Job Description

SENIOR MANAGER RISK AND COMPLIANCE – PEOPLE AND CULTURE – SYDNEY

At Allianz, we’re proud to be named one of the Best Workplaces in Australia 2025 and a Great Place to Work. As a leading global insurance and asset management brand, we prioritise care for our customers, the planet, and each other. We hire the very best people to further our commitment to caring and securing the future for our customers.

We offer an inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong, while promoting a culture of lifelong learning, development, and global mobility. Join us and share your ideas, be inspired, give back to the community and feel proud to be a part of an organisation doing meaningful work that matters while supporting sustainability, mental health, and well-being.

Let’s care for tomorrow, so we can create a better future together, for everyone.

The primary purpose of this Line 1 role is to assist in leading the implementation, execution and monitoring of the risk and compliance management framework.

About the role

• Provide ongoing communication and advice to Risk Owners and Divisional Management on operational and compliance risks specific to the People and Culture Division, including payroll, work health and safety, and employee relations.
• Advise on the design, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of division-specific compliance and risk frameworks, policies, procedures, and controls, ensuring alignment with the defined risk appetite.
• Support the implementation and promotion of corporate compliance and risk frameworks, liaising with the Second Line of Defence to ensure divisional risk management activities, such as operational compliance plans and risk assessments, are up-to-date and adhered to.
• Provide guidance on current and future risk management challenges, developing processes to manage risks in line with the Allianz Risk Management Framework and Board-approved risk appetite.
• Assist in the development, execution, and monitoring of remedial actions for operational loss/risk incidents, identifying root causes, implementing preventive measures, and ensuring timely resolution with escalation as needed.
• Oversee and report on key risk indicators, internal control performance, breaches, incidents, emerging risks, control assurance, and regulatory changes to relevant stakeholders.

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (preferred).
• Significant leadership experience in risk management, compliance or internal audit role in a complex, matrixed financial services (corporate) organization.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing the level of risk and in developing and executing plans to mitigate risk and technical understanding of design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity and provide pragmatic commercial solutions to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking capability to interpret a range of data, identify patterns, trends and links that inform judgements and solutions.
• Proven understanding of the laws, legislation, regulations and prudential standards which man affect a general insurer.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with audiences at all levels with clarity, impact and influence.

Benefits and perks

• Inclusive Culture: Join a supportive, open-minded team focused on customer outcomes, bringing your authentic self to work every day!
• Work-life balance: Enjoy our flexible, hybrid work arrangements, and tailored workplace adjustments, where possible.
• Career Development: Access mentoring, development and global mobility opportunities for growth and success, including access to over 10,000 learning resources.
• Financial and Well-being Perks: Enjoy discounts on Allianz products, retail, tech, and travel, plus financial wellness initiatives and the Employee Share Purchase Program- own a piece of your employer!
• For more details about our benefits, visit the Allianz Careers site.

About Allianz Group

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Adjustments and support

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to careers@allianz.com.au for a confidential conversation.

Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow. www.allianz.com.au/careers

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