Risk & Compliance Specialist - Digital | 12-month Max Term Contract
- Manage incidents and strengthen controls within the digital risk profile.
- Support control assessments and identify emerging risks.
- Build partnerships across Digital, Risk & Compliance, and Internal Audit.
Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact
Join HESTA as a Risk & Compliance Specialist – Digital, a hands-on Line 1 risk role embedded within our Experience team. You’ll partner closely with Digital to manage incidents, strengthen controls, maintain the digital risk profile and uplift risk and compliance practices across HESTA’s digital ecosystem. Reporting to the Risk Senior Partner – Experience, join a high-performing team and work with the Digital Platform Manager, Digital team, 2nd Line Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit and key digital partners.
What You’ll Do
- Support the day-to-day management of Digital’s risk profile, controls, incidents and compliance obligations
- Lead the business response to digital incidents, including triage, investigation, escalation and Post-Incident Reviews.
- Support control assessments and testing, partnering with 2nd Line Risk to drive improvements.
- Identify emerging risks and develop action plans to strengthen Digital’s risk management, resilience, and control practices.
- Strengthen Digital-owned policies and procedures to support the effective management of key risk and compliance requirements, including CPS 230, CPS 234 and privacy.
- Build strong partnerships across Digital, Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit and external providers.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience in operational risk management supporting digital applications, including incident management.
- Strong understanding of risk, controls and incident management.
- Experience with a GRC platform such as Archer or equivalent.
- Knowledge of CPS 230, CPS 234, SPS 220 and privacy requirements.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- A practical, proactive approach to risk identification, problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Experience in financial services or superannuation is highly regarded, but not essential.
Why HESTA?
Join a purpose-led organisation where your work helps protect members and strengthen the digital experiences that support more than one million Australians. If you’re passionate about digital, risk and making a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you – Apply Now
Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees
- Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).
- Your professional development matters, up to $5,000 per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
- Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
- Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.
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