Third Party Risk Manager

**Company Description**
- No. 1 Life Insurer in Australia
- Work alongside diverse, passionate colleagues and leaders who inspire, support, and value your contributions.
- Our competitive benefits package includes everything from financial literacy to health and wellness initiatives, designed with your well-being in mind

Welcome to This Australian Life.

From the millions of Australians we protect, to those that make it happen every day at TAL, people really are what we’re all about. We want to grow with you. Achieve with you. And support you to do your best work. That's why we're focused on developing leadership, promoting diversity, rewarding excellence, and retaining great talent.

We're always looking for people who want to go further with us. People who do what’s right, aim high, and work smart. Why not see where we can go?

The Third Party Risk Manager plays a critical role in ensuring TAL’s readiness and resilience to operational risks and disruptions relating to Third Parties. This includes both ensuring effective implementation of the requirements for Third Parties to TAL, as well as ensuring TAL is able to meet the requirements of our Group Superannuation Partners who will we be a Material Service Provider to.

The focus will be on understanding the requirements of the new Third Party Risk Management Policy, contributing to the uplift of the broader Third Party Risk Management Procedure and working closely with teams to implement and embed changes to the Third Party landscape - both on behalf of TAL and as the changes relate to TAL as a provider.

In this role, you will:

- Support delivery and embedment of the Third Party Risk Management Policy requirements. In particular, this will involve providing SME support to L1 as the Policy requirements are embedded to existing and new Third Parties.
- Provide review and challenge over Risk Assessments completed, and monitoring adherence to in life monitoring and offboarding requirements.
- Oversee compliance with the Policy for Material Service Providers and supporting submission of the Material Service Provider Register on an annual basis.
- Oversee maintenance and accuracy of the Third Party Register.
- Support the Group Partnerships Team where necessary to provide annual CPS230 assurance reporting where TAL is a Material Service Provider.
- Collaborate with various business units to implement and embed the specific requirements of the new Third Party Risk Management Policy and Procedure as the L2 SME.
- Work closely and maintain effective communication with a wide range of internal stakeholders including Line 1, Procurement, IT and Legal teams. External stakeholders will also include a broad range of Service Providers, Group Superannuation Partners and other Business Partners

**Qualifications**
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in risk preferably in the Insurance industry. A focus on Third Party Risk management is preferred but not mandatory.
- Experience working across multiple business units in a large and complex organisation
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Working with stakeholders of all levels of seniority
- Excellent relationship development, management and negotiation skills
- Excellent organisation skills and ability to deal with and meet constant and short deadlines

**Additional Information**

To provide you with the best experience, we can accommodate you at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team at any time.

TAL is recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice. We are proud to be a member of Diversity Council Australia and the Australian Network on Disability. For information on our reconciliation journey, please read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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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.