Head of Risk, Compliance and Ethics

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Gallagher Full time

The Opportunity:


You will be based in one of our main offices, Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney, leading our national team, with the opportunity for regular travel to support our teams and clients.

Gallagher Bassett (GB) has a collaborative, fun and supportive culture where your efforts are recognised, valued and rewarded.

The Role:


Reporting to the Chief General Counsel, the Head of Risk, Compliance and Ethics will lead GB's national team of risk compliance and audit professionals, driving risk management strategy, engaging with operational divisions, the executive leadership teams and the Board of Directors.

A key focus is the continuous improvement of the risk management framework.

Key accountabilities include:

  • Driving the program of work to continuously improve the risk management strategy;
  • Advancing the development, implementation, maintenance of risk and compliance methodologies, policies and procedures, including enterprise wide and divisional risk profiles;
  • Leading the awardwinning Ethics Program (World's Most Ethical Companies 11 years running) and the AU/NZ Global ESG Program, in collaboration with US and UK Gallagher colleagues;
  • Chairing of the Risk Management Committee and Key Advisor to the Board Compliance and Audit Committee;
  • Developing and overseeing riskbased, clientfocused and valueadding risk and compliance frameworks including delivery of audit activity, reporting to regulatory bodies, track and report on progress of the business performance against agreed audit action plans / risk management strategies and improvement opportunities, risk profiling, development of risk appetite metrics and reporting, oversight of external audits and incidents/complaints, assessing potential fraud risks and develop fraud protection tools.
  • Building strong working relationships as a key liaison with clients, external auditors, senior leadership team and risk governing bodies.
  • An experienced, compassionate leader who can foster a positive team culture and growth learning environment.
  • Demonstrated success in leading and embedding a quality improvement and positive, riskaware culture;
  • Highly developed communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of organisation;
  • Strong analytical, interpreting and reporting skills; including excellent problemsolving skills, able to interpret complex regulatory policy and establish solutions for implementation and adoption;
  • Tertiary qualifications in a commercial discipline such as commerce, finance, accounting, law or equivalent;
  • Post graduate qualifications or certification in risk or compliance would be highly regarded;

If you are aligned to the Gallagher Values (The Gallagher Way) and demonstrate the required capabilities, we can offer you the following:

  • Competitive remuneration packaging, wellbeing benefits and flexible work arrangements
  • Collaborative working environment friendly, flexible and supportive working environment which is built around great team support and rewarding opportunities;
  • Exciting career as our Company grows, so do the opportunities for our people;
  • Opportunities for ongoing education and development;
  • Paid Parental Leave scheme.

About us:

Gallagher Bassett (GB) is Australia's largest Third-Party Administrator (TPA).

Our focus is refreshingly simple:
we manage insurance claims on behalf of insurers, brokers, government bodies and self-insured corporations. GB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gallagher, a global organisation employing over 33,000 employees.


GB has six offices in Australia located in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Northern Territory, Adelaide and Perth, employing over 1200 staff.


To apply
If you want to be a part of making a difference in peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you

To be considered for this opportunity you must have the right to live and work in Australia when applying.

Agency applicants will not be considered for this position.
Gallagher Bassett is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Indigenous Australian applicants are encouraged to apply. As a member of the Diversity Council Australia, we recognise the importance of, and embrace diversity in the workplace.

We will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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