Job Title

Commercial and Contract Advisory Officer

Location

Sydney, NSW (Sydney-based applicants only)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Commercial and Contract Advisory Officer to support a complex and evolving Defence maritime program. This role focuses on strengthening contract performance, governance, and commercial assurance within a Defence environment, delivering disciplined and compliant contract management aligned to ASDEFCON and Defence requirements.

The successful candidate will provide proactive, forward-leaning commercial support while ensuring all contract records, performance documentation, and commercial processes are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administration of assigned Defence contracts, including correspondence, registers, claims, deliverables, and financial tracking

• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of contract management frameworks, performance metrics, and contract management plans

• Monitor supplier performance against contractual KPIs, service levels, WHS, environmental, and Australian Industry Capability (AIC) obligations

• Validate supplier self-assessments and contribute to formal performance, compliance, and assurance reviews

• Prepare briefs, status reports, performance summaries, and commercial inputs for governance forums and senior stakeholders

• Assist with drafting and coordinating contract variations and change proposals

• Support risk assessments, issue management, and commercial governance activities

• Liaise with suppliers, engineering, logistics, finance, and project teams to ensure contractual obligations and timelines are met

• Ensure all activities align with Defence policies, ASDEFCON, Australian Standards, and industry best practice

Essential Experience & Requirements

• Demonstrated Defence commercial or contracting experience, supporting acquisition and/or sustainment programs

• Proven practitioner-level experience working with ASDEFCON-based contracts

• Strong understanding of Defence commercial governance, contract performance management, and assurance

• Working knowledge of Australian Industry Capability (AIC) obligations and reporting

• Ability to operate effectively within complex Defence stakeholder environments

Security & Eligibility

• Must be Sydney-based

• Must hold an AGSVA Baseline clearance (NV1 or higher will also be considered)

• Applicants must be able to provide a CSID number upon successful placement

Senior Manager, Corporate Tax Advisory (Non-Financial Services)

Our Corporate Tax Advisory practice supports large, mid-market, and high-growth non-financial services clients, helping them navigate complex domestic and cross-border tax matters. With a nationalised compliance function handling routine obligations, the team focuses on high-value advisory work and strategic tax solutions.

About the role:

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including CFOs, Heads of Tax, and executives.
• Lead and oversee multiple high-complexity advisory engagements, ensuring quality, timely delivery, and commercial outcomes.
• Act as a technical leader, advising on cross-border, restructuring, and sensitive corporate tax matters.
• Review and sign off on key deliverables and tax opinions, ensuring technical excellence and practical application.
• Identify and drive business development opportunities, including cross-service collaboration and proposals.
• Provide strong people leadership, mentoring managers and junior consultants, and supporting performance development.
• Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, process improvement, and knowledge sharing.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Deliver strategic, client-ready tax advice, confidently presenting to senior executives and boards.
• Take ownership of outcomes, manage risk, and provide clear direction across teams and engagements.
• Balance technical excellence with commercial insight, challenging conventional thinking while maintaining integrity.
• Foster high performance within a supportive and inclusive team environment.

Job Description – Manager, Corporate Tax Advisory (Non-Financial Services)

Our Corporate Tax Advisory practice works with businesses across the large, mid-market and emerging segments to help them navigate complex corporate tax issues and make informed, commercially grounded decisions. Supported by a nationalised tax compliance function that manages ongoing and routine obligations, the advisory team is focused on delivering high-impact, value-driven tax advice for non-financial services clients.

Our client base includes large corporates and established groups, mid-cap and privately owned businesses, and smaller, high-growth organisations at key stages of their lifecycle. We partner closely with clients to manage tax risk, support strategic objectives, and address domestic and cross-border tax challenges through practical, business-focused solutions.

Your Opportunity

As a Manager within the Corporate Tax Advisory team, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality tax advice while developing your leadership capability and contributing to the broader success of the practice. This role will involve:

• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with client stakeholders, including CFOs, Heads of Tax, and senior finance leaders, to understand their business operations and priorities
• Managing the delivery of multiple advisory engagements, ensuring technical accuracy, commercial relevance, and timely execution
• Providing technical input on a range of complex corporate tax matters, including cross-border issues, restructures, and transaction-related advisory
• Preparing, reviewing, and contributing to tax advice, opinions, and key client deliverables, with a focus on clear, practical outcomes
• Supporting business development initiatives, including identifying opportunities, assisting with proposals, and collaborating across service lines
• Coaching and supporting junior team members, contributing to performance development and a positive team culture
• Assisting in the ongoing development of the Corporate Tax Advisory practice through knowledge sharing, process improvement, and thought leadership

What Sets You Apart

• You deliver clear, well-reasoned tax advice and can communicate confidently with senior finance stakeholders
• You take ownership of your work, manage competing priorities effectively, and contribute positively across multiple engagements
• You are motivated to grow both client relationships and your own leadership capability, while maintaining strong technical standards
• You bring a commercial perspective, balancing technical detail with practical, outcome-focused advice
• You are a collaborative team player who contributes to a supportive, high-performing environment

• 12 months + 2 x 12 months
• Remote working options available
• Baseline clearance is desirable

Our Client

This Federal Government agency works in close collaboration with business and the Australian Government to register and administer intellectual property rights and legislation, patents, trademarks, and plant breeder’s rights. With a vision to build prosperity through innovation, our client is working to build a world-class intellectual property systems that gives customers access to the services they need in order to innovate.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud FinOps Specialist to join the Cloud Governance team within a Federal Organisation. This pivotal role focuses on optimising cloud expenditure, promoting financial accountability across teams, and enabling the organisation to maximise value from cloud investments.

Key Duties include:

• Leading the analysis and optimisation of cloud spend across platforms such as AWS, Azure, M365, and GCP, identifying cost-saving opportunities and implementing best practices.
• Establishing, documenting, maturing, and maintaining FinOps processes, frameworks, and governance tailored to the organisation’s cloud operating model.
• Partnering with Finance, IT, and Cloud Governance stakeholders to forecast, track, and report on cloud costs, ensuring accurate allocation, chargeback, and budget adherence.
• Developing and delivering regular reports, dashboards, and insights to leadership, highlighting trends, risks, and recommendations for optimisation.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, IT, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years’ experience in cloud financial management, cloud operations, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience with major cloud platforms and their billing models.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and financial modelling.
• Advanced understanding of cloud economics, forecasting, budgeting, and cost control.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional teams, driving accountability and change.
• Proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies and implementing effective solutions.
• Capacity to align FinOps initiatives with broader organisational goals and embed FinOps into sustainment activities.

The position is remote, with the requirement to visit Canberra as needed for team and organisational obligations. Initial onboarding will require up to one week in the office, and candidates based offsite will need to attend team meetings in Canberra at least four times per year at their own expense.

Application Process

If you would like to apply, please click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 or email jaela.smith@talentinternational.com

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We are seeking an experienced Finance Project Lead to support the implementation and ongoing enhancement of a large-scale bonds management system within a government environment.

In this role, you will lead the finance workstream, ensuring strong financial governance, robust controls, accurate reconciliations, and audit readiness. You will act as the key finance contact for the project, working closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, and technical specialists to support successful system delivery.

It is a 6 months contract role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading financial governance, controls, reconciliations, and reporting

• Supporting system implementation and future enhancements

• Providing financial advice to senior stakeholders

• Analysing and reconciling complex financial data

About you:

• Strong experience in project or management accounting

• Proven background in system implementations or transformation projects

• Excellent governance, reconciliation, and reporting skills

• Confident stakeholder engagement and leadership capability

If you enjoy working in complex environments and delivering strong financial outcomes, we’d love to hear from you. Contact Xavier Cusack at xavier.cusack@talentinternational.com

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 across a varied client portfolio, bringing strong technical accounting knowledge and hands on Big 4 audit experience to a fast paced engagement environment. The role will suit someone comfortable working across complex group structures, including consolidation and impairment considerations, with exposure to property and real estate clients highly regarded.

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, including consolidation entries and group reporting
* Perform and review impairment assessments, including supporting assumptions and models
* Support audits of property and real estate entities, including investment property and related accounting considerations
* 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, including consolidation and impairment accounting
* Experience with consolidation entries and group audits
* Exposure to property and real estate audits is desirable but not essential
* Candidates considered from any industry background, including Real Estate, Manufacturing, Retail, Tech, Pharma, and others
* CA qualified
* Confident communicator; able to work autonomously and meet tight timeframes

Tools, methodology, and training

* Training provided on the firm’s audit methodology and audit tools

Contract details

* Contract length: 3 months
* Start: ASAP

• Fixed term contract until December 2026
• Flexibility to be based between Ipswich and Brisbane CBD office
• Fantastic opportunity to kick start your Accounts Receivable career

Your new company:

Join a leading, values-driven food manufacturing organisation that plays a critical role in supplying high-quality protein products to customers across Australia and globally. With operations spanning multiple sites nationwide, this organisation is committed to safety, sustainability, innovation and continuous improvement.

Employees benefit from working in a stable, large-scale business that invests in its people, supports career development, and fosters an inclusive, team-focused culture where everyone contributes to feeding families and communities every day.

Your new role:

We are currently seeking a dynamic, hands-on Accounts Receivables & Credit Officer to join a high-performing finance team. You’ll play a key part in supporting both Accounts Receivable and Collections, with a primary focus on credit assessments, reporting, process improvement and ensuring strict adherence to company policies.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Manage debt collection activities, including direct liaison with customers, lawyers, and collection agencies.
• Support month-end reporting, reconciliations, and account analysis.
• Mentor and support AR team members, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate stakeholder relationships and act as a point of contact for credit-related queries.
• Contribute to the resolution of disputed invoices or payment issues in collaboration with internal departments.

What’s in it for you?

• Free onsite parking.
• Heavily discounted company products.
• Retail discounts with national partners.
• Health insurance discounts.
• Thorough training and on boarding to ensure your long-term success in the role.
• Exceptional opportunity for you to kick start your accounts career with a reputable organisation.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Exposure to Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, or similar positions.
• Strong customer service orientation and stakeholder engagement skills, with excellent written and verbal communication.
• Basic understanding of credit risk and collections processes.
• Positive, collaborative, and motivated team player.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities and strict deadlines.
• Willingness to travel to the office five days per week.

How to apply:

If this sounds like you express your interest and suitability via the ‘Apply Now’ function.

If you would like more information about this role, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your career aspirations, please contact Steph Smithers (07) 3031 4500 or steph.smithers@talentinternational.com // Emma Hansen (07) 3031 4517 or emma.hansen@talentinternational.com today.

We look forward to hearing from you ✨

• Hourly rate contract, commencing ASAP until July 2026
• Ipswich based
• Work from home two days per week

Your new company:

This organisation delivers essential local government services that support a fast-growing community, from infrastructure and planning to community services and sustainability. It values collaboration, integrity and accountability, with a strong focus on serving the community, supporting its people and creating a safe, inclusive and future-focused workplace culture.

They are seeking an experienced Payroll Coordinator / Lead to manage the payroll function whilst the organisation goes through a system implementation. The successful candidate may be required to work closely with the system implementation team to ensure a smooth transition.

Your new role:

Reporting to the Manager, People and Culture this role will see you provide leadership to the Payroll Team ensuring end-to-end processing of payroll and superannuation for approximately 1,600 employees is completed.

• Lead, coach, and develop the payroll team by ensuring operational excellence and a focus on employee experience, whilst promoting continuous improvement and high performance.
• Act as a subject matter expert in payroll and employee remuneration related projects, with a focus on successful system upgrades and/or implementation.
• Manage end-to-end payroll processes to ensure timely and accurate processing, including data entry, verification, and distribution of payslips or direct deposits while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• In partnership with the Manager, People and Culture and Employee Relations, investigate and resolve complex payroll issues considering current agreements, awards, and relevant industrial legislation, and provide advice to employees/management and People and Culture.
• Lead and direct the payroll response to audits conducted by the Queensland Audit Office and Internal Audit and ensure remediation actions are completed in a timely manner.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Demonstrated success managing a Payroll Team.
• Extensive experience in a medium to large payroll environment.
• Expert knowledge of relevant industrial awards, agreements, and legislation’s applicable to payroll.
• Previous experience supporting large organisations through system implementation, highly regarded, however, may not be essential.
• Systems exposure to Workday HCM, Aurion, Kronos, EC Payroll, and / or SAP SuccessFactors would be advantageous.
• Full-time availability from Monday – Friday January 2026 – July 2026.

How to apply:

If this sounds like you express your interest and suitability via the ‘Apply Now’ function.

If you would like more information about this role, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your career aspirations, please contact Steph Smithers (07) 3031 4500 or steph.smithers@talentinternational.com // Emma Hansen (07) 3031 4517 or emma.hansen@talentinternational.com today.

We look forward to hearing from you ✨

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