Case Study

Transforming the Enterprise Operating Model for a Leading Australian University

New leadership structure

Financial recovery secured

The university needed to move beyond incremental savings to a structural reset focused on efficiency, accountability, and financial sustainability.

Cost Pressures: Deliver meaningful reductions in operational expenditure.
Accountability: Create a clearer, more effective organisational structure.
Structural Complexity: Reduce duplication across a complex multi campus environment.

Streamlined leadership and decision-making.
Stronger financial foundations through a structured savings programme.
Improved transformation momentum through clear governance and delivery discipline.
A future ready operating model supporting sustainable performance and high-quality service delivery.

Working closely with the executive team, we supported a value led transformation programme focused on aligning financial recovery with academic excellence.
Enterprise Assessment: Designed a high-level operating model to identify efficiencies and structural gaps.
Benefits Framework: Developed governance and benefits modelling aligned with multi million savings targets.
Board Alignment: Supported successful board approval for the new organisational structure and transformation roadmap.

Leadership Redesign: Implemented new executive and senior leadership structures with clearer decision rights.
Target Operating Model: Delivered a board-endorsed organisational blueprint.
Service Redesign: Assessed academic and professional services to improve efficiency and delivery.
Programme Governance: Established a framework to track transformation progress and benefits.

Streamlined leadership and decision-making.
Stronger financial foundations through a structured savings programme.
Improved transformation momentum through clear governance and delivery discipline.
A future ready operating model supporting sustainable performance and high-quality service delivery.