Auditing Specialist

**Job Overview**

About Us

We aim to create thriving places and connected communities. We work together with transport, planning, land use, precinct, and policy functions in a single department to achieve the best results for all.

We are responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Victoria's transport, planning, and land services for public use.

We foster a safe, inclusive, and constructive environment to work.

Transport Services delivers safe, reliable, and accessible transport infrastructure and services to keep Victoria moving and connecting people to what matters most in their lives.

**The Role**

The Compliance Coordinator plays a significant role in the MR5 Contract Management team, supporting effective oversight of the MR5 Tram Franchise Agreement through auditing, compliance, and reporting activities.

This position will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the development, planning, and delivery of the MR5 contract management audit program and framework. Audits will be conducted using a risk-based approach and seek to provide assurance that the Tram Operator is meeting contractual obligations.

The Compliance Coordinator will contribute to audit reports with well-articulated and evidence-based findings, facilitating continuous improvement.

This role also involves monitoring and reporting on the health of the contract through management and analysis of compliance and operational data. This includes working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure contractual targets are being met.

This role will prepare reports with actionable insights that inform decision-making and fostering continuous improvement across all areas of the Franchise.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Project Coordination: Coordinate and oversee the risk-based audit and compliance programs, establishing and contributing to a best-practice framework

- Strategy: Prepares audit scopes, briefs, and related audit and compliance activities within broad parameters, aligning with the MR5 contract requirements

- Operator Compliance: Undertakes complex or technical investigations and makes recommendations for action based on findings around contractor compliance

- Reporting: Drafts reports, briefs, and correspondence on complex issues by monitoring, interpreting, and analyzing compliance data

- Advice: Interprets and applies contract terms and related plans and policies and conveys specialist concepts and policies to internal and external stakeholders

- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to continuous improvement, ensuring that appropriate governance, justification, documentation, and record-keeping for any changes to the work program are in line with the requirements of the operator agreements and other related documents

**Required Skills and Qualifications**

- Relevant qualification and/or related experience in auditing, contract management, and/or assurance (mandatory)

- Competency in reporting, data analysis, and presentation (mandatory)

- Sound understanding and application of advanced analytical tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Excel (mandatory)

- Strong working knowledge of electronic document record management systems including Content Manager, Outlook, TRIM, Affinitext, and Lotus Notes (mandatory)

**Benefits**

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds representing the community we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith, and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviors aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department's goals.

**Others**

Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.