Group Risk & Compliance Manager

About this role

With over 1.3 million members RAC is one of WA’s most iconic and trusted brands. We are a purpose-led member organisation striving to create greater value for our members and deliver on our purpose to be “The driving force for a better WA.”

We are looking for a Group Risk & Compliance Manager to join our Group Risk & Compliance team and play a key role in strengthening risk management, compliance, and assurance across RAC Group, excluding RAC Insurance.

Reporting to the*Group Chief Risk Officer;*this is a highly collaborative role where you will partner with leaders and risk owners across the organisation to provide trusted advice, challenge, and practical solutions across operational risk, compliance, and governance.

You will help the business understand and manage risk within appetite, while contributing to the continued development of RAC’s risk management culture and capabilities.

What you will be doing

• Partnering with business units to provide practical risk, compliance, mitigation, and strategic risk advice.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of risk and compliance frameworks, policies, standards, processes, and procedures.
• Helping embed RAC’s new risk management system, including risk taxonomy, process mapping, reporting, and guidance.
• Developing insightful risk dashboards and reporting for risk committees and governance forums.
• Supporting risk-based compliance monitoring and reviews against legislation and compliance obligations.
• Conducting assurance reviews across business units and RAC locations.
• Supporting the ongoing development of a strong risk culture through education, guidance, and engagement across the three lines of defence.
• Providing trusted advice to risk owners on risk assessment, appetite, controls, and mitigation strategies.
• Leading oversight of incident management, including triage, investigation, root cause analysis, and assessment of potential breach reporting.
• Working with Internal Audit and supporting the timely resolution of audit findings.
• Building strong relationships with Executives, business leaders, auditors, regulators, and other key stakeholders.

What you will bring

• Tertiary qualifications in a financial or business-related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience applying risk management frameworks, policies, and principles.
• A strong understanding of relevant Australian laws, regulations, and standards.
• Experience with risk management systems and recognised best-practice approaches such as ISO 31000.
• Strong judgement, critical thinking, and decision-making capability.
• The ability to navigate complexity, identify emerging risks and translate technical risk requirements into practical business outcomes.
• Effective communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills, with the ability to work autonomously across a diverse workload.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and a genuine interest in continuously improving risk management.

What can we offer you?

• A workplace culture where our people feel valued, respected, and empowered.
• Work in flexible ways that meet work/life commitments and support wellbeing.
• Be part of a purpose led organisation that gives back to the WA community.
• An environment that values ongoing career development.
• Free Roadside Assistance and discounts on RAC products and services including Insurance, Holiday Parks and Resorts, Security, Finance and Auto Services.
• Opportunities for community engagement and corporate volunteering.

Applications Close COB Tuesday 1st September 2026.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as RAC reserves the right to close this vacancy without notice.

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