Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance

About the role

As Senior Manager – Risk Advisory & Assurance you will strengthen risk management and assurance across Australian Payments Plus, focusing on commercial and shared services teams. You will partner with leaders to provide practical risk advice, enable informed decisions and drive robust control environments.

Key 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, cross‑functional areas.
• Assess compliance with standards, identify root causes of control weaknesses and present clear findings and recommendations.
• Establish consistent risk management processes, reporting mechanisms and supporting documentation.

Required profile

• Significant experience in risk advisory, assurance, controls testing, internal audit, governance or compliance, preferably in a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks, control assessment and quality assurance.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex risk matters clearly.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in risk, audit, assurance, compliance, business, finance, technology or related discipline.

Required skills

• Risk management frameworks
• Control assessment
• Governance and compliance processes
• Internal audit methodologies