The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia's energy future. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it with our customers and communities as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

Reporting to the Group Executive Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, we are seeking an experienced Business Manager to be the strategic right hand to the Group Executive. Drawing on your experience in Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, you will drive the coordination and operational effectiveness of the function, ensuring the successful execution of key strategic priorities and business outcomes. This role will be based at our Head Office in Sydney.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to the Group Executive and the SCA Leadership Team, helping bring strategy to life through effective planning, prioritisation and coordination across the function.
• Keep the team connected to what matters most by driving performance reporting, monitoring progress and providing clear visibility of priorities, risks and opportunities.
• Ensure executive, Board and committee reporting is delivered to the highest standard, bringing a keen eye for detail and a strong focus on quality, governance and outcomes.
• Help create an environment where people can do their best work through well planned leadership forums, team events and a consistent operating cadence that keeps everyone aligned.
• Champion continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to simplify processes, lift team effectiveness and introduce practical solutions that make a real difference to how the function operates.

Your background

• You have experience partnering with senior executives, providing the support, structure and strategic focus needed to deliver priorities and achieve business outcomes.
• You bring a strong business management mindset and a proven ability to drive planning, governance and operating rhythms that keep teams aligned, focused and performing at their best.
• You are passionate about continuous improvement and have successfully introduced new ways of working that enhance team effectiveness, collaboration and delivery.
• You possess strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience supporting budgets, financial reporting and performance measures to inform decision making and track success.
• You have experience working within Sustainability and Corporate Affairs and thrive in a fast paced environment where relationship building, influencing and managing competing priorities are key to success.

Working at APA

At APA, we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.
We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we'll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.

We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.

We are APA

At APA, we're taking on one of Australia's greatest challenges: the energy transition. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we're focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia's energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia's energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia's energy future. We'd love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

Role closes on Sunday 12th of July. Role Reference Number: JR4593.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.