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The Audit Director – People & Risk Culture is responsible for leading Internal Audit’s specialist assurance over the Bank’s Risk Culture, acting as the Internal Audit subject matter expert for People Risk, and providing assurance coverage over the Talent & Culture function, including ANZ Staff Super. 

The role provides independent third line assurance on how organisational behaviour, leadership practices and people-related frameworks influence risk management outcomes across the Group, including delivering bank-wide Risk Culture assurance, forming consolidated thematic insights, and supporting Board and Executive Management oversight in line with prudential expectations such as CPS 220 Risk Management. 

Reporting to the General Manager Audit – Financial Crime, Risk & Risk Culture, this role plays a key leadership position within Internal Audit, shaping how assurance is delivered across Risk Culture and Talent & Culture, maintaining strong senior stakeholder relationships, supporting the delivery of Internal Audit’s strategic priorities, and role modelling the standards, behaviours and independence expected of audit leaders. 

Role Type: Permanent 

Role Location: Melbourne, Brisbane 

Work Hours: Full time 

What could your day look like?

As the Audit Director – People & Risk Culture, you will be accountable for: 

• Accountable for the delivery of independent audit coverage across bank-wide Risk Culture and the Talent & Culture portfolio, including ANZ Staff Super, aligned to key risks, organisational behaviour and regulatory expectations. 
• Form clear, evidence-based views on the effectiveness of risk culture, people risk and governance, including how behaviours and leadership practices influence risk management outcomes. 
• Own Risk Culture methodology, shaping standards, tools and approaches to ensure consistent, high-quality and judgement-led assurance, and supporting its application across the audit function. 
• Own People Risk subject matter expertise, shaping audit planning and coverage priorities across the Group and forming Internal Audit’s consolidated view on control effectiveness and emerging risks. 
• Lead the delivery of centralised Risk Culture assurance and provide oversight where Risk Culture and People Risk are assessed across broader audits. 
• Provide constructive challenge and influence to senior stakeholders to strengthen risk culture, people practices and control environments. 
• Oversee audit delivery across Risk Culture reviews and Talent & Culture coverage, ensuring high-quality, timely outcomes, strong audit discipline and delivery in line with Internal Audit methodology and Global Internal Audit Standards. 
• Lead, develop and mentor audit teams, building specialist capability in risk culture and people risk across the function. 
• Drive continuous improvement in audit methodology, quality and stakeholder experience, including strengthening capability to assess behavioural drivers and root causes. 
• Support regulatory engagement, including supervisory interactions and reporting to Executive Management and the Board, contributing to regulatory confidence and requirements such as CPS 220 Risk Management. 

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you’ll ideally bring the following: 

• Risk Culture expertise: Deep understanding of risk culture and how behaviours, leadership practices and organisational dynamics influence risk management outcomes, including the ability to form clear conclusions on the effectiveness of the Bank’s risk culture and alignment to prudential expectations such as CPS 220 Risk Management. 
• Organisational behaviour: Understanding of how leadership practices, incentives, decision-making dynamics and escalation behaviours influence organisational outcomes, including the ability to assess behavioural drivers of risk and apply relevant professional standards (e.g. IIA Topical Requirement on Organisational Behaviour).
• People Risk expertise: Expertise in people risk management, including workplace health and safety, employment practices and employment obligations, and the ability to assess the effectiveness of governance, frameworks and controls managing these risks.
• Internal Audit and assurance expertise: Extensive experience delivering Internal Audit or assurance engagements within large, regulated organisations, with strong understanding of risk-based assurance approaches and the ability to form clear, evidence-based conclusions.
• Talent & Culture governance frameworks: Understanding of governance and frameworks supporting people management, including talent management, organisational design, workforce governance and risk culture initiatives.
• Stakeholder engagement and influence: Strong capability to engage credibly with senior business, risk and operations stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and influence improvements in risk management and control environments.
• Leadership and people development: Experience leading, coaching and developing audit teams, building professional judgement, capability depth and succession through active involvement in assurance delivery.
• Regulatory engagement and thematics: Experience contributing to regulatory reviews, thematic assessments, remediation activity or organisation-wide change initiatives within large, regulated environments are advantageous.
• Qualifications: Tertiary qualification in accounting, audit, risk management, business, human resources or a related discipline. Professional qualifications such as CIA, CA or CPA are desirable, while study in organisational behaviour, behavioural science, leadership or risk management is advantageous.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 118702 .
 

Job Posting End Date

06/07/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)