General Manager, Corporate Services

Beaumont&Beaumont have been engaged by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ) to fill the position of General Manager, Corporate Services. 

About JASANZ

Established by way of an international treaty between Australia and New Zealand in 1991, JASANZ provides internationally recognised accreditation services that give confidence to markets domestically and internationally that goods and services certified by accredited bodies meet established standards.

As an official accreditation body, JASANZ uses standards and technical experts to check and formally recognise that certification and inspection bodies are competent and reliable. Certification body activities include licensing products, auditing quality or environmental management systems, and issuing certificates of conformity. Inspection bodies undertake various types of professional inspections and issue inspection reports.

The system of accreditation provides for a consistent, robust, and reliable use of conformity assessment to international standards and norms. Using internationally recognised frameworks reduces regulatory costs, increases consistency and quality, and facilitates international trade.

Position Purpose

The General Manger Corporate Services reports to and operates under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and will be required to operate with a considerable degree of autonomy.

The General Manager is a strategic leader responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of a number of Corporate Services while providing leadership at the enterprise level. You will build organisational capability, and cultivate professional, cooperative multi-disciplinary teams focused on the achievement of JASANZ goals. As a senior leader, you will drive strong organisational performance, ensure compliance with relevant statutory requirements, internal policies and procedures, and uphold JASANZ Values and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic leadership

As General Manager, you will champion JASANZ's role and provide strategic direction to the corporate service teams. You will be responsible for leading and driving corporate reforms as well as consulting on and implementing change and continuous improvement; informed by views of the Management Coordination Team, constituent and affected teams, proactively securing stakeholder commitment to objectives and implementation.

You will cultivate executive and managerial leadership and maintain and proactively promote a collaborative relationship with the CEO, Management team, and Governing Board to facilitate the effective leadership of the organisation to achieve the results and direction of the Governing Board.

You will work collaboratively with staff across the entity in making positive contributions to JASANZ performance and develop and maintain good working relationships with JASANZ constituents, partner organisations, and government and non-government agencies relevant to the functions of the position.

Deliver Corporate Services

The General Manager will lead the performance of corporate service functions and ensure compliance with statutory requirements, internal policies and procedures, including reviewing operational plans and budget submissions and timely contribution to reporting, budgeting, performance reporting, briefs, and risk management activities.

Corporate Service functions include:

• Finance
• Human Resources (including payroll and travel, WHS)
• Information Management and Technology
• Property Management
• Legal Services
• Internal Audit and Risk Management

Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Experience

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications, skills, and experience:

• Outstanding people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build trust and maintain credibility by demonstrating integrity.
• Experience in change management and corporate reform.
• Substantial business management experience at a senior or executive management level.
• Highly developed judgement and a record of delivery.
• Demonstrated management of the strategic financial direction of an enterprise.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead corporate service functions, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Asset Management and other Corporate Services.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
• An understanding of the contextual and political issues that influence JASANZ.
• Qualifications in relevant fields will be highly regarded.

For a confidential conversation regarding the role, please contact Jonathan Beaumont or Lionel Riley, Beaumont&Beaumont on (02) 6126 4***, quoting reference number 5663.

Please note applications close at 11:30 PM AEST on Thursday, 11 April 2024.