Our client is seeking an experienced Risk Assurance and Controls testing professoinal to join a high-performing risk function within a complex, highly regulated workplace on an initial 6 month day rate arrangement. This role offers the sucessful candidate the opporutnity to lead a team responsible for strengthening operational risk management, control effectiveness, and business assurance capabilities across a large customer-focused division

Reporting into senior risk leadership, you will lead a high-performing team responsible for providing first-line risk support and oversight across a complex business portfolio. You will play a critical role in helping the business identify, assess and manage non-financial risks while driving a strong risk culture and enhancing control frameworks.
This is a highly visible role that combines people leadership, strategic risk advisory, assurance activities and stakeholder engagement across multiple business units.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and develop a team of risk and assurance professionals, driving performance, capability and engagement.
- Facilitate risk management forums and provide meaningful insights to senior stakeholders.
- Oversee non-financial risk assessments, risk reviews and control governance activities.
- Support regulatory attestations, assurance reviews and audit-related activities.
- Partner with business leaders to review risk profiles,



strengthen control frameworks and implement effective risk treatment plans.
- Provide advice on change risk assessments and support the successful delivery of transformation initiatives.
- Assist control owners in developing remediation strategies and sustainable control solutions.
- Identify opportunities to automate, simplify and improve risk and control processes.
- Drive risk awareness, capability uplift and continuous improvement initiatives across the business

Ideal Background

- Demonstrated experience leading teams within risk, controls, compliance, assurance or audit functions.
- Strong knowledge of operational risk management frameworks and non-financial risk practices.
- Experience facilitating risk assessments, control reviews and governance forums.
- Proven ability to analyse risk and controls data, identify trends and provide practical recommendations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across both business and risk functions.
- Experience supporting regulatory obligations, audit activities and remediation programs.
- A pragmatic and commercial approach to risk management, balancing customer outcomes with risk objectives.
- Previous experience within banking, financial services, insurance or other highly regulated environments.

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📌 Risk Assurance Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Sydney