Project Manager, Finance Systems

• Finance and Business Services
• Broaden your career with one of QLD's largest employers
• Achieve a work-life balance with 36.25 hours/wk, purchased leave, WFH + more
• Manage Finance Systems projects across all stages of the project life cycle
• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• On campus childcare options
• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)
• Salary packaging options

The Finance Systems and Data team are looking for an engaged Project Manager to improve our capability to complete successful projects that deliver measurable benefits to the University.

The Project Manager will manage all aspects of the end-to-end delivery of the Finance IT System and process improvement projects. The Project Manager will be responsible for delivering a wide range of project-related activities across all phases of the project life cycle, from initial scoping and planning through to post-project evaluation activities. This will include responsibility for related process, policy, and systems analysis.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Project Planning: Conduct detailed project planning, including specialist advice, research, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and preparation of documentation (business cases, scope definitions, benefits analysis) to ensure effective and efficient project delivery and informed decision-making.
• Project Delivery: Provide project and administrative support, including monitoring, reporting, managing issues, risks, dependencies, scope changes, and ensuring successful delivery of project outcomes through analysis and documentation.
• Stakeholder engagement and communication: Conduct stakeholder analysis and communications, support key managers in engaging stakeholders, build collaborative relationships, and seek collaboration opportunities to ensure effective project delivery across the University.
• Project Governance and Reporting: Coordinate and provide regular updates to the FBS leadership and Project Steering Committees.

This is a full-time (100%), continuing (permanent) position.

At HEW level 8 the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $108,975 - $122,176, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $127,500 - $142,946 annually. As these roles are covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

We are looking for a collaborative and engaged Project Manager with postgraduate qualifications (or be in progress towards postgraduate qualifications) in Business, Project Management, Business Analysis or a related field or an equivalent combination of qualifications and workplace experience. In addition, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience successfully leading and supporting medium to large IT and process improvement projects, ideally within a large and/or complex organisational context.
• High-level interpersonal skills, including the effective liaison and negotiation skills needed to develop and maintain strong working relationships within FBS and the wider University community.
• Excellent problem-solving, time management and coordination skills and an ability to be adaptive and innovative in developing and pursuing solutions to support successful project delivery in a deadline driven environment.
• Demonstrated high level organisational ability, attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating and documenting process mapping and design, requirements documentation and system implementation would be highly valued.
• Previous project management or business analyst experience within a tertiary and/or research institution would be highly valued.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record and education check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Angela Lawton, Associate Director, Finance Systems and Transactional Services, via ********@uq.edu.au. For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the 'About You' section
• Resume

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability, or age. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au.

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 5 June 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-38804).