Risk and Compliance Manager
Hays
Your new company
A leading and highly respected Australian organisation is seeking an experienced Risk & Compliance Manager to join its established Risk & Quality function. This is a critical role supporting the Head of Risk, with ownership across enterprise risk, incident management, and crisis frameworks.
Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Risk, you will play a key leadership role in driving and enhancing the organisation's enterprise-wide risk management capability. You will take ownership of key frameworks, systems, and processes, while partnering closely with senior stakeholders across the business.
Key responsibilities
- Leading enterprise operational risk management and facilitating risk assessments
- Owning and enhancing the incident management framework and system
- Driving the development and delivery of the crisis management plan
- Managing and optimising the enterprise risk system (e.g. GRC platform)
- Maintaining and uplifting the organisation's risk management framework and policies
- Supporting broader initiatives across compliance, business continuity, and risk culture
- Delivering high-quality reporting to Executive and Board-level stakeholders
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a highly capable risk professional with strong stakeholder engagement and strategic capability. You will bring:
- Extensive experience in enterprise risk management, compliance, incident and crisis frameworks
- Strong knowledge of ISO standards (e.g. ISO 31000, ISO 22301, ISO 37301)
- Proven experience engaging with senior leaders and influencing organisational outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to uplift risk maturity and culture across complex organisations
- Excellent analytical, communication, and reporting skills (including Board reporting)
- Relevant tertiary qualification in risk, compliance or a related discipline
- Experience within complex, multi-site or regulated environments will be highly regarded.
What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to step into a 2IC leadership role with strong visibility
- Exposure to enterprise-wide strategic initiatives
- Collaborative and purpose-driven environment
- Competitive salary and benefits
What you need to do now
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