Senior Internal Auditor

Senior Auditor – Enabling Functions

Australian Unity - Melbourne

Hybrid | Purpose‑driven organisation

About us

Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community.

As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the Australian community.

For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms.

The Opportunity

The Senior Auditor – Enabling Functions is responsible for leading and executing independent, risk based internal audits and advisory services across the organisation’s corporate support functions. This includes Finance, People & Culture, and Governance (Risk, Legal & Compliance). The role applies sound professional judgement, critical thinking and business insight across these critical areas to evaluate governance, risk management and control environments, and to provide practical, value-adding recommendations that support management and the Board in achieving strategic objectives.

This role requires an understanding of enabling functions, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while maintaining professional independence. The Senior Auditor is expected to consistently deliver high quality audits, clear insights, and practical recommendations, while mentoring less experienced auditors and contributing to the continuous uplift of the internal audit function

What You’ll Be Doing

Annual Audit Planning

• Assist the Senior Audit Manager, Enabling Functions to develop the Internal Audit Plan for Group Enabling functions, ensuring risk-based coverage of financial, operational and regulatory compliance risks

Risk and Control Expertise, including regulatory and compliance

• Evaluate how the business identifies, assesses, and manages financial (including liquidity, investment and capital management) and operational risks, including compliance with relevant regulatory obligations.
• Assess compliance with key legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to enabling functions, including employment law, payroll tax, superannuation, and financial reporting obligations.

Execute end-to-end internal audits

• Execute end‑to‑end audits, from planning, scoping, and fieldwork through to reporting.
• Deliver audits in line with Group Internal Audit methodology, ensuring quality, timeliness and actionable insights.
• Assess control design and operating effectiveness.
• Form balanced, defensible audit conclusions supported by sufficient and appropriate evidence.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with Business Leaders across Enabling Functions.
• Act as a strategic partner to support the continuous improvement of control environments and risk and compliance culture.
• Communicate audit insights and recommendations in a clear, constructive, and commercially relevant manner.

Applications Close: March 27th, 2026 

About you

You are an analytical, proactive Internal Audit professional with expertise managing complex governance, risk and control compliance obligations. You enjoy improving processes, using data to solve problems, and helping stakeholders understand internal audit in a clear, accessible way. You will have good stakeholder influencing and relationship development skills with a focus on innovation and a continuous improvement mindset.

You will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Relevant professional qualifications such as CA, CPA, CIA, CISA, or CIPS are highly desirable.
• 5+ years of internal or external audit experience, with significant exposure to corporate or enabling functions.
• Strong knowledge of internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO), governance, and risk management practices.
• Demonstrated experience auditing financial controls and financial reporting processes.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in or auditing large, complex and highly regulated organisations.

Why Join Us?

At Australian Unity, we provide a supportive, flexible and purpose‑driven environment where you can make a meaningful impact.

You will enjoy:

• Competitive salary
• Additional wellbeing and community leave days
• 14‑week paid parental leave (equal for all parents)
• Hybrid working model
• Employee Assistance Program
• Maxxia Rewards – discounted retail, travel, entertainment
• Discounts on Australian Unity products including Health, General Insurance and more
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development programs

If you’re looking to step into a leadership role where you can make a meaningful impact across a purpose‑driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and join us in shaping better outcomes for our members and community.

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.