Risk & Compliance Lead — Shape the Function

Heffron; Sydney; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Additional leave

Recognition program

Company events

Job summary

Heffron is seeking a risk and compliance professional to shape and expand our risk management framework, incident handling and business continuity program. You will drive practical controls, partner with leaders, and report to executive stakeholders on risk across legal, regulatory, and technology domains.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design workable controls, manage policy breaches, and monitor risk metrics, incidents and remediation while fostering pragmatic, collaborative

Qualifications

• Experience in risk and/or compliance management in the superannuation, Self Managed Super or financial services industry.
• Experience implementing controls and frameworks, particularly in relation to new product, service or partnership launches.
• Strong operational mindset, with a preference for pragmatic and practical solutions.
• Negotiation and influencing skills across a range of stakeholder groups, including senior stakeholders.
• Systems thinker who can navigate complexity and have a positive impact on workplace culture.

Responsibilities

• Support the effective operation of the joint Risk Committee by preparing risk updates, decision papers, escalation items and follow-up actions.
• Identifying, designing and implementing practical controls, procedures and escalation pathways.
• Monitoring operational and regulatory risk metrics, including risk ratings, key risk indicators, incidents, control failures and remediation.
• Preparing concise reporting for executives, risk committees and partner stakeholders.
• Partnering with leaders to identify, assess and manage operational risks across legal, regulatory, compliance, conduct, technology, data, supplier and change management activities.
• Supporting teams to design and document clear controls, procedures and escalation pathways that are workable in day-to-day operations.
• Working with business leaders to ensure breaches of policy, standards or expected conduct are managed consistently and constructively.
• Maintaining a clear incident management process covering risk incidents, security incidents, compliance events, technology outages, customer impacts and Partner-related incidents.
• Leading the development of the Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan, including critical third-party suppliers and partners.

Job description

Heffron is seeking a risk and compliance professional to shape and expand our risk management framework, incident handling and business continuity program. You will drive practical controls, partner with leaders, and report to executive stakeholders on risk across legal, regulatory, and technology domains.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design workable controls, manage policy breaches, and monitor risk metrics, incidents and remediation while fostering pragmatic, collaborative