Operational Risk Assurance Lead

LiveHire Limited; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MyState is seeking an experienced risk professional to lead the Operational Risk Assurance Program on a 24-month fixed-term basis. Based in Brisbane or Hobart, you will partner with senior leaders to strengthen the control environment and risk maturity.

You will develop the enterprise-wide risk assurance plan, lead assurance reviews, and present findings to executives and board committees, driving continuous improvement and a strong risk culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operational risk, assurance, audit or risk management within banking, insurance, financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Proven experience delivering assurance programs and assessing control effectiveness across complex organisations.
• Strong understanding of APRA prudential standards, including CPS 220, CPS 230 and CPS 234.
• Experience supporting operational resilience, risk governance or control uplift initiatives.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability, including advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• The confidence to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Experience preparing reporting and presenting outcomes to executive, committee and board-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing the enterprise-wide Operational Risk Assurance Plan.
• Leading assurance reviews and control testing across key operational risk areas.
• Providing independent Line 2 challenge on control effectiveness, operational resilience, incident management and remediation activities.
• Presenting assurance findings, insights and recommendations to Executive leaders, the Enterprise Risk Committee and Board Committees.
• Monitoring and validating remediation actions to ensure sustainable risk outcomes.
• Leading reviews arising from incidents, breaches and risk events to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Managing the Group's corporate insurance program, including renewals, broker engagement and claims oversight.
• Supporting the ongoing enhancement of risk frameworks, policies and standards.
• Driving risk awareness, capability uplift and a strong risk culture across the organisation.

Skills

Operational risk

Assurance

Audit

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Tools

Excel advanced

Data analytics tools

Job description

MyState is seeking an experienced risk professional to lead the Operational Risk Assurance Program on a 24-month fixed-term basis. Based in Brisbane or Hobart, you will partner with senior leaders to strengthen the control environment and risk maturity.

You will develop the enterprise-wide risk assurance plan, lead assurance reviews, and present findings to executives and board committees, driving continuous improvement and a strong risk culture.