Senior Risk Advisory & Assurance Leader

Hatch; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is seeking a Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance to strengthen risk management and assurance across the organisation, with a focus on partnering with commercial and shared services teams.

You will lead complex reviews, provide expert risk advice to senior stakeholders, drive governance processes, and shape the control environment through robust reporting and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience across risk advisory, assurance, controls testing, internal audit, governance or compliance.
• Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks, control assessment and quality assurance.
• Experience planning and conducting complex reviews and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Planning and delivering complex risk management and assurance activities across assigned business areas.
• Providing senior specialist advice on risk, controls, assurance findings, remediation and governance.
• Leading formal reviews and assessments across complex and cross-functional areas.
• Assessing compliance with standards and identifying causes of control weaknesses or non-compliance.
• Preparing and presenting clear assurance findings, risk insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Establishing consistent risk management processes, reporting mechanisms and supporting documentation.
• Working with specialists to deliver robust, well-informed assurance outcomes.
• Building strong relationships across the business and adopting risk methods, tools and standards.
• Identifying opportunities to improve AP+’s risk, assurance and control environment.

Skills

Risk advisory

Assurance

Internal audit

Governance

Controls testing

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Risk reporting

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Tertiary qualification in risk/audit/assurance/compliance/finance/technology

Job description

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is seeking a Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance to strengthen risk management and assurance across the organisation, with a focus on partnering with commercial and shared services teams.

You will lead complex reviews, provide expert risk advice to senior stakeholders, drive governance processes, and shape the control environment through robust reporting and actionable recommendations.