Controls Testing & Monitoring Officer

Ink Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership

Direct access to decision-makers

Hybrid work model

Collaborative culture

Senior colleagues

Job summary

Ink Recruitment in Sydney is seeking a controls testing specialist to design, supervise and execute risk-based control testing plans in collaboration with the Head of Governance & Assurance. You will support certification and audit cycles and close control gaps with IT, governance and external stakeholders.

You will run control testing, identify deficiencies and develop monitoring dashboards to track compliance metrics, while managing the issues and remediation register to timely closure.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in risk management, compliance and/or controls testing.
• Experience designing and executing risk-based control testing plans.
• Strong skills building monitoring dashboards and tracking compliance metrics.
• Experience managing issues and remediation registers to timely resolution.
• Knowledge of governance models, obligation mapping, conflicts of interest and segregation of duties.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to adapt across priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder skills and a collaborative style.

Responsibilities

• Run control testing, including walkthroughs, sampling and evidence review.
• Identify and assess control deficiencies and recommend remediation.
• Develop and maintain monitoring dashboards to track compliance metrics.
• Report regularly to the Head of Governance & Assurance on testing outcomes and issues.
• Manage the issues and remediation register through to timely closure.
• Support governance models and compliance obligation mapping.
• Lead awareness and testing across competition and conflicts of interest, segregation of duties, delegated authorities and governance models.

Skills

Control testing

Risk management

Dashboards

Remediation management

Governance knowledge

Stakeholder management

Data-driven insights

Regulated industry experience

Job description

• End-to-end control testing, monitoring and remediation, working closely with the Head of Governance & Assurance.
• Build the dashboards and monitoring tools that shape the control environment.
• Sydney based. Permanent, full time. Hybrid 50/50.

The Role

Working closely with the Head of Governance & Assurance, you will design, supervise and execute risk-based control testing plans. You'll provide the tested evidence that underpins certification and audit cycles and partner with IT, governance and external stakeholders to close control gaps. You will also be responsible for:

• Running control testing, including walkthroughs, sampling and evidence review.
• Identifying and assessing control deficiencies and recommending remediation.
• Developing and maintaining monitoring dashboards to track compliance metrics.
• Reporting regularly to the Head of Governance & Assurance on testing outcomes and issues.
• Managing the issues and remediation register through to timely closure.
• Supporting governance models and compliance obligation mapping.
• Leading awareness and testing across competition and conflicts of interest, segregation of duties, delegated authorities and governance models.

Skills and Experience

You’ll be a detail-oriented, tech-savvy controls specialist who is comfortable with data-driven insights and finds better ways to monitor and test.

• 6+ years' experience in risk management, compliance and/or controls testing.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing risk-based control testing plans.
• Strong skills in building monitoring dashboards and tracking compliance metrics.
• Experience managing issues and remediation registers to timely resolution.
• Knowledge of governance models, obligation mapping, conflicts of interest and segregation of duties.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with adaptability and resilience across competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder skills and a collaborative style.
• Relevant risk or compliance qualifications and experience in a regulated industry or professional services are highly regarded.

Benefits

Your work will directly strengthen an organisation that helps fight fraud and scams across Australia.

• Real ownership and autonomy over your deliverables, with influence on business strategy.
• Direct access to decision-makers.
• Variety and impact from servicing the entire business.
• Flexible hybrid model and a culture that respects boundaries.
• Smart, approachable and non-hierarchical colleagues.

Full Australian working rights essential.