Canberra Program Support Officer | Finance, Contracts & SAP

Talent International; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent International is seeking a Program Support Officer at the APS5/APS6 equivalent level in Canberra for an initial 12-month engagement with a possible extension. The role focuses on day-to-day program support across financial management, contract administration, SAP processing, reporting and governance.

You will work closely with finance, program and business stakeholders to maintain records, monitor expenditure and contracts, support reporting cycles and identify emerging risks or issues.

Qualifications

• Experience or exposure to program and project support environments.
• Experience in financial management, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Experience or exposure to contract administration or contract management.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and reporting skills.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, compliance and record management.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day program support using program and project management tools.
• Monitor budgets, expenditure, commitments and forecasts.
• Prepare financial reports, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Support contract establishment, variations, extensions and close-out activities.
• Monitor contractor deliverables, milestones, payments and associated records.
• Process and maintain purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices and goods receipts in SAP.
• Prepare program reports, dashboards, briefs and governance papers.
• Maintain financial, contract, risk and action registers and support audit, assurance and compliance activities.

Skills

Excel & reporting

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Program support experience

Contract administration exposure

Tools

SAP

Job description

Talent International is seeking a Program Support Officer at the APS5/APS6 equivalent level in Canberra for an initial 12-month engagement with a possible extension. The role focuses on day-to-day program support across financial management, contract administration, SAP processing, reporting and governance.

You will work closely with finance, program and business stakeholders to maintain records, monitor expenditure and contracts, support reporting cycles and identify emerging risks or issues.