About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

The Senior Advisor – Planning & Operations (T&C) is the connective tissue between HR strategy and execution. You will operate the day-to-day portfolio engine—maintaining the integrated roadmap, coordinating interdependencies, running planning and prioritisation forums, supporting OKR/KPI management, and ensuring disciplined, low-risk change releases across HR platforms and processes. You’ll also support financial stewardship (budgeting, forecasting, benefits tracking) and produce clear, executive-ready reporting that enables confident decisions.

This role partners across HR COEs, HR Operations, HRIS/Tech, Finance, Risk/Compliance, Procurement, and vendor partners to keep work flowing predictably and transparently.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne
Work Hours: Full-Time

What will your day look like?

• Support the translation of HR strategy into Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)/KPIs and keep the strategy → outcomes → initiatives mapping current.
• Coordinate quarterly reviews: collect updates, test data quality, highlight risks, and propose course corrections.
• Run the cadence for annual planning, quarterly re-planning, and rolling 6–12-month views; prepare agendas, packs, and decision logs.
• Operate the prioritisation model (value, risk, cost, capacity, regulatory timing) and consolidate inputs from product teams.
• Keep the integrated HR roadmap accurate and accessible; ensure alignment with Tech/Platform plans and business calendars (e.g., Reward/Payroll cycles).
• Maintain a portfolio-level interdependency map across people, policy, process, data, and technology. Facilitate dependency clinics to anticipate collisions and agree mitigations; maintain RAID artefacts and escalate early with evidence.
• Support business cases, quarterly budget/forecast cycles, run vs. change views, and variance commentary.
• Track portfolio / BAU spend vs. plan
• Coordinate the HR change release calendar (major, minor, emergency) across T&C platforms (e.g., HCM, payroll, ATS, LMS, service management).
• Ensure impact-based communication plans (employees, managers, TCBPs, T&C Service Delivery) and business readiness activities are complete.
• Produce executive-ready portfolio packs: “what changed, impacts, options, decisions required,” with a concise narrative and clear visuals. Keep artefacts current and auditable: roadmaps, RAID, capacity plans, release calendar, financial dashboards, benefits register, decision logs.
• Contribute to standards and playbooks (prioritisation, change control, benefits tracking, vendor governance, internal controls).

What will you bring?

• 4–7 years in portfolio operations/PMO, planning/prioritisation, business management, or strategy execution—ideally within HR or enterprise support functions.
• Hands-on experience operating planning cadences, dependency management, and release coordination in complex environments.
• Strong analytical and financial skills (budget/forecast support, variance analysis, benefits tracking).
• Excellent communication and facilitation—able to turn complexity into clear options and secure decisions.
• Proficiency with tooling: JIRA/Advanced Roadmaps or ADO, Smartsheet/MS Project/Planner, Confluence, Power BI/Tableau, and Excel (intermediate modelling).
• Working knowledge of HR tech ecosystems (Workday/SAP SuccessFactors, payroll, ServiceNow, ATS/LMS).

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 113593 .
 

Job Posting End Date

28/04/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)