a key role in driving commercial performance, partnering with senior leaders and providing strategic financial insight across the business. This is a highly visible position where you’ll influence decision-making, improve business performance and help shape the future direction of the organisation.

The Opportunity

This is far more than a traditional Financial Controller role.

You’ll act as the commercial finance leader for a growing consulting business, providing financial leadership, commercial insights and strategic support to senior stakeholders while ensuring strong financial governance and reporting.

The role combines financial control, commercial finance, business partnering, project accounting and leadership, making it ideal for someone who enjoys influencing business performance rather than focusing solely on transactions accounting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close and financial reporting process.
• Take ownership of the business’s financial performance, including P&L and balance sheet management.
• Partner with senior business leaders to provide commercial advice and financial insights.
• Prepare board reports with meaningful analysis and recommendations.
• Deliver budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Oversee project accounting, consultant utilisation reporting and project profitability.
• Manage milestone and revenue recognition.
• Manage complex incentive calculations.
• Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Coordinate the external audit and work with external tax advisers.
• Support group reporting and financial consolidations.
• Capitalise internally developed intellectual property where appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.

About You

You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with senior leaders and influencing business performance.

You’ll ideally bring:

• CA or CPA qualification.
• Experience as a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager.
• Background within consulting, professional services, technology consulting or project-based services.
• Strong financial control and balance sheet management experience.
• Experience with project accounting, utilisation reporting and revenue recognition.
• Budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling expertise.
• Confidence presenting financial information to senior executives.
• Experience managing audits and external advisers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to work independently while building trusted relationships across the business.

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to lead finance for a growing consulting business.
• Broad commercial role with real influence across the business.
• Exposure to executive leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Collaborative and supportive finance team.
• Hybrid working environment.

Employee Benefits

• Wellbeing days each year.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Annual health and wellbeing allowance.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Dedicated annual wellbeing day.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Regular team social events.
• Salary packaging options.
• Employee referral bonus.

Payroll Compliance Specialist

Job Summary

A prestigious Australian university is seeking an experienced Payroll Compliance Specialist to join its Payroll Services team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in ensuring payroll compliance, financial accuracy and statutory reporting within a large and complex payroll environment.

This role is ideal for someone who is proactive, highly organised and confident working independently. You’ll enjoy solving problems, managing payroll compliance activities and building strong relationships across the organisation.

About the Role

You’ll be responsible for the payroll activities that sit beyond payroll processing. This includes payroll accounting, reconciliations, payroll tax, statutory reporting, overpayments and compliance.

Working within a friendly and collaborative payroll compliance team, you’ll help ensure payroll obligations are met accurately and on time while contributing to continuous improvement across the payroll function.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.
• Complete payroll account reconciliations and month-end reporting.
• Manage payroll tax obligations and statutory reporting, including STP submissions to the ATO.
• Monitor, investigate and recover payroll overpayments, including negotiating repayment arrangements where required.
• Maintain accurate overpayment records within the payroll system.
• Analyse payroll data and prepare reports to support compliance and decision making.
• Ensure payroll activities comply with legislative and organisational requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and maintain strong payroll controls.

About You

You are an experienced payroll professional who understands payroll accounting and compliance in a high-volume environment. You are confident working autonomously, take ownership of your work and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

To be successful, you will have:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in payroll compliance, payroll accounting or a similar payroll role.
• Essential: Demonstrated experience managing payroll overpayments, including investigations, recovery processes and repayment arrangements.
• Essential: Strong experience with payroll reconciliations, payroll journals and a solid understanding of debits and credits.
• Experience managing payroll tax, STP reporting and other statutory payroll obligations.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Higher education sector experience is preferred, although candidates with experience in other large, complex organisations are encouraged to apply.

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to join a prestigious Australian university.
• Hybrid working arrangement with a mix of office and remote work.
• Friendly, diverse and collaborative team environment.
• The opportunity to work within a large, complex payroll function.
• A role where you can work autonomously, take ownership and make a genuine impact.

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major enterprise-wide Information Security Program on a 12-month contract. Working within a high-profile transformation initiative, you will partner with business leaders, technology teams, and program stakeholders to drive the successful delivery of critical security and risk-related outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a complex, multi-stream program that is enhancing organisational security capabilities, governance, risk management, and operational resilience. You’ll play a key role in bridging business and technical teams, ensuring requirements are clearly defined and solutions deliver measurable business value.

Whether your background is in security programs, technology transformation, risk, compliance, or large-scale business change initiatives, this role will provide exposure to strategic enterprise projects with significant stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business and technical stakeholders to understand current-state processes, challenges, and future-state requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Elicit, analyse, document, and validate business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Develop high-quality BA artefacts including business requirements documents, process maps, user stories, use cases, and impact assessments.
• Support solution design activities and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical outcomes.
• Work closely with project managers, architects, delivery teams, and vendors throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and support business change initiatives.
• Assist with testing activities including requirements traceability, test scenario development, user acceptance testing, and business validation.
• Assess risks, dependencies, and business impacts associated with proposed changes.
• Contribute to program governance, reporting, stakeholder communications, and decision-making processes.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating workshops and driving outcomes across business and technology teams.
• Ability to translate complex business challenges into clear, actionable requirements.
• Strong process mapping, business process improvement, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience working across multiple projects or program workstreams simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in fast-paced environments.

Desirable

• Experience working on Information Security, Cyber Security, Risk, Compliance, Identity & Access Management, or Technology Transformation programs.
• Familiarity with security domains such as governance, risk and compliance (GRC), vulnerability management, data protection, security operations, or identity management.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Relevant Business Analysis certifications such as CBAP, CCBA, ECBA, or equivalent.

What’s on Offer

• 12-month contract with strong potential for extension.
• Competitive daily rate of $900-$990 per day.
• Opportunity to work on a high-profile enterprise security transformation program.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic business initiatives.
• Collaborative, professional environment with a strong delivery focus.
• Flexible working arrangements available.

If you’re a highly capable Business Analyst who enjoys working on complex enterprise programs and wants to play a key role in strengthening organisational security capabilities, Apply today or contact ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion. Shortlisting will commence immediately, so early applications are encouraged.

Our client:

Our client is one of Australia’s leading mortgage broking and lending advisory businesses, recognised as a Top 10 brokerage nationally with an outstanding reputation for customer service. Experiencing continued growth, they have more qualified enquiries than their current team can service, creating an exciting opportunity for an experienced Residential Mortgage Broker to step into a high-performing environment.

The role:

This is an ideal opportunity for a Mortgage Broker who enjoys helping clients but is tired of constantly having to generate their own business. You’ll be provided with a consistent flow of warm, qualified leads and backed by a dedicated credit analyst, administration and settlements team, allowing you to focus on what you do best – providing expert lending advice and writing quality residential loans.

Whether you’re an established broker looking for stronger lead flow or an experienced Associate Broker ready to take the next step, this role offers genuine earning potential, career progression and the infrastructure to help you succeed.

Key responsibilities:

• Guide clients through the home loan process from enquiry through to settlement.
• Structure and recommend residential lending solutions across a diverse lender panel.
• Manage your loan pipeline to ensure timely approvals and settlements.
• Negotiate with lenders to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.
• Build long-term client relationships that generate repeat business and referrals.
• Ensure all lending advice meets NCCP and Best Interests Duty obligations.
• Stay up to date with lender policies, products and market changes.
• Deliver an exceptional customer experience throughout every interaction.

Skills and experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in residential mortgage broking.
• Experience writing and structuring residential home loans.
• Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking (Diploma highly regarded).
• Current MFAA or FBAA membership preferred.
• Strong understanding of lender policy, serviceability and loan structuring.
• Client-focused with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Organised, driven and able to manage a busy pipeline.
• Associate Brokers ready to transition into a Broker position are encouraged to apply.

Benefits and additional information:

• Warm, qualified leads provided.
• Higher commission split available for self-generated business.
• Dedicated Credit Analyst, Administration and Settlements team supporting every deal.
• Genuine career progression within a rapidly growing business.
• Modern technology and streamlined processes to maximise productivity.
• Monday-Friday office-based role (8:30am-5:30pm, with pre agreed flexible start/finish times available where required).
• Collaborative team environment consisting of experienced Brokers, Analysts and Operations professionals.

Overview
Our client is an Australia organisation in the sporting sector. Due to a busy period, they need a Senior Financial Systems Support professional who can quickly understand finance systems and provide expert support immediately. If you already have experience with tools such as Mastero, Baseware, SAP Concur, Data Warehouse, and Frevvo, this is your opportunity to contribute directly to ongoing operations.

Required Skills

• Solid knowledge and practical experience in support/management of finance systems
• Experience supporting at least one or more of the following systems:
  • Mastero
  • Baseware
  • SAP Concur
  • Data Warehouse
  • Frevvo
• Ability to ramp up quickly: fast onboarding into new areas and responsibilities
• Availability to provide immediate support (urgent need)

Nice to Have

• Experience in environments where multiple systems are supported in parallel
• Troubleshooting experience related to finance processes and data

Preferred Education and Experience

• No specific education is required; we are looking for a senior/experienced finance profile with proven system knowledge-especially within the tools listed above
• Experience in a support/operations environment is preferred

Other Requirements

• Duration: 3 months initially
• Urgent start required (quick ramp-up needed)

Contact
liam.lasslett@talentinternational.com Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Join a High-Performing Mortgage Brokerage | Eastern Suburbs | Up to $134,000 incl. super + benefits

The Business

This established and fast-growing mortgage brokerage is recognised as one of Australia’s leading firms, consistently delivering high-quality lending solutions and exceptional client outcomes.

With strong lender partnerships, a growing market presence, and an experienced leadership team, the business continues to expand year on year. Their success is driven by a high-performing internal team and a structured, scalable operating model.

The Opportunity

Due to sustained growth and increasing deal flow, an opportunity has arisen for a Credit Specialist / Credit Analyst to join their high-performing credit function.

This role offers genuine end-to-end exposure across residential lending transactions. You will take ownership of applications from initial credit assessment through to unconditional approval, working on complex scenarios while being supported by a dedicated offshore processing and settlements team.

This structure allows you to focus on high-value credit analysis, loan structuring, and client engagement rather than administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage residential loan applications from submission through to approval
• Conduct detailed serviceability assessments and structure lending solutions
• Analyse client financials including tax returns, income statements and supporting documentation
• Prepare lending proposals and credit recommendations
• Liaise with brokers, lenders and internal stakeholders to progress deals efficiently
• Communicate directly with clients to manage documentation and expectations
• Maintain accuracy and attention to detail across multiple concurrent applications

The Team

You will join a collaborative, ambitious credit team led by an experienced manager who is focused on mentoring, development and scaling the function.

With strong operational support in place, credit specialists are empowered to focus on technical excellence and delivering outstanding client outcomes.

About You

• 2 + years’ experience in mortgage lending, credit analysis, loan processing or a similar role
• Strong understanding of serviceability calculations and loan structuring
• Confident interpreting financial statements, tax returns and income documentation
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients professionally
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Motivated, team-oriented and eager to grow within a high-performance environment

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary package up to $134,000 including super
• Performance incentives
• Clear career progression pathway
• Strong and consistent deal pipeline
• High-performing, supportive team culture
• Eastern Suburbs office location

If you’re looking to step into a role where you can truly own your files, work alongside top-performing brokers, and grow your credit career within a leading brokerage, this opportunity is worth a conversation.

Note: Applicants must have AUS/NZ permanent residency or citizenship to be considered.

We have a terrific opportunity to join a local government organisation and partner with business units to provide future oriented strategic advice, detailed analysis, reports and guidance.

If you’re a results-driven finance professional with a passion for collaboration and problem-solving, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.

This role sits in the Finance group at Palmerston North City Council, and will see you partner with other business groups to provide meaningful advice and assist the teams in their units’ financial wellbeing.

Palmerston North (Palmie) is a vibrant, growing and innovative city and a great place to live and truly enjoy a positive work life balance. Small city benefits, big city ambition!

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate closely with business units to maximise the Finance Unit’s contribution and support strategic goals.
• Provide proactive financial management advice, analysis, and insights to inform decision-making.
• Prepare and interpret monthly reports, including variance analysis, focusing on key drivers affecting performance.
• Develop data analysis to facilitate informed business choices.
• Support managers to understand financial reports and implications
• Assist with budget and forecast preparation, including scenario modelling and analysis.
• Lead process improvements, drive cost models, and identify opportunities to enhance financial performance.

You’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CAANZ or relevant professional membership
• Management accounting or finance business partnering experience
• Proven experience in an advisory function
• Strong IT skills, including proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel capabilities.
• A positive and engaging approach to working collaboratively

This role presents an excellent opportunity to bring your financial business partnering or management accounting experience to a positive, friendly team, focused on forming true partnerships and providing sound and reliable advice.

This is a full time role from now ’til Christmas, but we will consider part time (30 hour) applications too. If that sounds like you, apply now! Please send your CV and a great cover letter to us before 24 June 2026.

For more information please contact John Keith on 021 205 3252 or Jacaleen Williams on 021 732 996 at Talent International.

Due to a busy period, our client is seeking 2 x Payroll Officers to join their team in Melbourne for an initial 4-month period ideally to start ASAP.

The role:
Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for a multi-award, complex workforce
• Run full pay cycles independently, including off-cycle and ad hoc payments
• Administer long service leave, annual leave, and termination calculations in accordance with relevant legislation
• Ensure compliance with Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards (NES), Awards, and Enterprise Agreements
• Operate and navigate SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll confidently without guidance
• Interpret and apply payroll-related legislation and Award conditions accurately
• Reconcile payroll data and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
• Liaise with HR, Finance, and line managers to resolve pay queries
• Support month-end and year-end payroll activities including STP reporting
• Maintain accurate employee records and audit trails
• Assist with payroll reporting and analytics as required

About you:
Essential

• Demonstrated experience calculating and processing long service leave
• Solid end-to-end payroll processing experience in a complex environment
• Hands-on, practitioner-level experience with SAP SuccessFactors (Employee Central Payroll) – must have system knowledge and experience
• Strong working knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, including Fair Work, NES, Awards, and EAs
• Ability to work autonomously and manage workload without close supervision
• High attention to detail and accuracy under time pressure
• Positive, can-do attitude and strong team collaboration skills

Desirable:

• Experience in a similar specialist or analyst-level payroll role
• Exposure to payroll within organisations operating across multiple Awards or Enterprise Agreements
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Payroll Administration or Accounting

Please send your confidential resume to shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com or for more information call Shelley on 0418 572 482. Submission cut off time will be 21/4/2026 @ 11am due to delivery time frames.

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Senior Compliance Officer

Location: Sydney
Job type: Full-time

A well-established financial services organisation is seeking a Senior Compliance Officer to support its advice and wealth management operations. This is a hands-on role suited to a compliance professional with experience in an AFSL environment who enjoys working closely with advisers and business stakeholders to deliver practical compliance outcomes.

Reporting to senior leadership, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the compliance framework while providing day-to-day support across advice, SMSF administration and broader regulatory obligations.

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to work across a broad range of compliance activities, partnering directly with advisers, planners and business leaders rather than operating in a purely policy-focused environment.

You will be responsible for maintaining compliance frameworks, supporting adviser supervision, conducting file reviews, delivering training and helping the business navigate regulatory obligations in a practical and commercial manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the compliance framework across the business
• Review and update compliance policies, procedures and registers
• Conduct adviser file reviews and supervision activities
• Provide guidance to advisers and stakeholders on day-to-day compliance matters
• Assist with breach management, incident reporting and complaints handling
• Support compliance monitoring and risk management activities
• Coordinate and deliver compliance training and regulatory updates
• Assist with AFSL obligations and regulatory requirements

About You

• 3-5 years’ compliance experience within financial services
• Experience working for an AFSL holder
• Exposure to adviser supervision, file reviews or advice compliance
• Strong policy and procedure writing skills
• Working knowledge of SMSF administration and the SIS Act framework
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

What’s on Offer

• Broad, business-facing compliance role
• Exposure across advice, compliance and SMSF operations
• Collaborative and supportive environment
• Opportunity to further develop your compliance career

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