Associate Director

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Robert Half Executive Search. Full time

Associate Director | Project Assurance / IT AuditAssociate Director | Project Assurance / IT Audit

The Company

Robert Half Executive Search has been exclusively retained to identify an accomplished senior Project Assurance professional with strong technology project delivery experience and a proven track record of applying assurance in complex, regulated environments. Our client is open to hiring aspirational and driven individuals committed to building high-performing teams in an entrepreneurial and autonomous culture.

This globally respected firm offers an entrepreneurial boutique-style business environment locally, as well as the deep subject matter expertise, world-class methodologies and financial backing that comes with being part of a large well-established global firm.

This independent firm's consultancy services span Technology Project Assurance, IT Audit, Technology Risk and Operational Resilience, Risk and Compliance Advisory, Technology Consulting, Cybersecurity, Internal Audit and Business Performance Improvement.

Working with an inspiring and diverse Leadership Team who are committed to their teams' development, employees of this firm enjoy the freedom to generate exciting and challenging pieces of work in their areas of interest without the frustration of external audit conflicts rendering clients off-limits.

Our client promotes a flexible, family-friendly work environment, progressive wellbeing policies and internal networking groups, a holistic suite of benefits and a competitive remuneration package including bonus.

The Role

The primary focus will be leading the execution and delivery of technology project assurance services, providing exceptional service to clients. Understanding the client's business needs and demonstrating technical expertise in their specific product group and industry will be crucial to achieving this.

Additionally, the Successful Individual will:

Identify, mitigate, and manage risks during all stages of technology projects while fostering a risk-aware culture among project teams.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring effective risk management practices are integrated throughout all projects.
Review delivery, governance, and risk management of complex transformation programs.

Including reviews of:

Ongoing system implementations.
Project health checks.
Project governance.
System integration.
System testing.
Business change management.
Benefits management.

Your Profile

The Ideal candidate is a highly accomplished, articulate and credible consulting professional from one of the Big 4 consulting firms, a large technology consulting business or a boutique consulting practice. Alternatively, our client is also keen to meet individuals who may currently be working in industry and are seeking a return to the consulting world.

The ideal candidate must be able to engage across the entire delivery lifecycle of an IT project and bring a risk and compliance mindset embedded into delivery assurance.

Our client will create tailored career plans to ensure the cadence of an accelerated career plan to the next level for each team member and is keen to consider individuals who are currently at a Associate Director or Senior Manager level.

Key attributes for success in this role include:

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Computer Information Systems).
End-to-End Technology Delivery Knowledge - hands-on understanding across all phases: requirements gathering, solution design, technical architecture, build, system integration, testing, data migration, cutover, and go-live readiness.
Design and Architecture Fluency - able to interrogate and assess design decisions, technical scope, data flows, interfaces, and integration points and confident engaging with architects, engineers, and technical leads to evaluate delivery feasibility and architecture integrity.
Testing and Implementation Risk - including test planning, environment readiness, data quality, traceability, defect management, and go/no-go decision governance.
Regulatory Assurance Experience - understanding of how to assess delivery controls, documentation quality, and evidencing compliance and defensibility.
Financial Services & Technology Exposure - deep knowledge of financial services delivery contexts – core platforms, high data sensitivity, operational resilience, data lineage, and security.
Assurance Review Leadership - scope, plan, and execute assurance reviews (e.g. health checks, deep dives, control assessments). Experienced in developing meaningful lines of inquiry, conducting stakeholder interviews, synthesising evidence, and driving outcomes.
Experience in contributing to growing revenues through leveraging commercial contacts and diversifying the services offered to existing clients.
Prior exposure to supervising in a team environment, coaching strong teams and fostering interpersonal connections.

What this firm can offer to prospective Employees

Tailored progression and promotion planning.
Varied projects and engagements across a diverse client base, including some of Australia's largest organizations.
A career with the opportunity to learn, inspire and advance within a collaborative and diverse company culture.
Consistent recognition as a great place to work by employees, peers and external research organizations.
Flexible work arrangements to suit individual needs, recognizing the importance of work-life balance.
A strong track record and appetite for growth nationally and globally.
Attractive compensation including bonus earning potential.
Professional membership reimbursements and study assistance.
Generous Leave policies.
National and International diversity, equity and inclusion networking groups.
Global Mobility program.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY APPLICANTS WITH FULL WORKING RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

Seniority level

Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment typeFull-time

Job function

Job functionInformation Technology, Project Management, and Consulting
IndustriesProfessional Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Business Consulting and Services

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