Risk & Compliance Manager
- Join a high-performing Risk, Compliance and Governance team in Sydney.
- Support the development of the enterprise risk management framework.
- Engage with stakeholders to provide compliance and risk advice.
Mars Recruitment are partnering with a leading Australian infrastructure organisation in Australia. As the business continues to evolve, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Risk & Compliance Manager to join a high-performing Risk, Compliance and Governance team in Sydney.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the ongoing development and enhancement of the enterprise risk management framework, including risk and controls registers, methodologies and supporting systems.
- Facilitate risk assessments, workshops and control reviews across business units.
- Maintain and monitor compliance obligations, including attestations, evidence collection and completion tracking.
- Coordinate the development, review and governance of policies, procedures, standards and framework documentation.
- Support internal and external audits, assurance reviews and control effectiveness assessments.
- Track remediation activities, risk treatments and audit actions to ensure timely closure.
- Monitor regulatory developments and provide practical compliance and risk advice to stakeholders.
- Assist with incident management, compliance breaches, business continuity activities and root cause analysis initiatives.
- Prepare governance reporting, committee papers, risk dashboards and KRI updates for senior leadership and governance forums.
About You:
- 5+ years' experience in risk management, compliance, assurance or governance roles.
- Exposure to infrastructure, telecommunications, utilities, asset-intensive or other highly regulated environments will be highly regarded.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Risk, Business, Law, Governance or a related discipline.
- Experience facilitating risk assessments and evaluating the effectiveness of controls.
- Strong understanding of compliance obligations management and regulatory requirements.
- Experience supporting audits, assurance reviews and remediation programs.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
- Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving capabilities.
Why Join?
- Opportunity to join a nationally significant infrastructure organisation.
- Broad exposure across enterprise risk, compliance, governance and assurance activities.
- Collaborative and supportive culture with strong leadership.
- Career development opportunities within a growing and evolving business.
- Sydney-based role with occasional interstate travel as required.
If you're a risk and compliance professional looking to broaden your exposure and make a visible impact within a complex and regulated environment, I'd love to hear from you. Reach out to Abbey Lynch at Mars Recruitment abbey.lynch@marsrecruitment.comau
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