<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>Robert Half are partnering with Goodstart Early Learning, Australia's largest not-for-profit early learning providers, with their centre support office located in Brisbane. Goodstart is purpose-driven social enterprise, committed to improving outcomes for children, families, and communities across the country.</p><p>As part of Goodstart's Centre Support Team, you'll be at the core of this mission, supporting Goodstart centre teams to create impactful, high-quality early learning experiences. Your work will help shape the future, ensuring every child gets the best start in life.</p><p>As part of an ongoing technology and data transformation, Goodstart are strengthening their enterprise data capability to support evidence-based decision making and maximise community impact, all within a collaborative, values-driven culture.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>This is a highly influential leadership opportunity with significant impact across the organisation. Reporting directly to the CIO, you will partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape and deliver Goodstart's enterprise data strategy. Note: this role is internally titled <span style="font-weight: normal !msorm;"><strong>'ICT Manager - Data Engineering & Experience'</strong></span></p><p>The position leads Goodstart's enterprise data capability across data engineering, analytics enablement, and data experience, owning both the strategic roadmap and the evolution of how data is leveraged across the organisation. While demonstrated technical credibility is essential, strong people and organisational leadership is the priority, focused on enabling high-performing teams and sustainable delivery outcomes.</p><p>You will oversee multiple data streams, ensuring initiatives are aligned to organisational priorities, effectively governed, and deliver meaningful insights that support business decision-making.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Lead and develop a high-performing data division across engineering, analytics enablement, and data experience, including 4 direct reports who each manage a core data stream</li><li>Define and deliver the enterprise roadmap for Data Engineering and Experience, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities</li><li>Drive the advancement of a contemporary cloud-based data infrastructure and build efficient, modern data pipelines</li><li>Work with key business and technical stakeholders to design and evolve a scalable, modular data architecture</li><li>Collaborate with the data governance function to maintain data consistency, security, and compliance with relevant regulations</li><li>Provide technical and people leadership across agile delivery teams</li><li>Enable business insights and efficiencies through strategic use of data and analytics</li></ul><p><strong>Requirements: </strong></p><ul><li>Experience in a similar senior leadership role within the data management field</li><li>Extensive experience managing data infrastructures and data teams</li><li>Experience guiding organisations through modern data platform or cloud transformation journeys (Microsoft Azure / Fabric experience highly regarded)</li><li>Experience balancing competing priorities and implementing governance or demand management frameworks</li><li>Data architecture and project management experience</li><li>Degree in Computer Science, Data Management, IT, or a related field</li></ul><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Goodstart is an equal opportunity employer that is proud of their inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. Goodstart is also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.</p><p>Safety is Goodstart priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.</p><p>Learn more about our Brisbane recruitment services: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com.au/brisbane">https://www.roberthalf.com.au/brisbane</a></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/cmljaGFyZC5uZXZpbGxlLjU3OTczLjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Business Operations Management | Archerfield | $170,000 - $190,000 + Super</strong></p><p>A well-established engineering and sub-contracting business in Brisbane is looking to appoint a leader within their head office function to oversee a centralised, operational team supporting procurement, pricing and project delivery activities across the organisation.</p><p>This role will suit someone who enjoys running a highly functional operational team, ensuring work is delivered accurately, on time and with the right level of commercial awareness. The function plays an important role in supporting the success of the business, keeping day-to-day operations running smoothly and therefore ensuring customer satisfaction.</p><p>You'll be responsible for managing a team that supports costing and procurement activities, while also looking at ways to improve systems, processes and overall efficiency.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul><li>Leading and developing a team responsible for pricing and procurement support</li><li>Ensuring quotations, purchasing and related activities are delivered accurately and within required timeframes</li><li>Supporting operational and commercial teams with accurate and timely pricing and purchasing</li><li>Identifying opportunities to improve processes, workflows and systems</li><li>Monitoring performance and maintaining consistent service delivery across the function</li><li>Providing reporting and insights around operational performance and cost drivers</li><li>Be the champion for process improvement and system optimisation</li><li>Building strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across projects, engineering and operations.</li></ul><p><strong>About you</strong></p><p>You'll likely come from a technical or project-based environment such as engineering, construction, manufacturing or a similar industry where procurement, pricing, accounting/finance or operational support plays a critical role in business success.</p><p>Our client is looking for someone who is comfortable managing a team while also taking ownership of improving operational performance.</p><p>Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:</p><ul><li>Leading operational or shared services teams</li><li>Exposure to pricing, accounting or procurement functions</li><li>Process improvement and operational efficiency</li><li>Working closely with engineering, projects or commercial teams</li><li>Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills</li><li>Demonstrative experience in working with complex data sets</li></ul><p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p><p>This is a significant leadership role within the structure of a stable and growing engineering organisation, where you'll have the opportunity to shape and improve a key operational function that supports project delivery across the business.</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/U2NvdHQuUGFyc29ucy44Mjc0NS4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p><strong>Your opportunity </strong></p><p>Are you looking for a hands-on role where you'll work closely with project teams while supporting core financial reporting and project accounting activities? This could be a great fit.</p><p>This is a three-month contract with parking onsite, one day WFH and flexible start and finish times.</p><p>You'll perform a hands-on role where you'll work closely with project teams while supporting core financial reporting and project accounting activities within a well-established business who have operations in every state. </p><p>You'll report to an approachable and knowledgeable Financial Controller and join a strong finance team where you'll play a key role in month-end processes, project reporting, and ensuring accurate financial information across multiple projects and joint ventures.</p><p><strong>You can expect to:</strong></p><ul><li>Work closely with project managers to gather and validate information for month-end reporting</li><li>Prepare management reports including WIP and activity-based reporting</li><li>Post journals and perform balance sheet reconciliations</li><li>Support joint venture accounting and financial reporting</li><li>Assist with project cost allocations, accruals, and financial analysis</li></ul><p><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p><p>We're looking for a proactive and detail-oriented accountant who is comfortable working closely with operational teams and managing a mix of financial and project-based accounting tasks.</p><ul><li>CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)</li><li>Previous experience in a project accounting or construction environment</li><li>Strong attention to detail with the ability to work hands-on in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Confident partnering with project managers and non-finance stakeholders</li></ul><p><strong>Interview Process:</strong></p><p>This is a one stage interview with an immediate start.</p><p><strong>Apply Today:</strong></p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to [email protected] or click the Apply button.</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Y2lhcmFuLnZpY2tlcnMuNTk1OTkuMTA2NzVAcmhpYXVzLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
