Head of Governance and Risk Culture

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Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we've been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. We're helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

In this role, you will drive TAL's risk culture transformation and establish us as the industry benchmark for governance excellence. This is a unique opportunity to shape TAL embeddings risk-aware decision-making while fostering innovation and growth.

• Risk Culture & Conduct: Design and champion TAL's enterprise-wide risk culture strategy, embedding risk-aware behaviours that drive competitive advantage, establish industry-leading conduct risk frameworks that proactively protect customer outcomes and position TAL ahead of regulatory expectations, and provide Board and executive leadership with strategic insights through sophisticated risk culture analytics.
• Remuneration & Performance: Embed consequence management frameworks to align performance with risk objectives and partner with Board committees to embed risk-adjusted performance measures.
• Financial Accountability Regime: Embed the implementation of TAL's Accountability Framework, including reviews, scenario testing, and design capability development programs for business representatives.
• Risk Learning Strategy: Lead risk learning transformation to build organisational capabilities and ensure regulatory compliance excellence. Establish TAL as a learning organisation that adapts to regulatory changes and market dynamics.
• Strategic Leadership & Influence: Translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable business strategies; build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups while championing accountability frameworks; build and lead a high-performing team, provide coaching and feedback, identify and develop high-potential talent, and demonstrate strong leadership.

• Proven track record of driving enterprise-wide risk culture transformation in financial services
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing consequence management frameworks that deliver measurable outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to influence organisational behaviour through strategic performance and remuneration design
• Extensive experience with Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) frameworks
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with experience engaging Boards and Executive teams
• Strong leadership capability with experience building and mentoring high-performing teams
• Experience working across multiple business units in a large and complex organisation

• TAL is one of Australia's leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We're proud to be:
  • An Inclusive Employer – Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
  • Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
  • Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here. — we're here to support you.

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone's responsibility.

If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management
• Industries: Insurance

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