APAC Compliance Assurance Lead: Build & Elevate Program

Compliance & Risk Management Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Compliance & Risk Management Recruitment is seeking a Senior Assurance Manager to lead the design, build and delivery of a risk-based compliance assurance program across the APAC business. The role is build-and-own, reviewing the current approach and delivering assurance activity across AU/NZ, SG, JP and Bermuda.

You will report to the Head of APAC Compliance and collaborate with regional leaders and senior stakeholders to prioritize regulatory risks, uplift controls and drive timely

Qualifications

• Strong experience in compliance assurance, second-line monitoring or internal audit.
• Ability to design or uplift an assurance framework.
• Excellent report writing and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical actions.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations and Product.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a refreshed, risk-based compliance assurance framework across the APAC business.
• Develop the assurance universe, annual/periodic assurance plan, methodology, testing approach, reporting standards and issue follow-up processes.
• Engage with regional compliance leaders and business stakeholders to identify key regulatory risks and determine assurance priorities.
• Plan and execute thematic and targeted second-line assurance reviews across higher-risk products, processes and regulatory obligations.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls and identify gaps, weaknesses and opportunities for uplift.
• Produce clear, evidence-based written reports that articulate findings, root causes, risk implications and practical recommendations.
• Present assurance outcomes and emerging themes to senior stakeholders and constructively challenge the business where required.
• Track remediation actions through to closure and assess whether agreed actions appropriately address identified risks.
• Identify cross-jurisdictional themes, emerging regulatory risks and opportunities to improve the consistency and maturity of compliance controls.
• Continuously improve the assurance framework as the business, product set and regulatory environment evolve.

Skills

Compliance assurance

Second-line monitoring

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Autonomy

Job description

Compliance & Risk Management Recruitment is seeking a Senior Assurance Manager to lead the design, build and delivery of a risk-based compliance assurance program across the APAC business. The role is build-and-own, reviewing the current approach and delivering assurance activity across AU/NZ, SG, JP and Bermuda.

You will report to the Head of APAC Compliance and collaborate with regional leaders and senior stakeholders to prioritize regulatory risks, uplift controls and drive timely