Program Support Officer - Finance & Contracts (Canberra)

Talent Corp; Canberra; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Corp is assisting a Federal Government Department in Canberra to recruit a Program Support Officer at the APS5/APS6 equivalent level for an initial 12-month labour hire engagement with a potential extension.

The role provides day-to-day program support across financial management, contract administration, SAP processing, reporting and governance, working with finance and program stakeholders to maintain records and monitor expenditure.

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

Program support

Financial management

Contract administration

Excel and reporting

Analytical and problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

SAP experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

Talent Corp is assisting a Federal Government Department in Canberra to recruit a Program Support Officer at the APS5/APS6 equivalent level for an initial 12-month labour hire engagement with a potential extension.

The role provides day-to-day program support across financial management, contract administration, SAP processing, reporting and governance, working with finance and program stakeholders to maintain records and monitor expenditure.