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About the Role

HCF is establishing a dedicated Line 2 Risk Assurance function and seeks a leader to shape, design, and embed this capability. This role involves creating the framework, methodology, and approach for the function, providing independent Line 2 assurance, and assessing risk management and control effectiveness. You will collaborate with senior leaders to strengthen risk practices and enhance control environments, leading a team of two Risk Assurance professionals.

Responsibilities

Shape, design, and embed HCF's new Risk Assurance function.
Partner with leaders across the business to strengthen risk, controls, and outcomes.
Provide independent Line 2 assurance to assess risk identification, management, and control effectiveness.
Ensure regulatory obligations are met.
Strengthen risk management practices and enhance control environments.
Drive better business outcomes across HCF.
Lead and foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
Support team development and excellence in assurance delivery.
Drive improvement and influence positive change.
Partner with stakeholders to strengthen risk and control environments.
Lead assurance reviews and assess the effectiveness of risk management and control environments.
Coach, mentor, and develop others.
Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

Requirements

8+ years' experience in risk assurance, controls assurance, internal audit, or a related discipline within the Australian financial services industry.
Strong knowledge of APRA prudential standards, including CPS 230, and broader regulatory requirements such as FAR and ASIC obligations.
Demonstrated experience developing, enhancing, or implementing assurance frameworks, methodologies, or assurance programs within complex organisations.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and build trusted relationships with senior leaders.
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Previous experience within a Big 4 or leading professional services environment will be highly regarded.
Experience implementing or enhancing assurance frameworks, programs, or methodologies.
Commercially minded and highly collaborative.
Confident providing independent challenge and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the business.
Enjoy working through complexity, bringing people on the journey and turning strategic objectives into practical outcomes.

Skills

Risk assurance
Controls assurance
Internal audit
Risk management
Framework implementation
Methodology development
Stakeholder management
Influencing
Challenging
Relationship building
Analytical thinking
Strategic thinking
Problem-solving
Written communication
Verbal communication
Coaching
Mentoring
Team development

Location

Australia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Law, Risk Management or a related discipline.
Professional qualification such as CPA, CA, CIA or equivalent.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements
50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover
Family-friendly certified employer
18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents
Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more
Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.

About the Company

At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.
We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them.
At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.

Equal Opportunity

We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.