Senior Associate - Portfolio Operations

Advisory Brisbane, Australia

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Description

 
We’re looking for a management consultant with a flair for advisory operations who brings, curiosity, and a passion for improving how work gets done. If you enjoy variety, problem‑solving, and partnering with stakeholders, this role offers the opportunity to have a real, lasting impact. QTC’s Advisory Division supports the State’s major agencies, local governments, and GOCs to make informed decisions, deliver high value initiatives, and strengthen the financial sustainability of Queensland. As part of this, our Portfolio Operations team ensures projects are governed and consistently delivering.
 
The opportunity
Under the guidance of the Director – Advisory Partnering (Portfolio Operations), you’ll play a key role in strengthening delivery capability across QTC Advisory

  • Support the delivery of internal Advisory projects, applying structured problem-solving and analytical rigour.

  • Act as a trusted conduit between Portfolio Operations, project teams, and senior sponsors, ensuring projects are compliant and well governed

  • Lift delivery maturity, improving frameworks, tools, reporting, and consistency across the portfolio

  • Coach and uplift capability, helping teams adopt better ways of working and sustainable delivery practices

What you’ll work on

  • Improve delivery frameworks, tools, reporting, governance and quality standards

  • Develop and refine playbooks, templates, and guidance to support consistent, compliant delivery

  • Support project leads and sponsors to meet best practice delivery and compliance standards‑practice delivery and compliance standards

  • Partner across Divisions to support shared outcomes

  • Coaching & Capability Uplift, on-the-job support and informal mentoring to team members‑the‑job support and informal mentoring to team members

  • Share knowledge, frameworks, and better ways of working

  • Contribute to the delivery of complex, high value projects‑value projects

  • Apply analytical and consulting techniques to structure problems and develop solutions

  • Support planning, design, and delivery of Advisory engagements

 
 What you bring

  • 3 -5 years’ experience as a consultant or part of an advisory operations team supporting projects or programs, including governance, reporting, and risk/issue management

  • Consulting fundamentals: problem structuring, analysis, synthesis, storyline development

  • Ability to spot improvement opportunities and drive uplift in ways of working

  • 3–5 years’ experience in consulting, advisory, or similar professional roles

  • Strong analytical, report writing and PowerPoint skills

Build the future with QTC:

QTC is the central financing authority for the Queensland Government and provides financial resources and services for the State. We manage the State’s funding program in the global capital markets to deliver sustainable and cost-effective borrowings for the Queensland Government, local governments, and other related entities (our clients). With a statutory role to advance the financial interests and development of the State, we help to deliver innovative, long-term solutions that contribute to the growth of Queensland’s economy. We protect Queensland’s financial interests and deliver better financial outcomes by centralising the management of our clients’ borrowings, cash investments, and foreign exchange.

Benefit from a best-in-class professional development program, flexible work, leadership programs, study support, paid-parental leave, salary packaging and a corporate wellbeing program (including discounts for you and your family to a range of fitness facilities close to home or work). 

At QTC we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We have an equitable, barrier-free application process so please inform us of any accessibility requirements in your application or you can reach out to our Talent Team [email protected].  

 

 

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