Senior Manager, Risk & Compliance

For almost 70 years, Export Finance Australia has helped Australian businesses grow and succeed internationally with finance to secure opportunities, expand into new markets and diversify their presence. We support critical minerals and defence sectors, finance projects that strengthen economic resilience and advance net zero, and back Australian investment in sustainable infrastructure. 

Working with banks, other Government agencies and international partners, we back Australia’s exporters, supply chain businesses and industries, contributing to a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific while advancing Australia’s trade, investment and economic security objectives.  

The Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance plays a pivotal role in embedding a best-practice risk and compliance management framework within EFA. This position focuses on effective business partnering and educating employees on the value of a robust approach to risk and compliance, fostering a strong risk-aware culture across the organisation. The role is dynamic and requires broad engagement with compliance matters, as well as regular interaction with senior management and multiple business divisions.

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

About you

• Provide advice on compliance implications for transactions, new products, projects and processes.
• Conduct due diligence and deliver compliance advice on transactions (e.g., equity investments, funds, on-lending).
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, standards, government policies, and internal policies.
• Develop and update risk and compliance policies, procedures, and frameworks.
• Identify and manage potential conflicts of interest related to employees or transactions, including escalation to senior management.  
• Support and train first-line business teams to maintain effective risk and compliance processes.
• Lead investigations into compliance issues and incidents, ensuring timely resolution.
• Monitor regulatory trends, assess emerging risks, and prepare reports for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain Risk & Compliance registers (e.g., conflicts of interest, complaints, gifts & benefits).

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Law, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in compliance, legal, or regulatory environments.
• Proven experience in business compliance or compliance advisory within investment banking, corporate finance, or capital markets.
• Strong working knowledge of capital markets, financial services laws, regulatory frameworks, and related products.
• Deep understanding of the regulatory landscape and its implications for EFA.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. 

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our benefits and culture

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culture that is inclusive, diverse and collaborative. We are proud to be certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work for a fifth consecutive year, recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list and listed as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2025. 

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

• Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) and leave purchase opportunities
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• Thorough induction onboarding program
• Fitness Passport along with other Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• Gender affirmation leave
• Income Protection Insurance
• Community volunteering
• and many more!

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Applications close: 1 February 2025.  

Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      
  
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      

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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

About us

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

We provide finance to support Australian export trade and overseas infrastructure development across the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. Through our loans, bonds and guarantees, we support businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates – foreign governments and infrastructure projects, to take on the world. 

Working with banks, other government agencies and our partners, together we are helping drive international success for Australian businesses.

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.

We are a highly purpose-driven organisation. We seek to create an inclusive culture that values our customers and employees. Our people are expected to champion this and play a key role in achieving those outcomes. In working towards our strategy, our people display our IMPACT leadership behaviours of Frank & Fearless, Dexterous & Agile and Careful & Diligent

For more information about us, please refer to our website. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.