North Sydney | Hybrid | $140,000–$150,000 + Super

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Risk & Compliance Lead to join a growing global business in a newly created position based in North Sydney.

This is a genuine opportunity to make your mark and influence the direction of risk and compliance across APAC. As a newly created role, you’ll have the freedom to shape and improve processes, build strong relationships across the business and implement practical solutions.

You’ll join a business with an excellent, collaborative culture, approachable leadership and genuine autonomy, where you’ll be trusted to take ownership and have a real voice in how things are done.

About the role

Leading and continuously improving the APAC risk and compliance framework

Maintaining regional policies, standards and regulatory obligations

Monitoring regulatory developments across multiple APAC jurisdictions and translating these into practical business requirements

Providing commercially focused risk and compliance advice to senior stakeholders across Sales, Client Services, Operations and other functions

Assessing the effectiveness of business processes and controls and identifying areas for improvement

Leading assurance reviews, remediation activities and root-cause investigations

Managing risk and compliance incidents, including escalation and reporting where required

Overseeing regulatory reporting, compliance calendars, licence renewals and scheduled reviews

Supporting new services,



clients and business initiatives from a risk and compliance perspective

Preparing clear and insightful reporting for regional and Group stakeholders

Working closely with and providing guidance to an established offshore Risk & Compliance team

Supporting the development of a strong risk-aware and accountable culture across APAC

About you

Experience across Risk & Compliance, Operational Risk, GRC, Regulatory Compliance or a related discipline

Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and translating them into practical business controls

Solid stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders

A commercial and solutions-focused approach to risk and compliance

Experience working across complex or multi-jurisdictional environments

The ability to adapt to change and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment

Experience with risk frameworks, assurance, controls, incidents and remediation

Experience within HR, recruitment, workforce solutions or professional services highly regarded

What's on Offer

Newly created position with genuine ownership and autonomy

Established offshore team to support and develop

Hybrid working - minimum of 2 days in the office

Birthday leave

Supportive and approachable leadership team

Strong, collaborative culture

If you're looking for a role where you can combine risk expertise, commercial thinking and genuine business partnering while having the opportunity to shape a growing APAC function, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Risk & Compliance Lead - APAC (North Sydney)
🏢 Charterhouse Partnership
📍 North Sydney