Senior Risk Manager

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Base pay range A$1,000.00/daily - A$1,080.00/daily

The Opportunity This is a Senior Risk Manager opportunity providing expert challenge, advice, and oversight across a major Integrated Payroll Program and broader technology portfolio, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to ensure risks are understood, controlled, and kept within appetite in a complex, highly regulated environment.

About the Role In this role, you will act as a trusted Line 2 IT Risk advisor, providing independent review and challenge on key technology and payroll risks.

Provide expert 2nd Line of Defence review, challenge, and specialist advice on the Integrated Payroll Program and CRO team priorities

Review and challenge the adequacy of risk and control assessments, identifying gaps, issues, and practical remediation actions

Ensure risk strategy, policies, and operational risk frameworks are effectively applied across relevant programs and domains

Hold Line 1 to account for timely issue resolution, and ensure compliance with policy and IT-related obligations is monitored and maintained

Build strong relationships with Line 1, Line 2, and divisional stakeholders, ensuring risks are clearly understood, reflected, and reported

Provide high quality risk monitoring, reporting, and escalation of issues and potential loss events in line with agreed channels and structures

About You You are an experienced risk leader with deep IT risk knowledge, strong gravitas, and the ability to influence at senior levels.

Extensive professional experience in risk management, ideally within financial services, Big 4 consulting, or audit

Deep IT risk and control knowledge and experience, including data and information security risk

Proven history delivering risk assessments and supporting complex programs or projects from a risk perspective

Strong communication and report writing skills, with the ability to manage through ambiguity and apply sound judgement

Resilient, adaptable, self-driven, energetic, inquisitive, and a critical thinker with strong stakeholder and conflict management skills

Relevant tertiary or post‑graduate qualifications in IT, Computer Science, or Information Security, plus certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, or CISSP

Must have full Australian working rights, and be onshore for hybrid requirements.

The Benefits

Initial 12 month contract

Hybrid working, with 2-3 days per week in Melbourne office.

How To Apply Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please reach out, quoting reference JN -112025-41961. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Contract

Job function Other

Industries Business Content

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