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About the Role
Lead an independent, objective, and commercially focused Internal Audit function for Insignia Financial. Provide risk-based assurance, insight, and constructive challenge across governance, risk management, internal controls, and remediation activity. This senior leadership role offers direct and unrestricted access to key Boards and Committees, setting the internal audit strategy, leading a high-performing team, managing co-source providers, and building trusted relationships while maintaining function independence and objectivity.
Responsibilities
- Set the internal audit strategy, operating model, and annual objectives for Group Internal Audit, aligned to business strategy, risk profile, and regulatory obligations.
- Develop, maintain, and deliver a dynamic, risk-based Internal Audit Plan for approval by relevant Audit Committees and subsidiary Boards.
- Provide independent assurance and clear reporting on governance, risk management, internal controls, and remediation activity.
- Maintain trusted, transparent relationships with Audit Committee Chairs, Boards, and Executive Management, including timely escalation of material issues.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Internal Audit team, building capability, professional discipline, curiosity, and commercial judgment.
- Manage the co-source provider relationship, including scope, quality, value, independence, performance, and knowledge transfer.
- Oversee audit execution from planning through fieldwork, reporting, and issue closure, ensuring findings are evidence-based, risk-rated, and pragmatic.
- Drive a robust audit methodology and quality assurance program aligned to recognised professional standards and better practice.
- Promote a strong risk, compliance, and internal control culture by monitoring emerging risks, identifying systemic themes, and supporting sustainable remediation.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification in commerce, accounting, business, law, technology, risk, or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience in internal audit, external audit, risk assurance, compliance, governance, or financial services assurance.
- Senior leadership experience in a complex private sector environment.
- Deep understanding of internal audit standards, audit charters, risk-based planning, audit methodology, quality assurance, and Board/Audit Committee reporting.
- Strong knowledge of Australian financial services, superannuation, wealth, advice, trustee, and regulated entity environments.
- Proven ability to assess risks and controls across operations, finance, technology, cyber, data, outsourcing, third parties, transformation, and regulatory change.
- Experience working with Boards, Board Committees, and Executive teams, with the confidence to provide independent challenge and escalate difficult matters constructively.
- Proven leadership capability, including experience leading high-performing teams and external co-source service providers.
- High personal integrity, discretion, resilience, and sound judgment, with a commitment to independence, objectivity, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
- Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia.
- Applicants will be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.
Skills
- CIA, CA/CPA, CISA, CRMA or equivalent certification is highly regarded.
- Strong commercial judgement.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong writing skills.
- Ability to translate complex audit issues into clear insights, practical actions, and accountability.
Location
- Melbourne
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior leadership experience
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualification
About the Company
- This is a rare opportunity to lead a strategically important assurance function at the heart of a large, regulated financial services organisation.
- Insignia Financial is a large, regulated financial services organisation.
Equal Opportunity
- We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team.
- If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.