Director of Operational Risk & Compliance — Tech & Resilience

Ethos BeathChapman; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos BeathChapman is partnering with a leading investment and capital management organisation to appoint a Director, Operational Risk & Compliance. This is a newly created leadership role in 2nd line of defence, shaping enterprise-wide risk and compliance capability across technology, cyber, data and information governance.

You will partner with first-line operations and technology, strengthen risk governance, resilience and control effectiveness, and provide executive-level risk reporting to

Qualifications

• Experience operating within a second-line risk or compliance function.
• Strong operational risk and control framework expertise.
• Knowledge of prudential, regulatory or governance frameworks relevant to regulated organisations.
• Exposure to technology, cyber, data or information risk management, ideally from a governance and oversight perspective rather than a purely technical role.
• Experience supporting operational resilience, business continuity or incident management programs.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• The ability to communicate complex risk matters clearly and pragmatically to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience preparing executive-level and board reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide second-line oversight, advice and challenge across operational risk, compliance and resilience activities.
• Support the development and enhancement of enterprise risk management frameworks, policies and governance arrangements.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to improve risk identification, assessment and treatment processes.
• Provide oversight of business, cyber, data and information risk management practices from an enterprise risk perspective.
• Contribute to operational resilience, business continuity and incident management programs.
• Support the design and implementation of effective risk and compliance controls across key business processes.
• Deliver risk reporting and insights to executive and board-level stakeholders.
• Assist with assurance activities, audit remediation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote a strong risk culture through coaching, stakeholder engagement and practical risk advice.

Skills

Second-line risk

Regulatory frameworks

Cyber & data risk

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Operational resilience

Executive reporting

Job description

Ethos BeathChapman is partnering with a leading investment and capital management organisation to appoint a Director, Operational Risk & Compliance. This is a newly created leadership role in 2nd line of defence, shaping enterprise-wide risk and compliance capability across technology, cyber, data and information governance.

You will partner with first-line operations and technology, strengthen risk governance, resilience and control effectiveness, and provide executive-level risk reporting to