Senior Risk Specialist - 6-12 Month FTC Kaizen Recruitment Melbourne, VIC, AU

- Report directly to the Chief Risk Officer

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Risk Specialist to support a major risk maturity and control uplift program within a regulated financial services workplace. Working closely with business leaders, risk teams and senior stakeholders, you will play a key role in strengthening risk frameworks, enhancing control effectiveness, supporting assurance activities, and improving risk management practices across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities will include:

- Review, document and uplift controls to ensure they are effective, fit for purpose and aligned to risk management frameworks.
- Conduct control assessments and testing, including design and operating effectiveness reviews, and support assurance activities.
- Develop and maintain risk profiles, facilitate risk assessments, and support risk reporting for senior management and governance committees.
- Support risk-related initiatives including emerging risk management, project and change risk,



risk culture programs, and incident remediation activities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across business, risk, compliance and project teams to drive continuous improvement in risk management practices.

Key Requirements will include:

- Proven experience in enterprise risk management, ideally within financial services or another highly regulated industry.
- Strong capability in control identification, documentation, mapping, testing and uplift activities.
- Experience preparing risk assessments, analysing risk data and communicating insights to diverse stakeholders.
- Knowledge of risk governance, assurance practices, risk culture initiatives and regulatory compliance obligations.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, organisational and documentation skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Relevant qualifications in risk, finance, business, law or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

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📌 Senior Risk Specialist - 6-12 Month Ftc (Melbourne)
🏢 Kaizen Recruitment
📍 Melbourne