• Join a highly engaged, professional and collaborative team

• You will be a key member in driving effective risk management and compliance frameworks for our Financial Services business

• Permanent role based in Melbourne

We're REA

REA Group  (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-rea-group/) is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

Where the team fits in

The Risk & Assurance Team sits within the Finance & Business Services Group, headed up by Janelle Hopkins. The Finance and Business Services Group, or FaBS as we like to call them, is the engine room of REA Group. The team is comprised of Finance, Risk & Assurance, Procurement & Workplace, Financial Reporting, CXP which includes Contracts, and Customer Collections.

As the Risk & Compliance Manager you will be supporting our Financial Services Business. The Financial Services purpose is to offer home finance and other financial services to those using realestate.com.au for their property search. The financial services team is accountable for strategy development and execution, working with our banking and mortgage broker partners to build our capability and product offerings, leading sales management and engaging across the other lines of business in REA. We currently run a full-service mortgage broking business in Mortgage Choice and our vision is to provide the highest quality brokerage business that is professional, values driven and leverages REA’s unique property advantage to provide quality advice to consumers.

What the role is all about

• With the Head of Risk, Financial Services, drive the implementation and embedding of the REA Risk Management Framework within the Financial Services business. This includes the development, maintenance and monitoring of Operational Risk Profiles and Compliance Obligations with linked Key Risk Indicators and Controls.

• Assist to develop an annual Assurance Plan that includes control testing oversight activities. Assist with SOX readiness activities as required by Internal Audit team.

• Change Risk Management- Provide support to the Financial Services business by facilitating and managing risk workshops to identify, assess, and report on key risks

• Regulatory Change- Work with the Head of Risk, Financial Services stakeholders and legal, to ensure that all identified regulatory changes impacting Financial Services have undergone a Business Impact Assessment and that the regulatory change is executed and embedded into Financial Services by the required date.

• Incident management – where required, take an active role in incident management to ensure the REA Major Incident Management Framework is adhered to

• Business Continuity - Working with the Head of Risk, Financial Services and Group Resilience Manager to ensure all elements of the Business Resilience Framework are implemented and executed

• Reporting- Undertake analysis and reporting of key information relating to the management of risk exposures by the business. Provide appropriate insight and information into the Risk Committees and help prepare Packs

Who we’re looking for

• Experience in an Operational Risk and/or Compliance role, demonstrating good knowledge of risks and controls

• Previous experience managing risk in large organisations

• Excellent business and report writing skills, including for Executive and Board reports

• Experience in effectively managing relationships with Senior stakeholders, including the provision of appropriate support and professional and insightful reporting

• Excellent communication and presentation skills – ability to prepare engaging and persuasive messages to internal and external senior stakeholders. Ability to communicate with people at different levels and with contrasting levels of technical knowledge and skills

• Strong business/commercial acumen

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

*We offer: *

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.

• Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life  

• Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

*Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion  *

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

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