Operational Risk and Assurance Manager

5 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Niche Full time

**Operational Risk and Assurance Manager**
- Working from home up to 3 days a week (set up allowance paid)
- Join an organisation ready to be guided by your risk expertise
- Be part of a team improving critical services to New Zealanders
- Competitive remuneration, and well-being allowance

**Summary**
Utilise your operational risk and/or assurance expertise to continue the great work your predecessor has started.
**About the role**
With a clear improvement workplan in place, and recently upgraded risk structures, systems and processes; use your expertise and influencing skills to continue to advance the organisation’s risk capability and support managers to deliver assurance activities and implement risk mitigations.
Our client is looking for someone who is happy to be hands on and to lead a practicable, non-complicated approach to risk and assurance across the business.
**You will be required to**:

- Identify, assess, monitor, and report on operational risk in conjunction with managers
- Coordinate the implementation of risk mitigation strategies
- Manage the Board risk reporting framework
- Drive the delivery of the internal audit programme
- Lead Business Continuity and Crisis Management planning for the organisation
- Own the policy framework and process management systems

**You will**:

- Have proven experience working at a management level in a risk and assurance role
- Be a confident facilitator and influencer
- Have the ability to build strong and collaborative relationships with managers
- Be analytical and have strong report writing ability

**About the company and team**
This role is within one of New Zealand’s mid-sized regulatory authorities, who oversee critical nationwide infrastructure. They are committed to building a friendly, supportive, inclusive and wellness focused culture, offer a wellbeing and working from home allowance and they have just moved into a nice new office space in the Wellington CBD.
This is a great opportunity to join team where you will be trusted and encouraged to work autonomously at the same time as being supported to expand your experience and develop your expertise.
**How to apply**

**Job Type**: Permanent



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