Risk & Compliance Analyst

Join us and let’s make a bigger difference together.

Established in 1840, we’re Australia’s first member-owned wellbeing company. Today we have over $1 billion in revenue and provide smart solutions and services to more than 700,000 Australians. We employ over 7000 people and our purpose is to Help People to Thrive.

It’s an exciting time to be joining Australian Unity – we have grown significantly over recent years and are transforming to capitalise on further growth opportunities to help our customers and employees thrive. We operate with commercial principles and with a strong social purpose to create community value. Australian Unity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our Opportunity:

We currently have a 18 month fixed term full time opportunity for a Risk and Compliance Analyst to join our Home Health Risk, Compliance and Quality Assurance Team.  You will assist in overseeing risk and compliance processes, designing and performing control testing, monitoring and analysing key risk and control indicators and overall the effectiveness of risk and compliance management systems. 

Accountabilities include:

• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of risk and compliance procedures to ensure they meet best practice risk management and regulatory requirements.
• Perform analysis and review across the risk management system to derive risk insights and learnings and to ensure consistency of approach throughout the organisation
• Contribute to initiatives that increase business awareness of the risk management and compliance frameworks including the linkages between risk appetite, risk assessment, obligations, control assessment and incident management.
• Contribute on the development and roll-out of risk and compliance training that supports values-driven culture and a mature risk and compliance capability by working collaboratively with the business and Group Risk & Compliance team.
• Monitor and maintain data governance in the GRC system (Archer), ensuring any incidents, metric reporting and control test are being completed appropriately.
• Design and perform control testing to provide second line assurance that controls are designed appropriately and are operating effectively.
• Critically assess whether current controls in place provide sufficient risk mitigation, are appropriately designed and are operating effectively in the context of Australian Unity’s business environment.
• Assist the business units to identify, establish and manage key risk and control indicators to provide continuous notification of changes in risk exposure and compliance.
• Prepare regular reporting for Boards, Committees and Senior Management on control testing outcomes and key risk and control indicators.

About You:

To be successful in the role you will be able to demonstrate the following capabilities / experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of two years post-graduate experience in a risk and compliance or related role
• Industry experience relevant to Australian Unity’s business portfolios or a strong working knowledge of Aged Care or health services legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with working agilely in fast passed structured and complex corporate environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks to tight deadlines and the flexibility to handle constantly changing priorities

What’s on Offer:

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary + bonus program
• Enjoy additional yearly Well-Being and Community leave days
• 14-week paid parental leave, with equal benefit for both parents
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program – support and assistance for you and your partner at those times in life when you need it most
• Maxxia Rewards - a great range of discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants.
• Discounts across the Australian Unity business including Private Health Insurance, General Insurance + more!
• Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform

For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.