Position Overview 2 Year Maximum Term Contract, Full-Time opportunity True hybrid working - work from home and our Mitcham office $181,800 per annum inclusive of 12% superannuation About Us We're on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We're one of Australia's largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria's population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services. Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you'll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us. We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management. The Role Join our Enterprise Architecture Practice as a Corporate Solution Architect, where your primary focus and responsibility will be delivering a modern finance system that transforms how our business operates and delivers value. You'll bring strong expertise across finance domains and ERP solutions to design innovative, future-ready architectures that drive real business value. In this role, you'll lead end-to-end solution design, manage technical risk, and ensure seamless integration across corporate systems. This is a hands-on role, working closely with both stakeholders and delivery teams across design, build and implementation. You will turn complex requirements into scalable, secure, and compliant solutions that meet enterprise standards and financial control requirements. You will also make key architecture trade-offs and provide architectural oversight of vendor and delivery partner designs. This role will initially focus on the finance modernisation project, however beyond this, you'll play a key role in the ongoing design and solutioning of systems across the Corporate Transformation and Technology Division, contributing to broader transformation initiatives and long-term business impact. Your Key Responsibilities Solution Design and Delivery - lead the end-to-end solution design and delivery for the finance transformation program, including options analysis, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technology strategy and enterprise architecture standards. You will make key architecture trade-offs and provide oversight of vendor and delivery partner designs. Architecture Practice and Governance - strengthen the Architecture Practice by improving standards, methods and reusable assets to drive consistent, high-quality delivery. Technology Planning and Optimisation - partner with stakeholders to translate business objectives into clear architecture requirements and delivery solutions that align with priorities and drive sustainable outcomes. What we're Looking for Proven experience in Solution Architecture roles, ideally within utilities or asset-intensive industries, with strong knowledge of enterprise technical architectures Strong understanding of Finance, Safety and HR systems, with proven experience integrating these with enterprise IT platforms. Deep knowledge of Finance and HR business processes and supporting technologies Strong business acumen with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, business stakeholders and technical teams Tertiary qualification in IT Engineering To view the full position description, click HERE . Why Yarra Valley Water? We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow - both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do. $181,800 per annum inclusive of 12% superannuation Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE. Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office. 16 weeks paid parental leave. 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, illness, wellbeing and mental health needs. 5 days paid reproductive leave which can be used for experiencing symptoms or undergoing procedures associated with issues such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, PCOS, prostate health, or IVF. Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave. To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook HERE . Did you Know? Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, while women and other marginalised people tend to only apply when they meet all of them. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily tick every box, please apply or get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit. How to Apply Applications should include a supporting Cover Letter and Resume. Closing date: Monday 25 th May 2026 This position is available for Yarra Valley Water employees and external applicants. We welcome applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA community and people of all cultural backgrounds. If you need this information in an accessible format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please call 03 9872 2599 or email dei@yvw.com.au . If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss the recruitment process, please contact us via email recruit@yvw.com.au . Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.
