Assurance Advisor

icare; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex leave

Leave loading 17.5%

Superannuation

Job summary

icare is recruiting for a Senior Risk & Assurance role in NSW. You will deliver assurance reviews, identify key controls, and partner with stakeholders to strengthen risk and compliance outcomes. The role offers hybrid working and exposure across governance frameworks.

You will lead assurance activities, analyse complex information, and produce clear reports while building trusted relationships across the organization and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in assurance, audit, risk management or compliance.
• Ability to assess complex information and provide practical solutions.
• Strong written communication and concise reporting.
• Confidence to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Australian working rights and pre-employment checks desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assurance reviews and control testing across diverse functions and risk areas.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify key controls and strengthen outcomes.
• Lead projects and assurance activities focused on high-risk areas.
• Analyse information and prepare clear reports communicating findings and recommendations.
• Build relationships to support a positive risk and compliance culture.
• Contribute to governance framework improvements across practices.

Skills

Assurance & risk

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Governance experience

Australian working rights

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Business/Commerce/Accounting

CA/CPA/IIA desirable

Tools

None

Job description

• Shape business-wide risk outcomes and influence key decisions
• Flexible and hybrid working environment
• Salary from $133,348 + super + flex leave + 17.5% leave loading

About the role

Strong risk and governance practices protect the services, assets and schemes that people across NSW rely on. In this role, you will help strengthen icare's risk and compliance environment by delivering assurance activities that provide confidence in how key controls are designed and operating across the organisation. You'll work with stakeholders at all levels, translating complex concepts into clear insights, influencing outcomes, and identifying opportunities for improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad exposure across the business while building capability in assurance, risk and compliance.

What you'll be working on

• Deliver assurance reviews and control testing activities across a diverse range of business functions and risk areas.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify key controls, assess effectiveness and strengthen risk and compliance outcomes.
• Lead and support projects, deep-dives and assurance activities focused on high-risk or emerging areas.
• Analyse information and prepare clear, practical reports that communicate complex findings and recommendations.
• Build trusted relationships across the organisation to support a positive risk and compliance culture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance governance frameworks, controls and business practices.
• Provide objective challenge and insight to support informed decision-making and stronger enterprise-wide risk management.

What you'll bring

• Experience in assurance, audit, risk management, compliance or a related governance function.
• The ability to assess complex information, apply sound judgement and identify practical solutions to control or compliance challenges.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce concise reports and clearly explain findings and recommendations.
• The confidence to engage and influence stakeholders across different levels of an organisation.
• Experience working within insurance, financial services, government, consulting or professional services environments will be highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Professional qualifications such as CA, CPA or IIA are desirable.
• Australian working rights and the ability to complete standard pre-employment screening requirements.

What we offer

• Work-life balance: Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Health and wellbeing: Gym subsidies, health checks, and EAP support
• Career development: Learning opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Employee benefits: Extra leave, health insurance discounts, salary packaging and novated leasing
• Inclusive culture: Recognition programs, mental health initiatives and support for hidden disabilities

About icare

icare provides insurance and care to the people, businesses and communities of NSW. Our work supports recovery, independence and safer workplaces. We protect homes, public assets and essential services, and help manage schemes that need to remain fair, affordable and sustainable for the future. We believe the better we do, the better for NSW.

We are committed to building a safe and inclusive workplace where people feel respected, supported and able to contribute their best. Inclusion is not a standalone initiative; it is part of how we make better decisions, design better services and reflect the communities we serve. We welcome and support people of all abilities and backgrounds to apply.

Please note:

You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, a New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold unrestricted working rights to apply. This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks including criminal history checks. For more information about icare visit our website. Please note, icare operates a direct sourcing model, so no agency introductions will be accepted.