Senior Manager, Assurance Quality Uplift

The Organisation & The Role:Our client is a Tier-1 Financial Institution in Australia with a well established 'three lines of defence' structure. This role functions as a unique 'Change Leader' for their 2LoD Risk Assurance Division. 


Your Responsibilities:

• Be a 'Risk Transformation Pioneer'. re-define the quality standards of 2nd Line Risk Assurance, across SOX Prudential, Operational Risk, Compliance and Project domains in line with regulatory change and evolving risk management practice

• Re-engineer the 2nd Line Risk Assurance processes, lead and drive the development of methodologies , training and quality framework

• Act as a 'Project Manager' , lead and coordinate annual assurance testing and any transformation initiatives, such as Analytics & Automation strategies

• Perform independent reviews and evaluations along the 'change' process, continuously challenge the status quo

• Maintain updates to Risk and Compliance Assurance Manual, ensuring tools and methods are fit for purpose

• Hold accountable for stakeholder relationships cross the 3 lines of defence up to Head-of level, in ensuring all parties exercise their responsibility in enhancing risk frameworks and rolling out

• Continuously identify trends, and common practices adopted by peer industry players

 
Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in Financial Services (open to assurance, risk & compliance, quality assurance, practice management, process optimisation, project management backgrounds)

• Demonstrable ability to standarise and optimise controls effectively and efficiently

• Outstanding project coordination skills to successfully plan, roll out and drive change & transformation in a Tier-1 financial institution who is complex in architecture

• Potential leadership skills to recruit and manage your own team

• Relevant qualifications are desirable (eg. CA, CISA, CIA, FRM, MBA)

• Technical aptitudes in data analytics, business intelligence, automation is advantageous

For further information on this role or to confidentially apply, please send an up to date CV to eugena.g.a4lm85jvn3e@ethosbc.aptrack.co contact Eugena Gong on 02 8227 9200 or apply directly via the 'Apply for this job' button. Only WORD FORMAT resumes will be accepted.