Technology Risk Specialist

Technology Risk Specialist

Are you looking for the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a driven and insightful **Technology Risk Specialist** to join our Technology & Transformation division. This pivotal role will have you working closely with our leadership team to ensure that all risks across the division are identified, managed, and aligned with our Operational Risk Management Framework.

**About the role**:
This role will see you provide expert risk advice and guidance to the Technology & Transformation division, ensuring risks are identified early and addressed effectively. You'll act as the 'Voice of Risk' in day-to-day operations, influencing decision making processes and keeping risk at the forefront of every discussion. Working within Line 1, you'll support a culture of proactive risk management and partner with cross-functional teams to monitor, assess, and mitigate risks across technology projects, systems, and processes.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Developing an end-to-end understanding of Technology and Transformation operations, and the divisions overall objectives.
- Conducting risk assessment and assurance processes for the Division and maintaining related risk registers.
- Identifying and analysing areas of potential risk that may threaten assets and achievement of objectives.
- Incident reviews for Technology & Transformation incidents as Line 1 Risk Advisor.
- Performing controls testing on allocated controls per the controls testing schedule and related processes and documentation requirements.
- Evaluating risk scenarios by considering both the business and the technical perspectives.
- Participating in third-party assurance processes to ensure to ensure risk requirements in alignment with contracts and vendor review schedules are met.
- Conducting risk assessments, highlighting compliance gaps and risks assessed as outside appetite or tolerance.
- Running risk awareness training workshops to help uplift risk culture of the division.
- Actively contributing to and participating in the broader risk professional community, maintaining active networks both internally and across industry peers.

**About you**

We're looking for someone with a proactive mindset and a passion for driving continuous improvement while fostering a culture of risk awareness. You'll balance a strategic approach with hands-on involvement, identifying and mitigating technology risks in a rapidly evolving environment. Similarly, we also seek:

- Management of delivery and delivered risk
- Demonstrated problem solving skills, including identification of root causes of issues
- Written and verbal communication skills for a senior leadership and Executive audience
- Understanding of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) risk and security-related standards and requirements
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Business/Commerce, Computer Science, Information Technology, Project Management or other relevant fields

**A bit about People First Bank**

In March 2023, People's Choice and Heritage Bank merged to form Heritage and People's Choice Limited - Australia's leading mutual bank. We are now on an exciting journey to bring together our products, services, and technology under a single brand - People First Bank.

We have over 700,000 members and 1,900 employees, with dual head offices in Adelaide and Toowoomba, an Australian-based contract centre and branches across five states.

With a vision 'To deliver positive change through banking', People First Bank serves members and contributes to the community, while offering an inclusive, flexible work environment. We're big enough to make an impact; but agile enough to influence and do interesting work.

Job ID 300000074344441