Head of Audit

Head of Audit - Risk and Compliance

Job number: 803732

Primary position location: VIC- Melbourne CBD

Category: Audit

Category: Compliance, Regulatory Risk & Financial Crime

Work type: Permanent Full time

Closing at: Oct :55 AEDT

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As the Head of Audit, Risk & Compliance, you will lead the strategic execution of Audit's assurance to senior stakeholders and the Board, to deliver insights that supports strong risk and compliance management at NAB.

• Set Internal Audit's vision, innovating to deliver assurance that is best in market and ensuring the team is engaged.
• Use your risk and compliance experience in this diverse leadership role.
• Provide high-quality assurance that improves the management of risk at NAB.

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

As a Head of, you will join the Internal Audit team that's focused on keeping it simple.

In this Head of role, you will:

• Develop the annual audit plan and oversee the execution of the plan.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with industry peers, and internal stakeholders to maintain knowledge of emerging risks and best practices.
• Represent Audit in first line risk forums/committees.
• Contribute to strategic assurance initiatives to ensure Audit is delivering assurance that is best in market, integrating AI, automation, data analytics and continuous monitoring to deliver scalable, risk-focused audits.
• Lead, coach and mentor the portfolio audit team, foster technical capability development, innovation, and a high-performance culture.
• Provision of insights and advice to Audit Executives, Senior Management through to the Board Risk and Board Audit Committee.

What you will bring

• Experienced professional with tertiary education and/or risk/assurance experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly convey expectations and influence improved outcomes.
• Assurance and/or Risk management and compliance capability.
• Ability to distil and communicate audit insights.
• Proven track record in managing high performing teams and managing complex change.
• Significant breadth of leadership, stakeholder management and influencing experience.

We respectfully ask candidates to hold any questions until interview process, where we'll discuss the role in detail and answer any questions. This helps to ensure a focussed, efficient and fair application process. The talent acquisition team looks forward to addressing all inquiries at that time if your application progresses.

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues' unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated. We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.

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If you think this role is the right fit for you, we would love to hear from you. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert. Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.