Governance and Regulatory Affairs Lead

**Job Description** Our client’s success is our success. And you make it happen**

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future and our Group Risk and Compliance team is right there at the heart of it all. Here, you’ll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking projects that have real impact - on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams. And you’ll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow. As the largest independent payment solution providers, we’ve set the standard for over 50 years. Now, we’re preparing to pioneer the next 50.

**We are looking for a Governance and Regulatory Affairs Lead.**

The Governance and Regulatory Affairs Lead will actively drive robust governance to enable the Risk Management Framework and Strategy (RMFS) and manage industry body and regulatory engagements in accordance with internal protocols.

This is a highly visible role in the business and will be responsible for the delivery of core enablers including governance, risk culture, and industry body and regulatory engagements. The responsibilities of the role include:

- Build and lead internal community to facilitate consultation, feedback and knowledge sharing on matters relating to policy setting and reviews, regulatory change and emerging risks.
- Interacting with regulators and industry bodies and ensuring all interactions meet policy standards with accurate and timely record keeping.
- Escalating material and high risk regulator interactions via the appropriate governance channels.
- Leading the regulatory change protocol to ensure adequate identification, assessment and management of industry and regulatory changes and trends.
- Producing quality, concise and accurate risk and compliance reporting using risk data and insights to management, committees and the Board.
- Providing input to assessment on regulatory matters including breaches and attestations and preparing timely reporting and notification to relevant industry bodies and/or regulators.
- Assisting with the review and completion of FAR reasonable step assessments and co-ordinating regulatory notifications, as appropriate.
- Providing effective challenge as part of participation in the decision-making process, ensuring that material decisions are risk based, and risk frameworks support effective decision making.
- Actively participating and supporting the planning and delivery of risk initiatives and transformations.

**About You**
To be successful in this position you will have the following skills and experience:

- Relevant Tertiary qualification in a related discipline (e.g. law, finance, business, audit)
- Demonstrated experience in compliance management within the finance and banking industry.
- Demonstrated experience in governance and risk management roles, in the financial services sector, and a sound knowledge of APRA prudential standards.
- Experience with engagement with external parties, regulators and industry forums.
- Demonstrated experience in risk governance and risk reporting.
- Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and be able to demonstrate sound judgment.
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships.

**What’s it like to work here?**

As well as good pay and a great culture, we back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. We support our colleagues with flexible work arrangements through our hybrid model whilst also offering a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health & wellbeing benefits.

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