Chief Risk Officer

Odgers; Australia; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Odgers is seeking an experienced Chief Risk Officer to join its Executive Leadership Team in Australia. The role provides strategic leadership across risk, compliance, and assurance and serves as a trusted adviser to the CEO and Board, ensuring strong risk discipline while pursuing strategic ambitions.

The ideal candidate has substantial senior risk leadership experience in banking or financial services, with a deep understanding of prudential regulation.

Qualifications

• Senior risk leadership experience in banking or financial services.
• Strong understanding of the prudential regulatory environment.
• Commercial acumen and sound judgement.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with the Board and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across risk, compliance, and assurance.
• Advise CEO and Board with independent risk perspective.
• Embed risk thinking and accountability throughout the organisation.

Skills

Executive leadership

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Job description

The client is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Chief Risk Officer to join its Executive Leadership Team. This role will provide strategic leadership across risk, compliance, and assurance, ensuring the organization continues to operate with strong risk discipline while pursuing its strategic ambitions. The Chief Risk Officer will serve as a trusted adviser to the CEO and Board, bringing an independent risk perspective to strategic and commercial decisions and strengthening risk capability across the organization.

This position comes at a pivotal time in the client's evolution, offering the opportunity to shape a risk function that is both rigorous and commercially engaged. The Chief Risk Officer will play a key role in fostering an environment where risk is well understood, accountability is clear, and constructive challenge supports better decisions and sustainable outcomes for customers and the organization. The role will also ensure the organization continues to respond effectively to changing regulatory expectations and emerging risks.

The ideal candidate will have substantial senior risk leadership experience within banking or financial services, along with a strong understanding of the prudential regulatory environment. Technical risk expertise, commercial acumen, curiosity, and sound judgement are essential, as is a pragmatic and engaging leadership style. The successful candidate will be able to build trusted relationships with the Board, executives, and regulators, develop strong teams, and embed risk thinking throughout the organization.