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Manager, Finance Systems Team

Passionate about technology and its impact? Join our Enterprise Technology team and make a real difference. We deliver large-scale, innovative projects with transformative impact. Our collaborative, agile environment fosters continuous learning and growth, offering diverse career paths within the organisation. Thrive in a flexible hybrid model that empowers you to balance work with life while contributing to meaningful initiatives alongside a passionate team. Deliver cutting-edge solutions, build the future, and achieve your potential with us.

Position Number: 0064257
Location: Parkville
Role type: 
Full-time; Continuing
Department: Enterprise Technology
Salary: 
UOM 9 - $139,693 - $145,339 p.a. plus 17% super

  • Manage the Finance Systems Team on Workday, ensuring business requirements are met and system enhancements are delivered
  • Lead the Finance Systems roadmap, prioritise features, and drive continuous improvement with Workday Finance expertise
  • Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!

About the Role
The Manager for the Finance Systems Team acts as the key liaison between business stakeholders and development teams, ensuring that the Finance System meets the University's needs. This role involves capturing and translating requirements, supporting system enhancements, and contributing to the Finance Systems Roadmap. Additionally, the Manager oversees the product backlog, prioritising tasks and collaborating with Finance and IT stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions, with a focus on Workday Finance.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Managing Finance Systems Teams, allocating workloads and maintaining the product backlog based on business priorities and stakeholder needs
  • Collaborating with ERP System Owner and Finance stakeholders to contribute to the Finance roadmap, oversee enhancements, support cases, and deliver updates to stakeholders
  • Leading defect resolution, scoping initiatives, reviewing designs, and coordinating user acceptance for new features and business rules in the Workday Finance system
  • Overseeing release management, ensuring smooth implementation of new capabilities, including planning, testing, deployment, and adoption of solutions

Who we are looking for
You will have strong experience contributing to product roadmaps and defining well-prioritised product backlogs that align with stakeholder needs. You will excel in communication and presentation, with a proven track record of managing Finance stakeholder groups and advocating for business value in prioritisation forums. You will also have experience leading teams to deliver value-based solutions and ideally have experience with Workday Finance.

You will also have:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification and proven experience in Finance processes; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
  • ITIL qualifications with service management experience in an operational environment advantageous
  • Demonstrated experience in implementation and BAU of Workday Finance, (experience in Dayforce and UKG or an equivalent Time and Attendance system advantageous) in complex organisations and having delivered software leveraging iterative/agile frameworks and practices to accelerate delivery of value

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your new team – Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Technology is responsible for all aspects of enterprise & IT foundational technology including both change (project) and run (operational) aspects.  

The Enterprise Services domain team, within Enterprise Technology, plans and delivers a diverse range of projects including IT enablement for new buildings on campus and other facilities/smart campus projects; IT infrastructure projects; integration/identity management/security projects; and application/digital projects in the enterprise services domain (finance, HR, procurement, service management, space management and other back-office Enterprise capabilities). 

Please view the Enterprise Technology Brochure for more information. 

What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!

The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

  • Resume
  • Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.

Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Alex Spezza via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the contact details listed on the Position Description.

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