Associate Director, HR Systems, Reporting and Remuneration

For almost 70 years, Export Finance Australia has helped Australian businesses grow and succeed internationally with finance to secure opportunities, expand into new markets and diversify their presence. We support critical minerals and defence sectors, finance projects that strengthen economic resilience and advance net zero, and back Australian investment in sustainable infrastructure.

Working with banks, other Government agencies and international partners, we back Australia’s exporters, supply chain businesses and industries, contributing to a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific while advancing Australia’s trade, investment and economic security objectives.  

The purpose of this newly created role is to maintain accurate HR data, deliver insights that drive decisions, support the broader HR team in the implementation, configuration and optimisation of the HRIS, as well as supporting the design, delivery and administration of our Remuneration and Reward frameworks.

This role offers end-to-end exposure across HR systems, HR reporting and analytics, and remuneration and reward. This role will provide analytical insights, support cyclical process, ensure data accuracy and manage HR systems.

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

About you

HR Systems

• Facilitation of key HR processes and data capture, working independently with stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate completion of requirements.
• HRIS administration, including ongoing maintenance, validation, and updating of employee data within the HR system to ensure data integrity.
  Remuneration /Reward & Benefits
• Provide market intelligence and benchmarking insights to influence decision making.
• Maintain accurate remuneration information & conduct role benchmarking.
• Drive the annuation remuneration review process, including creating master data and maintaining accuracy of information, providing draft communications and project timelines in conjunction with other HR areas.
• Prepare modelling for annual remuneration review.
• Partner with the HRBP’s to advise on remuneration outcomes.
• Provide reward insights and assist with annual remuneration reporting in preparation for Board Papers.
• Manage the administration of employee benefits, including regular review of our offering to competitor market practices.
• Facilitate and manage performance rewards such as quarterly peer recognition awards.

HR Reporting 

• Produce quarterly dashboard analytics for Board Papers.
• Produce regular data analytics for key stakeholders such as the Executive.
• Utilise HR system reporting capabilities to help inform stakeholder decision making.

Qualifications & Skills

• Degree qualification in HR, business administration, finance or relevant technical disciplines.
• 5-7 years experience within a financial services or related industry.
• Advanced experience and direct ownership of HRIS platforms.
• Ability to create HR system reports and analyse data to help inform decisions.
• Experience with job architecture, grading systems or global reward frameworks.
• Familiarity and experience of remuneration surveys (for example Mercer, AON etc).
• Knowledge of and ability to conduct job benchmarking using the Financial Institutions Remuneration Group (FIRG) framework desirable but not essential.
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Intermediate to expert proficiency in Microsoft suite, particularly Excel (modelling, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables) and HR systems.
• Experience of reviewing and comparing employee benefits to ensure fit for purpose and in line with current market practice.
• Enjoys being organised, juggling multiple priorities and professionally supporting stakeholders.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our benefits and culture

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culture that is inclusive, diverse and collaborative. We are proud to be certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work for a fifth consecutive year, recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list and listed as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2025. 

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

• Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) and leave purchase opportunities
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• Thorough induction onboarding program
• Fitness Passport along with other Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• Gender affirmation leave
• Income Protection Insurance
• Community volunteering
• and many more!

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Applications close: 8 March 2025.  

Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      
  
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      

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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

About us

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

We provide finance to support Australian export trade and overseas infrastructure development across the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. Through our loans, bonds and guarantees, we support businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates – foreign governments and infrastructure projects, to take on the world. 

Working with banks, other government agencies and our partners, together we are helping drive international success for Australian businesses.

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.

We are a highly purpose-driven organisation. We seek to create an inclusive culture that values our customers and employees. Our people are expected to champion this and play a key role in achieving those outcomes. In working towards our strategy, our people display our IMPACT leadership behaviours of Frank & Fearless, Dexterous & Agile and Careful & Diligent

For more information about us, please refer to our website. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.