4d ago , from Export Finance Australia (EFA)

- Join an organisation that has been proudly recognised certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work for five consecutive years.
- Hybrid work environment.
- Join us at an exciting time of growth in supporting Australian businesses

Export Finance Australia (EFA) is Australia’s export credit agency.

For almost 70 years, Export Finance Australia has helped Australian businesses grow and succeed internationally with finance to secure opportunities, expand into new markets and diversify their presence. We support critical minerals and defence sectors, finance projects that strengthen economic resilience and advance net zero, and back Australian investment in sustainable infrastructure.

Working with banks, other Government agencies and international partners, we back Australia’s exporters, supply chain businesses and industries, contributing to a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific while advancing Australia’s trade, investment and economic security objectives.

The Head of Control Assurance leads EFA’s enterprise control assurance function and is accountable for setting the strategy, framework and delivery approach for EFA’s control assurance program. The role provides independent, evidence-based insights into the design and effectiveness of key controls and drives improvements in control ownership, risk management and business processes across EFA.

As EFA’s senior specialist leader for control assurance, the role provides trusted advice to the General Manager, Risk & Compliance, the Executive and relevant governance committees. The role leads a specialist team,



develops control assurance capability across EFA and works closely with business leaders and Risk & Compliance colleagues to support an efficient, coordinated and risk-based assurance approach

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

About you

- Set and lead the strategy, framework and delivery approach for EFA’s enterprise control assurance function, ensuring it remains aligned with EFA’s strategic priorities, risk profile and assurance needs.
- Lead EFA’s Line 2 control assurance function, with accountability for assurance methodology, planning, scoping, testing, quality review, reporting and communication of findings.
- Lead engagement with our internal auditors regarding their Internal Audit Plan control coverage and review scopes and findings to ensure efficiency of approach.
- Apply an enterprise-wide perspective to control assurance, identifying systemic themes, cross functional control dependencies and opportunities to strengthen EFA’s control environment.
- Provide trusted, independent and strategic advice to the General Manager, Risk & Compliance, the Executive and relevant governance committees on control effectiveness, assurance outcomes, systemic control issues and required remediation.
- Provide clear and timely reporting to the Executive Committee and BARC on assurance outcomes, material control weaknesses,



systemic themes, remediation progress and the overall maturity of EFA’s control environment.
- Lead and enhance the efficiency of the 6 monthly attestations process.
- Develop deep understanding of multiple business areas and complex transaction types to enhance control assurance insights.
- Build control assurance capability across Line 1 teams by developing guidance, tools and minimum standards, and by providing constructive review and challenge of business-led control testing and assurance reporting.
- Develop appropriate reporting of Integrated Assurance Plan and control assurance testing results within our Protecht enterprise risk management system.
- Undertake front to back business process and system reviews where areas of potential risk are identified (eg via repeated incidents).
- Identify innovative and achievable review recommendations and process improvements.
- Lead, develop and motivate the Control Assurance team, setting clear standards and priorities, building specialist capability and fostering a constructive, high performing and risk aware culture. Coach and contribute to capability development across the broader Risk & Compliance function.

Qualifications & Skills

- Minimum 10 years’ experience in risk or internal audit in a government or financial services workplace.
- Demonstrated experience setting and leading a control assurance strategy, framework or methodology.
- Demonstrated ability to translate assurance findings into clear enterprise insights and practical business improvements.
- Experience advising senior executives and governance committees o

📌 Head of Control Assurance (Australia)
🏢 Export Finance Australia
📍 Australia