Risk and Compliance Manager

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Risk and Compliance Manager to join our senior leadership team to safeguard our operations and proactively assess and mitigate risks across the firm. This role is critical in fostering a robust risk management culture and ensuring that all risk, business continuity, ESG and privacy related activities align with the strategic goals and regulatory requirements of our legal practice.

The Risk and Compliance Manager will work closely with key stakeholders to identify, assess, and address potential risks, ensuring that Bartier Perry operates within its risk appetite and maintains compliance with legislative and contractual obligations, as well as industry standards.

**Key Responsibilities**

In this role you will:

- Develop, implement and maintain comprehensive risk management and compliance programs
- Ensure client compliance by actively participating in tender processes, developing and implementing key client protocols, ensuring all contractual obligations are met, and producing comprehensive client reports. This role requires close collaboration with key stakeholders to maintain high standards of compliance and client satisfaction
- Oversee the firm’s ESG program and work collaboratively with key stakeholders and internal committees to benchmark, maintain, promote and report on this program
- Oversee Business Continuity planning and implementation
- Conduct regular risk assessments and reviews to identify potential compliance and privacy risks and ensure any gaps are addressed promptly
- Develop and implement initiatives for the continuous improvement of risk, compliance and privacy management practices
- Monitor and analyse regulatory changes, ensuring the firm’s policies are up-to-date and compliant
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to provide guidance on compliance-related issues
- Lead investigations into compliance breaches and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop and deliver training programs relating to privacy, risk and compliance, ESG and business continuity, across the firm
- Be a member of the Legal Risk Committee, and the Business Risk Committee
- Prepare reports for the board, senior management, key clients and regulatory bodies as required
- Risk Officer + member of Business Risk Committee.

**The role includes the following**:

- Risk Identification & Mitigation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Governance & Reporting
- Incident Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Data Governance & Integrity
- Training & Awareness.

**Qualifications and Skills**

**What you need to have**:

- 8-10 years of proven risk, compliance and privacy management experience in a similar role, preferably in legal or professional services
- Strong understanding of risk management, compliance and privacy principals
- Demonstrated experience in tender processes and management of contractual compliance obligations
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Law coupled with litigation experience
- Strong experience in data analysis, risk assessment, and the development of mitigation strategies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey risk-related information to various stakeholders, including senior management and the board
- Prior experience in legal or professional services or a demonstrated understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in these areas
- Financial and non-financial risk acumen, together with broad business experience across operational processes
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- High level of integrity and ethical standards.

**About Bartier Perry**

A 2024 Employer of Choice, Bartier Perry is a firm where our culture drives all that we do. This means we are down-to-earth and high-performing whilst promoting work-life balance. We work respectfully with each other, our clients and with the broader community.

We have a united focus on excellence and our supportive and inclusive culture allows everyone to reach their potential and thrive.

We are a progressive law firm that will nurture your talents and provide opportunities at every level of your career. Professional training and development programs are provided to enhance high performance and career progression.

We have a clear strategy and purpose.

From our accessible partners who actively mentor and provide guidance, through to secondment opportunities with industry leading clients, we enable our people to flourish both professionally and in their lives away from work.

**Culture & Benefits**
- Flexible working options
- 20 weeks parental leave
- Incentive bonus program for all staff
- Regular staff social events
- In house learning and development opportunities
- Staff reward and recognition program
- Study support
- Employee assistance program.

Learn more about working at Bartier Perry.

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