Senior Risk & Controls Lead — Fintech Growth

Prospa; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth program

Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working options

Volunteer days

Job summary

Prospa is seeking a Senior Risk & Control Lead on a 12-month fixed-term contract to strengthen the operational risk and control environment. You will partner with senior leaders, shape risk practices, and drive control improvements across major processes in a fast-paced fintech setting.

This role requires hands-on leadership, strong stakeholder facilitation, and a growth mindset to deliver practical risk solutions while supporting sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in operational risk and controls within financial services, fintech, lending or payments.
• Proven track record delivering risk or controls uplift programs.
• Experience designing, documenting and testing controls.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to influence, challenge constructively and drive outcomes through ambiguity.
• A practical, commercial approach to risk management.
• Growth mindset and hands-on attitude in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk and control assessments across critical business processes.
• Build and improve Prospa’s enterprise control framework and control library.
• Identify control gaps and partner with stakeholders to implement practical solutions.
• Design and execute control testing and first-line assurance activities.
• Provide insights and reporting on control effectiveness to senior stakeholders.
• Embed strong risk management practices across business and technology change initiatives.

Skills

Operational risk

Controls uplift

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Ambiguity management

Commercial risk mindset

Hands-on in fintech

Job description

Prospa is seeking a Senior Risk & Control Lead on a 12-month fixed-term contract to strengthen the operational risk and control environment. You will partner with senior leaders, shape risk practices, and drive control improvements across major processes in a fast-paced fintech setting.

This role requires hands-on leadership, strong stakeholder facilitation, and a growth mindset to deliver practical risk solutions while supporting sustainable growth.