Job Description
Enterprise Compliance Lead Morgan McKinley•Sydney, NSW, AU
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About the job
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Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Privacy & Compliance Advisor to join their Enterprise Risk & Compliance function on an initial 6-month contract.
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This is an excellent opportunity for a privacy and compliance professional with strong experience across regulatory compliance, risk frameworks, controls, assurance and Privacy Impact Assessments to play a key role within a highly regulated organisation.
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About the Role
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Reporting to the Enterprise Compliance Manager, you will provide specialist advice and support to ensure the organisation meets its legal, regulatory and internal policy obligations.
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You will act as a Privacy Compliance SME, partnering closely with the business and risk teams to strengthen first-line controls, support second-line monitoring and assurance activities, and provide independent challenge and advice around the effectiveness of the compliance and risk environment.
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A key focus of the role will be conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), maintaining regulatory obligations and controls, supporting compliance monitoring and assurance, and providing advice on privacy-related risks, incidents and regulatory requirements.
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Key Responsibilities
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Provide subject matter expertise across Privacy Compliance, including the Privacy Act, Australian Privacy Principles and related regulatory obligations.
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Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) from end-to-end, including stakeholder engagement, analysis, advice and reporting.
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Maintain and review regulatory obligation and controls registers, ensuring key compliance obligations are accurately captured and appropriately managed.
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Support second-line compliance monitoring, assurance and control testing activities.
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Review the effectiveness of controls and provide constructive challenge and advice to risk and control owners.
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Identify areas of compliance exposure, ineffective controls and opportunities for remediation.
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Support compliance risk assessments and the development of appropriate risk and compliance metrics.
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Research and interpret recent and emerging legislation, regulations and external requirements and advise the business on their impact.
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Partner with Risk Partners and first-line risk teams on compliance matters across the organisation.
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Provide specialist advice on privacy incidents, breaches and regulatory reporting where required.
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Support investigations into reportable breaches and incidents.
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Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the enterprise compliance management framework.
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Assist with the development and implementation of second-line monitoring and assurance plans.
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Prepare high-quality compliance, risk and assurance reports for senior management and relevant governance committees.
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Support compliance training and initiatives designed to strengthen the organisation's compliance culture.
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About You
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You will be an experienced privacy,



risk or compliance professional with a strong understanding of operating within a regulated environment.
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You will ideally bring:
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Proven experience in privacy compliance and risk management.
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Strong knowledge of the Australian Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
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Demonstrated experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments.
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Experience working within a second-line risk, compliance or assurance function.
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Strong understanding of risk and control frameworks, compliance monitoring and assurance.
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Experience reviewing and testing controls and identifying remediation opportunities.
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Strong regulatory research, interpretation and advisory capabilities.
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Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge business and risk owners.
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Strong written communication and report-writing skills.
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Experience working with regulatory obligations registers, risk registers or similar governance frameworks.
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Experience within a highly regulated industry such as insurance, financial services, government, healthcare or utilities will be highly regarded.
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Why Apply?
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This is a great opportunity to join a mature Enterprise Risk & Compliance function and make a tangible impact across privacy, regulatory compliance, risk and assurance.
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You will have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders and contribute to the ongoing development of the organisation's enterprise-wide compliance framework.
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Own the compliance governance framework. Expert understanding of AFSL obligations and ASIC.We are exclusively partnering with a highly regarded Australian boutique investment manager to appoint a Di

📌 Enterprise Compliance Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Morgan Mckinley
📍 New South Wales