At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead enterprise risk strategy and governance for a major financial services group.
- Company: Well-established, publicly listed financial services organisation with a diverse portfolio.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, leadership role, and opportunity to shape risk culture.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team focused on operational resilience and strategic growth.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact on risk management in a dynamic financial environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience as a CRO or senior risk executive in regulated financial services.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
The Opportunity
Pacific Talent Partners has been exclusively retained to appoint a Chief Risk Officer for a well-established, publicly listed financial services group.
Operating as a significant player in the broader credit and lending market, the organisation maintains a diversified portfolio supported by robust funding structures and wholesale capital markets.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Risk Officer will take overall accountability for the group's enterprise risk, legal, compliance, and governance frameworks.
The mandate requires a commercially pragmatic executive to act as an independent advisor to the CEO, Board, and executive leadership, fostering a strong culture of risk ownership across all business units.
Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise Risk Strategy & Governance: Lead the development and continuous improvement of the group's enterprise risk framework, Risk Appetite Statement, limits, and escalation pathways.
- Credit, Portfolio & Lending
Risk: Provide independent oversight of credit risk across residential mortgage and asset finance portfolios, monitoring underwriting standards, arrears, hardship, provisioning, and macroeconomic trends.
- Compliance, Conduct & Regulatory
Engagement: Oversee compliance management across credit, financial services, privacy, AML/CTF, and consumer protection, maintaining transparent, constructive relationships with regulators.
- Operational Resilience & Emerging Risk: Oversee operational risk, business continuity, third-party risk, cyber resilience, technology, data integrity, and AI governance.
- Board & Committee Reporting: Serve as the primary risk lead for the Board Risk Committee and executive forums, delivering meaningful, forward-looking insights and risk analytics.
- Risk Culture & Business
Partnership: Champion a strong, transparent risk culture across all lines of business, providing practical advice on product design, lending, transformation, and funding decisions.
- Risk Function & Governance
Leadership: Lead and develop the Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Company Secretariat teams, ensuring functional capability, succession depth, and three-lines assurance alignment.
- Core Competencies
- Executive
Leadership: A proven track record as a CRO, Deputy CRO, or senior risk executive within an ASX-listed, regulated financial services, banking, or non-bank lending environment.
- Credit & Lending
Expertise: Deep experience in credit risk oversight, responsible lending, underwriting standards, portfolio analytics, and hardship settings within mortgage and asset finance.
- Governance & Regulatory Acumen: Comprehensive understanding of ASIC, ASX, AML/CTF, privacy, consumer credit, and conduct obligations relevant to a listed lender.
- Operational & Technology Resilience: Strong capability in operational risk, business continuity, cyber security, data risk, third-party risk, and modern AI/technology governance.
- Commercial & Strategic Mindset: The ability to provide independent, credible challenge while connecting risk insights to enterprise performance, strategy, and business execution.
- Stakeholder
Management: Sophisticated communication and negotiation skills with a track record of engaging credibly with Boards, Audit/Risk Committees, regulators, and executive peers.
Applicants must hold unrestricted Australian working rights.
Chief Risk Officer employer: Pacific Talent Partners
Join a dynamic and innovative boutique legal firm that values collaboration and professional growth. As an Insolvency Partner, you will have the opportunity to lead a growing practice while enjoying a competitive compensation package and a supportive work culture that fosters mentorship and development. Located in Australia, this firm is dedicated to empowering its employees to make a significant impact in the legal landscape, ensuring a rewarding and meaningful career path.
