About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers. 

ANZ Internal Audit’s 2030 ambition is to be the leading audit function and the Bank’s trusted independent voice. We contribute to ANZ’s Group 2030 Strategy through providing the strength and perspective required for ANZ to lead the industry in trust, safety and risk management, adhering to the highest standards of non-financial risk management. 

About the Role

The Senior Audit Lead – People & Risk Culture leads complex audits and centrally driven reviews across the People & Risk Culture portfolio, delivering specialist assurance over Risk Culture and targeted People Risk, including audits of the Talent & Culture function. 

Reporting to the Audit Director – People & Risk Culture, the role contributes evidence-based assessments of governance, behavioural drivers of risk and control effectiveness, while supporting high-quality audit delivery across the Internal Audit plan. 

The role works closely with audit teams and business stakeholders to deliver credible audit outcomes, provide specialist People Risk and Risk Culture insight, and support disciplined audit delivery in line with Internal Audit methodology and Global Internal Audit Standards. 

Role Type: Permanent 

Role Location: Melbourne, Brisbane 

Work Hours: Full-time 

What will your day look like?

As a Senior Audit Lead – People & Risk Culture, core accountabilities include: 

• Lead complex and high-risk audit engagements across the People & Risk Culture portfolio, delivering independent third-line assurance aligned to the approved Internal Audit plan, including centrally driven People Risk and Risk Culture reviews and audits of the Talent & Culture function.
• Manage audit delivery to agreed timelines and budgets, ensuring disciplined execution, productive use of resources, timely escalation of delivery risks, and strong issue follow-up and validation readiness.
• Contribute to annual and ongoing audit planning for the People & Risk Culture portfolio, providing informed input on emerging people risks, risk culture themes, regulatory expectations and coverage priorities.
• Provide specialist People Risk and Risk Culture judgement to support audit delivery across Internal Audit engagements, contributing insight on behavioural drivers of risk, leadership practices and people related controls where material.
• Apply sound risk judgement and strong methodology discipline, ensuring audit work demonstrates clear understanding of key risks and conformance with Internal Audit methodology and Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Apply relevant risk management frameworks in audit delivery, including the Non-Financial Risk Framework and other applicable guidance, to strengthen risk analysis, testing and conclusions.
• Apply a data enabled audit mindset, using data, insights and structured evidence to support assessment of people and culture risks and to enhance audit quality and efficiency.
• Lead engagement with business stakeholders throughout audit delivery, maintaining effective working relationships across Talent & Culture and risk stakeholders, and escalating matters requiring judgement or direction appropriately.
• Ensure audit findings and recommendations are value adding, timely and credible, and clearly linked to behaviours, governance, risk culture and control effectiveness.
• Lead, coach and develop audit team members and foster a strong speak-up culture, role modelling challenge, integrity, independence and sound professional judgement. 

What will you bring?

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

• Internal audit expertise: Strong understanding of Internal Audit methodology, evidence standards, reporting and issue validation, applied to medium to high complexity audits and judgement led assurance activity.
• People Risk and Risk Culture capability: Deep expertise in assessing people-related risks and risk culture, including governance, behavioural drivers, leadership practices, incentives and people-related controls.
• Conduct, regulatory and fraud risk capability: Strong capability in assessing conduct and compliance risks, including how behavioural drivers contribute to misconduct, control failures and fraud risk.
• Talent & Culture business acumen: Strong understanding of governance, risk management and control frameworks supporting people management activities, including employment practices, workforce governance and conduct-related controls.
• Track record of audit delivery: Demonstrated delivery of medium to high complexity audits or workstreams with high-quality, defensible outcomes.
• Stakeholder engagement: Strong ability to engage senior stakeholders, communicate audit conclusions clearly, and manage challenge or disagreement constructively.
• Data enabled assurance: Practical experience using data and analytics to strengthen audit scoping, testing, insight and conclusions, including in assessments of people risks and risk culture.
• Leadership and culture: Experience leading or supporting audit teams and contributing to a strong speak-up and risk-aware culture.
• Good to have: Exposure to assurance, risk or control environments within large, regulated organisations; or experience contributing to judgement-led reviews, change activity or complex stakeholder environments.
• 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 121370 .
 

Job Posting End Date

24/08/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)