Manager, Risk & Control Advisory (Hybrid/Remote)

Hollard Insurance Company; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollard Insurance is seeking an experienced risk professional for a 12-month max term contract in Sydney, reporting to the Senior Manager, Business Risk Advisory. You’ll provide risk governance, control assurance delivery and constructive challenge across key Line 1 risk and control activities supporting the Operations and Finance functions.

You’ll focus on delivering the monthly control assurance schedule, supplier risk assessments and uncapped indemnity assessments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in operational risk, business risk, compliance, controls or assurance, ideally within financial services or insurance
• Strong practical experience assessing control design and operating effectiveness, including evaluating test evidence and forming well supported conclusions
• Experience facilitating, completing, reviewing or challenging supplier, contractual or other business risk assessments
• Strong understanding of risk and control frameworks, risk assessment methodologies and governance processes
• Strong judgement and the confidence to challenge stakeholders constructively, while staying pragmatic and solutions focused
• Excellent organisation and follow through, with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines independently

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of the monthly control assurance schedule for Operations and Finance, planning and prioritising activity to meet agreed timeframes and targets
• Monitor progress against the schedule, flag potential slippage early and give clear visibility of completed, outstanding and at-risk activities
• Complete control design and operating effectiveness assessments, and provide oversight and quality review of assessments completed by others
• Challenge control owners where evidence is incomplete, controls aren’t operating as designed or conclusions aren’t well supported
• Facilitate, complete, review and challenge supplier risk assessments and uncapped indemnity assessments, ensuring risks, controls and mitigants are appropriately supported
• Identify control weaknesses and recurring themes, ensure appropriate remediation or escalation, and maintain clear, decision useful assessment records

Skills

Operational risk

Risk governance

Control assurance

Supplier risk assessments

Stakeholder challenge

Organisational skills

Job description

Hollard Insurance is seeking an experienced risk professional for a 12-month max term contract in Sydney, reporting to the Senior Manager, Business Risk Advisory. You’ll provide risk governance, control assurance delivery and constructive challenge across key Line 1 risk and control activities supporting the Operations and Finance functions.

You’ll focus on delivering the monthly control assurance schedule, supplier risk assessments and uncapped indemnity assessments.