Charterhouse + ACU

We’re excited to share that Charterhouse has been selected as ACU’s recruitment partner for a handful of critical hires on their Workday ERP Transformation. This is one of them, and we’d love to hear from you if it sounds like your kind of challenge. The right candidate can be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

About ACU

ACU has a bold vision for its future. Vision 2033 sets out its mission as a Catholic university to be a “Christian presence in the university world,” helping shape the coming generations in Australia and beyond by enabling flourishing lives, fostering thriving communities and building a more ethical future.

ACU is a publicly funded university with seven campuses around Australia, more than 200 partner universities on six continents and a campus in Rome. It’s one of the largest university contributors to the care economy in Australia and ranks among the top universities worldwide. Staff are supported with a positive culture, generous leave and flexible work arrangements, and everyone is welcome to engage with the mission, whether as Catholics, members of other faiths, or people with no religious affiliation who embrace the vision and strategic direction.

About the People and Capability Directorate

People and Capability delivers employment-related services to all staff and supports the University’s strategic objectives. It designs, implements and manages a broad range of workplace, people and workforce programs, and partners with the business to achieve strategic and change outcomes.

About the ERP Program The Workday ERP Transformation Program is a multi-year enterprise initiative delivering an integrated Human Capital Management, Payroll, Time Tracking & Scheduling and Financial Management platform. It brings business, technology, change and operational teams together to redesign processes, improve data quality,



strengthen compliance and enable contemporary digital services. Program team members work in a matrix environment, collaborating across multiple functional and project teams while staying accountable to program leadership for agreed outcomes and milestones.

About the role

As SME Core HCM Functionality, you’ll provide senior specialist expertise to the program, defining, validating and advising on end-to-end Core HCM processes across the employee lifecycle. You’ll translate complex HR operational requirements into practical Workday design, configuration and implementation outcomes, working across People and Capability, Finance and Planning, IT, program delivery teams and business stakeholders to make sure the solution is fit for purpose, compliant, scalable and aligned to ACU’s transformation objectives.

What you’ll do

- Provide senior expertise across the end-to-end employee lifecycle, advising HR SMEs and People and Capability on Core HCM process design, business rules, compliance and operational impacts
- Be accountable for implementing best practice across foundational HR principles, such as job architecture and organisational structures, and how they intersect with finance structures
- Translate complex business requirements into Workday Core HCM functional requirements, leading solution design and recommending approaches that support national process standardisation and future-state service delivery
- Approve, create and/or validate test scenarios, acceptance criteria, user stories, process maps and implementation artefacts for SIT,



UAT and operational readiness
- Act as the senior Core HCM voice in the program, building strong relationships across P&C;, Finance, IT and the business, and influencing stakeholders to reach agreed outcomes
- Provide expert input to change, training and adoption by identifying how Workday design decisions affect employees, managers and P&C; teams
- Identify and resolve complex process issues using expert judgement, evidence-based analysis and knowledge of higher education HR practice, and manage implementation risks

About you

- Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and training, plus significant experience in HR Operations or Core HCM
- Robust understanding of end-to-end employee lifecycle processes, preferably within higher education (though not essential)
- Hands-on experience with Workday Core HCM
- Experience on a Workday implementation, or an equivalent transformation or optimisation program
- Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, and developing and running UAT/SIT scenarios
- Strong understanding of HR data and data governance
- The ability to translate business requirements into practical Workday solutions
- Advanced written, verbal and presentation skills
- A demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity and ethical practice, and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and workplace health and safety

Good to know This role doesn’t require a Working with Children Check. Preferred candidates will need to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU’s compliance requirements.

How to apply

Hit apply, or reach out to James at [email protected] for a confidential chat about the role.

📌 Core HCM Functional Subject Matter Expert (Melbourne)
🏢 Charterhouse
📍 Melbourne