Head of Enterprise Systems Business Support

About us

APA is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We own and/or manage and operate a diverse, $22 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets. Consistent with our purpose to strengthen communities through responsible energy, we deliver approximately half of the nation’s gas usage and connect Victoria with South Australia, Tasmania with Victoria and New South Wales with Queensland through our investments in electricity transmission assets. We are also one of the largest owners and operators of renewable power generation assets in Australia, with wind and solar projects across the country.

We employ more than 2,200 people across Australia and know that they are the key to our success. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture, where all our people feel safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

The Opportunity

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Head of ERP Enterprise Systems Support to join our Finance team in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane office on a Permanent Full Time basis.

Reporting to the General Manager Finance operations & Transformation, you will be responsible for leading the support, maintenance and implementation of the new Enterprise ERP solution (Workday), including a focus on continuous Finance, Procurement and PSC business transformation.

As the ERP Program is preparing for implementation of the new Workday solution, you will joint the team to set up the support model and lead the transition into BAU.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of 10 to deliver functional business support across the enterprise Workday product
• Be responsible for the solution’s backlog of improvements, new feature development/release and functional upgrades
• Lead the implementation and product performance related to the ERP platform
• Develop the Enterprise System Transformation Roadmap for Finance, Procurement and HR, managing priorities and adjusting the roadmap as required
• Ensure adherence to data management and governance policies and procedures
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiencies through process design, reporting and data transformation

Your background

• Tertiary qualification and/or relevant work experience in related discipline
• Ability to fully understand business requirements and impacts and to interpret and explain complex system functions and the relevance to business value to a wide audience
• Proven work experience administering cloud based HR, financial and procurement systems, including Workday
• Experience in managing change initiatives across relevant systems and applications
• Essential Leadership Capabilities: Accountability, Judgement, Safety & Sustainability, Big Picture Thinking, Leads Change, Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement & Innovation, Commercial Acumen, Team Building

Working at APA

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

APA provides you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, work–life balance and wellbeing programs. APA also have an inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey.

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

Sound like your kind of career? We’d love to hear from you.

Role closes on Monday 25 September at 8:00am. Role Reference number: 4916.

PD is available on request by emailing recruitment@apa.com.au quoting reference number above.

Visit us on apa.com.au/careers