Compliance Specialist

**About Us**
Sportsbet is a leading Australian e-commerce business in the online wagering sector, bringing excitement to over 2 million Aussies. We do this by living our values to create an innovative entertainment brand, trailblazing products and best-in-class platforms that deliver great experiences to our customers.

We have over 1,300 team members at Sportsbet but as part of the Flutter Group, we’re a true global player.

**Committed To Responsible Gambling**

Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools.

We’re proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

**About The Role**

Reporting to the Head of Risk and Compliance, you will be part of the Line 1 Risk team for the Betting, Product & Data (BPD) Department. Your focus will be to assist with the design, implementation and embedding of our risk and compliance frameworks, supporting the Risk, Value & Trade Team (RVT).

The Compliance Specialist will drive compliance related activities, quality assurance and operational control testing predominately across our Risk & Trade function to build and continuously review, enhance and finetune our systems and processes to ensure with comply with our regulatory obligations and manage our commercial risks.

The Compliance Specialist will directly interface with the business as well as second-line Risk & Compliance Business Partner and members of the Legal Team by seeking legal and compliance advice. Such advice is then translated into direction and guidelines which can be operationalised by those front-line teams.

Regulatory acumen, growth mindset and strong attention to detail and accuracy serves the Compliance Specialist well in this high profiled, dynamic role.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Implement first
- and second-line risk and compliance policies and processes to ensure that regulatory obligations and commercial risks are appropriately identified, assessed, reported and monitored through control testing.
- Develop, maintain and update RVT policies, procedures and controls to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations and appropriate management of commercial risks.
- Act as key point of contact for breach & incident investigations and work with SMEs (e.g. Line 2 Risk, Legal) towards resolution, communication and alignment.
- Conduct reviews/oversee assurance of Risk & Trade key business processes and controls to ensure the continued adherence to and effective implementation of policies, procedures and regulations.
- Lead the uplift in Risk Culture across RVT and BPD.

**The Perks**

We work hard and play hard, so along with a competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus, here’s some of our other perks:

- 25 days annual leave
- Genuine flexible and remote working policy with a $1050 work from home office allowance
- Tailored career development programs
- Discounted gym memberships, free breakfast, loads of event and conference tickets
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and a Circle In membership
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time. We also have a progressive return to work benefit for your first 6 months back: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.

**Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

If you think you’d be a great fit but don’t necessarily meet everything in the job description, please still get in touch.

Read more about our contribution to Flutter’s global Positive Impact Plan.

**Need To Work Flexibly?**

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