Risk & Compliance Analyst - Sydney, Australia - Helia Group

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Risk & Compliance Analyst

Helia, as Australia's first Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) provider, with over 50 years expertise in the Australian housing market are in the process of re-inventing ourselves.

We exist to accelerate financial wellbeing through home ownership, now and for the future. Our mission is to create innovative and tailored solutions in partnership with our customers. We aim to do this efficiently and conveniently, leveraging state of the art technology and data solutions.

The Risk and Compliance Analyst plays an important role in the management of Helia's Risk and Compliance frameworks, assisting Head of Enterprise and Regulatory Risk in ensuring that, as an ASX listed entity, its operations are conducted in compliance with ethical business practices, company policies and the applicable legal and regulatory framework.

As a second line role is a key influencer and facilitator across the organisation ensuring decisions and strategies are well balanced and a sound risk culture continues to be embedded across all levels of the organisation.

The role has a specialist focus on technology and cyber risks, performing critical review and challenge activities in support of Helia's ambitious technology strategy and roadmap. Whilst also bolstering our second line controls assurance capabilities – expanding both the breadth and depth of our integrated and risk-based assurance activities.

The role has broad exposure to senior management and all aspects of Australia's leading lenders mortgage insurance business with successful candidates able to assist with the continual enhancement and maturity of the well-established risk and compliance function, the continual enhancement of our Governance, Risk and Compliance system and will work collaboratively across all risk classes to enhance our risk architecture and influence improved risk behaviours through role modelling, training and education.

Responsibilities

• Technology and Cyber:
  • Provide critical review and challenge through active and ongoing oversight and collaboration on Helia's Technology Strategy and Roadmap, including performing assurance activities and leading risk and compliance assessments on agile or project delivery.
  • Design and lead assurance activities to ensure assurance is performed in support of our key timelines and milestones, seeking to ensure assurance integrated within both our project management and agile delivery frameworks.
• Controls assurance:
  • Perform accurate and timely control assurance activities across all of Helia including financial, technology, operational, commercial and people functions.
  • Assist in the annual planning of control assurance activities to ensure activities are risk-based and aligned with other assurance activities performed by internal audit, external audit and business functions.
  • Following the completion of activities, report the outcomes to business functions in a clear, concise and effective manner.
  • Monitor and oversee the completion of remediation actions arising from controls assurance activities.
  • Provide accurate and timely reporting to management and committees on the status and completion of controls assurance activities including remediation actions.
  • Assist in enhancing the controls assurance program to ensure it is risk-based, forward looking and effectively designed to provide a 2nd Line review and challenge over 1st Line activities.
  • Assist in incident management and reporting, ensuring root causes are identified with appropriate and timely remediation and rectifications actions are taken.
• Risk Management:
  • Assist with the managing or dealing with risk and compliance related issues, or other Helia related issues.
  • Work pro-actively with business functions to embed risk and compliance accountability, supporting employees with appropriate ongoing education, tools, reporting and training.
• Compliance Management
  • Assist functions to adhere with legislative, regulatory and contract obligations.
  • Deliver risk and compliance training, guidance and advice to all staff, with relevance to their job roles and, where applicable, suppliers and other third parties.
• Governance:
  • Assist in the delivery of the key risk and compliance governance processes, including assisting with management and reporting of risks within defined risk appetite metrics.
  • Assist in the preparation of management and board reporting.
• Risk and Compliance Systems:
  • Ensure the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) system is designed and operating effectively including with respect to controls assurance activities.
• General requirements:
  • Adhere to the compliance obligations relevant to your position; perform your duties in an ethical, lawful and safe manner; undertake training as directed by the Head of Enterprise and Regulatory Risk; report and escalate compliance concerns, issues and failures; and disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Experience and Qualifications

• At least 3 years of technology and / or cyber risk management experience including performing controls assurance in the insurance industry and/or financial services.
• Technology or Cyber qualifications (e.g. ISACA Credentials, etc).
• Strong working knowledge of technology and cyber risk management laws and standards and a keen interest to expand your knowledge into a broader range of risk classes.
• Proficient at working in an agile environment with strong understanding of effective risk and compliance management practices in an Agile Methodology.
• Experience performing controls assurance activities across a broad range of technology and information security controls with presentation of results.
• Demonstrated ability to perform in a rapidly changing, fast paced environment and ability to work independently under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of risk frameworks and embedding practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively and demonstrated ability to influence peers and managers.
• Strong oral and written communication.
• Critical thinking / good analytical skills.

At Helia, we are building a team focused on opportunities: creating brighter futures for our people. When you come to work at Helia, you're joining an organisation that cares about what's important to you. Whether it's greater work-life balance, flexible working arrangements or looking after your wellbeing, we provide access to benefits that help support you both professionally and personally.

Helia is a place where you can grow and make a difference. We provide a great learning culture, where cross collaboration, training and innovation happens to embrace and embed a customer service culture. We are based in the heart of North Sydney, with spacious offices and some of the most fantastic views in Sydney

If you are interested in joining a company where you can realise your full potential and grow, we would love to hear from you

We have a diverse business community: our people, our customers and communities are reflective of this and as an organisation we are committed to continually hiring a diverse workforce. We ensure our people always feel supported and we do this by our openness to flexible work options and our commitment to inclusion, regardless of career level, life-stage, or experience.

About Us

Helia (formerly Genworth) has proudly played a pivotal role in the property market since 1965. As Australia's first Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) provider, we are a specialist in our field and are dedicated to leading the way for years to come.

For many Australians, owning your own home remains a lifetime aspiration, and we work with our customers and partners to help them achieve this dream at various stages of their home buying journey — whether they are looking to save for a deposit, purchase their first home, upgrade or manage retirement by unlocking equity in their home later in life.

We are reimagining the home ownership experience to get you there faster.

Our purpose is to accelerate financial wellbeing through home ownership, now and for the future.