Senior Change Manager - Finance Transformation

• Work with experienced and skilled colleagues who support and inspire one another
• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse opportunities
• Enjoy work-life balance with flexible working options

Why join us?

For over 150 years, we've never stopped finding better ways to protect Australians. As one of the nation’s leading life insurers, we’re driven by ambition and a sense of purpose. Our responsibility to our customers, partners, and the broader community is at the heart of everything we do. 

At TAL, we’re empowered to experiment, innovate, and create better products and services. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, one of the world’s largest insurers, we deliver financial security to millions of Australians through our care and expertise. Bring your curious mind and ambition to shape our industry and help us become the progressive, digitally enabled, leading insurer we aim to be. 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager – Finance Transformation with proven expertise in leading change initiatives within medium to large-scale finance transformation programs. The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing change management, communications, and training activities across the program, ensuring a seamless transition for Finance and Actuarial teams as they move from current to new business processes and systems.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract role, working flexibly from our Sydney office.

In this role you will:

• Oversee change management, communications, and training activities across the finance transformation program.
• Engage stakeholders at various levels, particularly within Finance and Actuarial teams, to build rapport and develop long-term relationships.
• Develop strategies to prepare leaders and impacted teams for the transition, ensuring readiness and willingness to adopt changes.
• Analyse business requirements and conduct impact assessments and training needs analyses.
• Create engaging and visually appealing presentations and collateral to support change activities.
• Establish key metrics to measure and track business readiness for change, adapting activities as necessary.
• Work closely with business leaders, program managers, and change management teams to align and integrate change plans with overall delivery plans.

• Proven experience managing change in medium to large transformation programs, ideally within life insurance or financial services
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, respond to short deadlines and effectively manage multiple priorities
• Tertiary degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology, or a related field, desired

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be: 

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index 
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change 
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community. 
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.  

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. 

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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