Risk & Compliance Assurance Manager

TPG Telecom; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Mobile plan

NBN plan

Extra annual leave

Development opportunities

Partner discounts

Job summary

TPG Telecom is seeking a Risk & Compliance Assurance Manager to lead the design, embedment and governance of operational risk and compliance frameworks across Customer Care. You will partner with offshore teams and internal stakeholders to ensure adherence to obligations and drive risk-based improvements.

Responsibilities include leading assurance programs, monitoring results, and mentoring the team to build capability, with a hybrid working model and a focus on customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Translate compliance requirements into measurable controls and scorecards.
• Understand legislative and regulatory obligations for customer-facing and operational teams.
• Communicate clearly to stakeholders at all levels, via reports and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and governance of risk and compliance assurance frameworks for Customer Care.
• Monitor adherence to processes and external obligations; identify gaps and improvements.
• Coordinate with offshore teams and internal governance, risk and audit functions.
• Provide independent SME advice to improve compliance and reduce risk.
• Lead assurance programs and quarterly reviews aligned to obligations.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Change management

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Planning & prioritisation

Verbal & written communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in governance, risk, compliance, audit, law or business

Tools

ReadiNow

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Risk & Compliance Assurance Manager is responsible for leading the implementation, embedment and ongoing governance of operational risk and compliance assurance frameworks across Customer Care. The role oversees adherence to business processes, controls and customer obligations, identifies risks and improvement opportunities, and supports leaders to strengthen outcomes for customers and the business.

Key assurance focus areas include customer and operational processes across responsible selling, vulnerable customer handling, complaint handling, privacy, credits, and managing the second-line audit program.

In addition to leading a team of assurance analysts, the role provides functional leadership by partnering with offshore contact centre operational compliance teams to ensure adherence to TPG Telecom assurance requirements. The role works closely with stakeholders across Customer Care and TPG Telecom’s governance, risk and audit community, to influence and align outcomes.

You’ll Make Impact By

• Design, implement and maintain Customer Care and contact centre operational risk and compliance assurance frameworks for TPG Telecom brands
• Ensure key compliance, risk and control standards are understood and adhered to
• Embed frameworks to monitor adherence to key business processes and external obligations
• Establish and maintain assurance methodologies, standards, and governance to support consistent, risk-based and evidence-based assessment of compliance and control effectiveness
• Proactively monitor and assess operational impact of industry regulatory updates and organisational compliance and risk priorities
• Govern over outsourced contact centre risk assurance and compliance teams, including sampling standards, calibration, reporting and second-line audits
• Support risk owners to understand obligations and maintain effective risk management, including active use of current GRC tools (such as ReadiNow)
• Develop and maintain a risk-based assurance plan aligned to internal and external obligations
• Develop and implement annual and quarterly programs of assurance priorities and reviews

Oversight, monitoring and insight

• Monitor and report on compliance and assurance results to ensure trends, performance, root causes, control gaps and improvement opportunities are identified and addressed
• Oversight of functional risk registers, including emerging risks, controls, mitigation and treatment actions, ownership, review cadence and escalation
• Track and monitor committed actions from functional risk and compliance reviews through to completion
• Lead and facilitate regular forums, workshops and working groups with business stakeholders
• Coordinate and collate insights, information or evidence required for regulatory reporting or other audits
• Provide governance and oversight of the Care Discretionary Credit framework and budget

Leadership and influence

• Lead, develop and mentor your team to maximise engagement and performance, build capability and foster a culture of customer focus, curiosity and strong accountabilities
• Embed a continuous improvement culture by striving for best practice methodologies, a risk-centred approach, a customer experience mindset and high transparency of results.
• Act as a thought leader within the function and within the organisation, driving and influencing strategic programs of work to support assurance uplift and focus on emerging risks
• Work with and influence stakeholders to implement assurance awareness activities
• Provide independent subject matter expertise, advice and recommendations to improve compliance and reduce customer or business risk

What You'll Bring

• Ability to translate compliance requirements into practical measurements, controls and scorecards
• Ability to understand and articulate the fundamental aspects of legislative, regulatory and risk obligations that apply to customer-facing and operational teams
• Ability to communicate with clarity, with high impact and influence through engaging verbal and written communication including reporting for stakeholders of all levels
• Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with senior management, specialist functions and outsourced partners
• Strong people leadership and management skills, make informed decisions, work in a constructive and collaborative way, and balance people, customer and business priorities
• A strong thought leader, with the ability to manage change, and influence and embed risk and compliance culture within an operations environment
• A natural attention to detail with strong analytical judgement, problem-solving skills and the ability to identify patterns across complex information
• Highly efficient with demonstrated ability to prioritise, plan and meet deliverable deadlines
• Strong understanding of risk management, control design, compliance monitoring and assurance methods, including scoping, sampling, calibration, control mapping and evidence assessment

Ideally, you'll also have

• Minimum two years’ leadership experience
• Experience in a similar process compliance, risk, internal audit, quality assurance or operational governance role within a complex service organisation
• Experience using reporting and analytics to improve assurance visibility and efficiency
• Experience in Telecommunications or another highly regulated service sector is highly desirable
• Knowledge of ACMA and and Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code regulations
• Relevant tertiary qualification or professional certification in governance, risk, compliance, audit, law or business is desirable

What's in it for you?

• Flexible hybrid way of working (from home and office)
• Stay Connected Mobile – Access to a free mobile plan
• Stay Connected NBN – Access to a free, high-speed NBN plan (up to 500 Mbps)
• Your Leave - additional leave to be used whenever you like - every year
• Access to TPG Learning Hub platform and internal development opportunities
• Access to Corporate Partner Discounts

Don't meet every single requirement? That's OK! At TPG Telecom, we're all about creating an accessible workplace where everybody feels safe to bring their authentic self to work - regardless of background. If you think this role is a great fit for you but some of the qualifications don't align with your experience, we still encourage you to apply - you might just be the perfect candidate for a similar role with us! Learn more about life at TPG Telecom here.

TPG Telecom also acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Custodians of lands and waterways where this office can be found in Barangaroo.

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