Strategic Risk & Assurance Leader

Australian Payments Plus Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is strengthening risk management and assurance across our business, partnering with commercial and shared services to provide practical risk advice. The Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance leads complex activities, translates findings into recommendations and helps the business operate within AP+’s risk framework.

You’ll build relationships with senior stakeholders, drive governance improvements and ensure controls are effective.

Qualifications

• Experience across risk advisory, assurance, controls testing, internal audit, governance or compliance.
• Knowledge of risk management frameworks and quality assurance.
• Ability to provide credible risk advice and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to navigate competing priorities.
• Experience developing risk reporting and supporting governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver complex risk management and assurance activities across assigned business areas.
• Provide senior specialist advice on risk, controls, assurance findings, remediation and governance.
• Lead formal reviews and assessments across complex and cross-functional areas.
• Assess compliance with standards and identify underlying causes of control weaknesses.
• Prepare and present clear assurance findings, risk insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Establish consistent risk management processes, reporting mechanisms and supporting documentation.
• Work with specialists to deliver robust assurance outcomes.
• Build relationships across the business and support adoption of risk methods and tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve AP+’s risk, assurance and control environment.

Skills

Risk management

Governance

Controls testing

Internal audit

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in risk, audit, assurance, compliance, business, finance or related discipline

Job description

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is strengthening risk management and assurance across our business, partnering with commercial and shared services to provide practical risk advice. The Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance leads complex activities, translates findings into recommendations and helps the business operate within AP+’s risk framework.

You’ll build relationships with senior stakeholders, drive governance improvements and ensure controls are effective.