Job Description
Ethos BeathChapman is partnering with a highly regarded investment and capital management organisation to appoint a Director, Operational Risk & Compliance.
n This is a newly created leadership role within the second line of defence, offering the opportunity to shape and enhance enterprise-wide risk and compliance capability within a growing and purpose-driven organisation.
n The role has a particular focus on ensuring that technology, cyber, data and information risks are appropriately governed within the broader operational risk management framework. Working closely with first-line business, operations and technology teams, you will help strengthen risk governance, operational resilience and control effectiveness across the organisation.
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Key Responsibilities
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Provide second-line oversight, advice and challenge across operational risk, compliance and resilience activities.
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Support the development and enhancement of enterprise risk management frameworks, policies and governance arrangements.
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Partner with business and technology stakeholders to improve risk identification, assessment and treatment processes.
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Provide oversight of business, cyber, data and information risk management practices from an enterprise risk perspective.
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Contribute to operational resilience, business continuity and incident management programs.
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Support the design and implementation of effective risk and compliance controls across key business processes.
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Deliver risk reporting and insights to executive and board-level stakeholders.
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Assist with assurance activities, audit remediation and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Promote a robust risk culture through coaching, stakeholder engagement and practical risk advice.
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Ethos BeathChapman is partnering with a highly regarded investment and capital management organisation to appoint a Director,



Operational Risk & Compliance.
n This is a newly created leadership role within the second line of defence, offering the opportunity to shape and enhance enterprise-wide risk and compliance capability within a growing and purpose-driven organisation.
n The role has a particular focus on ensuring that technology, cyber, data and information risks are appropriately governed within the broader operational risk management framework. Working closely with first-line business, operations and technology teams, you will help strengthen risk governance, operational resilience and control effectiveness across the organisation.
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Key Responsibilities
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Provide second-line oversight, advice and challenge across operational risk, compliance and resilience activities.
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Support the development and enhancement of enterprise risk management frameworks, policies and governance arrangements.
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Partner with business and technology stakeholders to improve risk identification, assessment and treatment processes.
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Provide oversight of business, cyber, data and information risk management practices from an enterprise risk perspective.
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Contribute to operational resilience, business continuity and incident management programs.
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Support the design and implementation of effective risk and compliance controls across key business processes.
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Deliver risk reporting and insights to executive and board-level stakeholders.
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Assist with assurance activities,



audit remediation and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Promote a strong risk culture through coaching, stakeholder engagement and practical risk advice.
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About You
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We are interested in speaking with risk professionals who bring a balanced background across operational risk, compliance and governance, together with exposure to data, information and cyber risk management.
n You may currently be working in operational risk, enterprise risk, compliance, operational resilience, internal audit or risk advisory within financial services, funds management, banking, insurance or another highly regulated environment.
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To be successful, you will likely demonstrate:
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Experience operating within a second-line risk or compliance function.
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Strong operational risk and control framework expertise.
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Knowledge of prudential, regulatory or governance frameworks relevant to regulated organisations.
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Exposure to technology, cyber, data or information risk management, ideally from a governance and oversight perspective rather than a purely technical role.
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Experience supporting operational resilience, business continuity or incident management programs.
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Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
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The ability to communicate complex risk matters clearly and pragmatically to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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Experience preparing executive-level and board reporting.
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Why Consider This Opportunity?
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This is an opportunity to join a growing organisation at an important stage of its evolution.
n The role offers genuine breadth across enterprise risk, compliance, operational resilience, technology and cyber governance, making it well suited to individuals seeking a diverse and commercially relevant risk leadership position.

📌 Director - Operational Risk & Compliance (Queensland)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Queensland