Risk & Compliance Manager

Salary: $175k - $185k p.a. including superannuation

Mars Recruitment are partnering with a leading Australian infrastructure organisation in Australia. As the business continues to evolve, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Risk & Compliance Manager to join a high-performing Risk, Compliance and Governance team in Sydney.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing development and enhancement of the enterprise risk management framework, including risk and controls registers, methodologies and supporting systems.
• Facilitate risk assessments, workshops and control reviews across business units.
• Maintain and monitor compliance obligations, including attestations, evidence collection and completion tracking.
• Coordinate the development, review and governance of policies, procedures, standards and framework documentation.
• Support internal and external audits, assurance reviews and control effectiveness assessments.
• Track remediation activities, risk treatments and audit actions to ensure timely closure.
• Monitor regulatory developments and provide practical compliance and risk advice to stakeholders.
• Assist with incident management, compliance breaches, business continuity activities and root cause analysis initiatives.
• Prepare governance reporting, committee papers, risk dashboards and KRI updates for senior leadership and governance forums.

About You:

• 5+ years' experience in risk management, compliance, assurance or governance roles.
• Exposure to infrastructure, telecommunications, utilities, asset-intensive or other highly regulated environments will be highly regarded.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Risk, Business, Law, Governance or a related discipline.
• Experience facilitating risk assessments and evaluating the effectiveness of controls.
• Strong understanding of compliance obligations management and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting audits, assurance reviews and remediation programs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving capabilities.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to join a nationally significant infrastructure organisation.
• Broad exposure across enterprise risk, compliance, governance and assurance activities.
• Collaborative and supportive culture with strong leadership.
• Career development opportunities within a growing and evolving business.
• Sydney-based role with occasional interstate travel as required.

If you're a risk and compliance professional looking to broaden your exposure and make a visible impact within a complex and regulated environment, I'd love to hear from you. Reach out to Abbey Lynch at Mars Recruitment abbey.lynch@marsrecruitment.comau