Governance Advisor

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

**About the team**:
For a company as big as ours, the regulatory environment is complex and increasingly evolving. Our Compliance team are trusted advisors to the business, building programs and providing advice and support to help our teams comply with these evolving requirements. At Coles, we are passionate about delivering quality products and exceptional service to our customers. As a leader in the retail industry, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of compliance and regulatory adherence. We are currently seeking experienced Compliance Business Partners to join our dynamic team and support our various business units.

**About the Role**:
Are you ready to make a significant impact at Coles Group? We are thrilled to announce a newly created role for a Governance Advisor. Reporting to the Governance and Reporting Manager, you will be at the forefront of transforming and implementing risk management and governance across our organization. This is a full-time opportunity that offers a chance to shape the future of Coles Group.

**What you will be doing**:

- Collaborate and Innovate: Work closely with the Risk and Compliance team to build, implement, and monitor adherence to key frameworks and policies, including Group Risk Management, Third Party Risk Management, Policy Governance, and Conflict of Interest.
- Drive Improvement: Conduct maturity assessments and benchmarks to identify areas for enhancement and drive continuous improvement.
- Leverage Technology: Identify and implement technology solutions (e.g., GRC, CoI, SAP Ariba) to support framework execution and extract valuable data for monitoring and reporting.
- Educate and Empower: Develop engaging communications and training programs to ensure successful framework implementation.
- Strategic Reporting: Prepare and coordinate comprehensive risk, compliance, and governance reports for the Board, Audit & Risk Committee, and Group Executive.
- Risk Management: Facilitate and coordinate the Coles enterprise risk assessment and ongoing reporting of material risks.
- Build Relationships: Manage relationships with second and third line of defence functions to align and standardize risk, compliance, and governance frameworks and programs, including developing and maintaining a risk and assurance map.

**What You'll have most of the below skills**:

- Expertise: Demonstrated experience in enterprise risk management within ASX-listed companies.
- Reporting Skills: Proven experience in coordinating and preparing Executive and Board level reports.
- Analytical Abilities: Ability to analyze, interpret, present, and report complex information effectively.
- Tech Savvy: Familiarity with Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) technology platforms is beneficial but not essential.
- Project Management: Strong project management skills, a process improvement mindset, and high attention to detail.
- Communication: Excellent report writing and communication skills.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional senior stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills with well-developed communication and influencing abilities.
- Time Management: Ability to manage competing priorities and complete tasks/projects in a timely manner to a high standard.
- Education: Tertiary degree in risk management, finance, economics, law, engineering, or a relevant discipline.

**What’s in it for you?**:

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Flexible working options**: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
- ** Office perks**:Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
- ** Discounts**: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
- ** Reward through recognition**: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
- ** Opportunities for learning and development**: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.