Senior Manager, Assurance Quality Uplift The Organisation & The Role: Our client is a Tier-1 Financial Institution in Australia with a well-established 'three lines of defence' structure.This role functions as a unique 'Change Leader' for their 2LoD Risk Assurance Division.Your Responsibilities: Be a 'Risk Transformation Pioneer'.Redefine the quality standards of 2nd Line Risk Assurance across SOX Prudential, Operational Risk, Compliance, and Project domains in line with regulatory change and evolving risk management practices.Re-engineer the 2nd Line Risk Assurance processes, lead and drive the development of methodologies, training, and quality framework.Act as a 'Project Manager', lead and coordinate annual assurance testing and any transformation initiatives, such as Analytics & Automation strategies.Perform independent reviews and evaluations along the 'change' process, continuously challenge the status quo.Maintain updates to the Risk and Compliance Assurance Manual, ensuring tools and methods are fit for purpose.Hold accountable for stakeholder relationships across the 3 lines of defence up to Head-of level, ensuring all parties exercise their responsibility in enhancing risk frameworks and rolling out.Continuously identify trends and common practices adopted by peer industry players. Requirements: 7+ years of experience in Financial Services (open to assurance, risk & compliance, quality assurance, practice management, process optimisation, project management backgrounds).Demonstrable ability to standardise and optimise controls effectively and efficiently.Outstanding project coordination skills to successfully plan, roll out and drive change & transformation in a Tier-1 financial institution that is complex in architecture.Potential leadership skills to recruit and manage your own team.Technical aptitudes in data analytics, business intelligence, automation are advantageous. #J-18808-Ljbffr