About This Role
Working closely with project managers and finance, the Compliance Officer coordinates building compliance, subcontractor documentation, and insurance requirements while supporting project cost tracking, WIP reporting, and month-end accruals. This hands-on role combines compliance administration, project coordination, and financial oversight.
Responsibilities
- Monitor domestic building insurance, permits, contracts, and other required documentation across active projects, following up outstanding items with project managers and relevant stakeholders
- Maintain project trackers, support monthly WIP reporting, monitor variations, costs to date, and cost-to-complete forecasts, and assist with month-end cost accruals and reconciliations
- Check that required safety documentation, including SWMS, inductions, and site safety records, is current and appropriately maintained
- Coordinate follow-up actions from inspections and audits
- Maintain subcontractor licensing and insurance records, monitor expiry dates, and follow up renewals to ensure trades are appropriately documented and compliant before engagement
- Maintain central compliance registers, track outstanding actions and upcoming renewals, identify potential compliance or project margin risks, and provide regular reporting to management
Requirements
- Prior experience in compliance, contract administration, project coordination, or a similar role, ideally within building, construction, or insurance
- An understanding of building compliance requirements, particularly domestic building insurance and Victorian construction regulations
- Strong financial and analytical skills, with experience or exposure to project costings, WIP reporting, month-end accruals, and reconciliations
- Excellent attention to detail and experience maintaining registers, trackers, and compliance documentation across multiple projects
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations, alongside confidence using Microsoft Office and SharePoint
- Clear communication skills and the confidence to follow up project managers, subcontractors, and external stakeholders to resolve outstanding items
Benefits
- The opportunity to work across a varied portfolio of residential and commercial construction projects
- A broad role combining compliance, project tracking, and financial oversight
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and collaboration across project delivery and finance
- A supportive working environment with potential for hybrid flexibility following an initial settling-in period
About the Company
My client is an established construction business specializing in insurance reinstatement and large-loss projects for leading Australian insurance brands, across residential and commercial properties.
