Risk and Compliance Consultant

*ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets
Why join the ASX?*
When you join ASX, you're joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you'll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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*We are more than a securities exchange*
The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We're proud of the diversity of our organisation and the culture of inclusion that all our people help to build every day. Our employee-led groups are known for celebrating cultural and religious events, championing LGBTIQ+ inclusion (recently achieving AWEI Bronze), inspiring giving and volunteering, promoting gender equality, and wellbeing. We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a member of the Champions of Change Coalition for the advancement of gender equality in Australia.

About The Team
The Risk and Compliance Consultant is responsible for supporting the Line 1 Risk & Compliance Partner in continuously improving risk and compliance maturity across Markets division.

Markets Risk and Compliance is a centralised function set up to partner with the business in order to protect the licence to operate, improve risk maturity and promote best practice risk and compliance management across the division.

What You Will Be Doing
How we do things at ASX is just as important as what we do. This means, if you're a people leader, you will be responsible for both the core duties outlined below, and providing leadership to your team to ensure we foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment, where people feel empowered, accountable, and deeply connected (as outlined in our Leadership Principles).

• Leverage your risk and compliance expertise to enhance risk maturity and support evidence-based approach to compliance management, aiming for Compliance by Design.
• Assist with compliance assessments across all regulatory obligations applicable to the Markets division. Support the business with risk profile reviews and assessments.
• Collaborate with Markets SMEs to develop and implement risk management strategies, and assist the Line 1 risk team in prioritising risk mitigation efforts.
• Assist with managing and reporting risks and compliance issues related to proposed business strategies and plans, ensuring alignment with the agreed risk appetite through an objective and balanced approach.
• Design, produce, and continuously improve risk and compliance reporting. Contribute to and prepare materials for internal working groups and meetings. Support the coordination of risk and compliance governance activities, which includes updating risk and compliance working group packs, minutes, process flow charts, GRC system updates etc.
• Assist with the Control Assurance process by supporting the planning, execution and reporting of assurance activities across the business.

What You Will Bring
Must have

• Experience in Risk and Audit functions in Financial Markets and/or first tier consulting firm(s) supporting Financial Services.
• Experience in designing and testing controls through internal control assurance, regulatory and/or internal audits.
• Experience in improving organisational resilience and assurance in highly automated environment will be highly regarded.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and manage a wide variety of stakeholders, specifically in a line 1 or line 2 risk management role.
• Experience in planning, collation, aggregation and facilitation of information and reporting (e.g. risk assessments, control testing).
• Challenged the status quo and demonstrated an ability to grasp key concepts quickly.
• Experience in working in a highly regulated environment and ability to assess compliance with requirements.

Nice To Have

• Good understanding of financial products, market operations and core technology concepts (understand trading/ market concepts and can assess how process, system and data risks impact system outcomes).
• Good grasp of ASIC and RBA focus areas and experience during regulatory reviews or remediation programs.
• Comfortable working with technology and data with advance excel skills and an interest in automation, dashboards and continuous control monitoring.
• Relevant certification such as CA /CPA /CFA/ CISA/ FRM.

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you'll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the criteria of this role. If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know.

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.