Consultant, Risk & Compliance

About the Role

Barrenjoey is seeking an experienced Advisor/Senior Advisor to join our Risk Compliance team for a 12-month contract. This role has been created to support a significant strategic transformation program across a complex, multi-jurisdictional platform encompassing institutional securities, capital markets and advisory, funds management / asset management and private capital.

Embedded within the Compliance function, you will work directly with senior Compliance, Risk, Legal and Business stakeholders to deliver outcomes that meet regulatory requirements across Australia (ASIC, AUSTRAC), Hong Kong (SFC), the UAE (ADGM FSRA) and the United States (CFTC/NFA).

You will bring deep domain expertise from within global investment banking and institutional platform including capital markets and asset management to help design, assess and implement compliance and risk frameworks, policies, controls and processes fit for purpose in an evolving operating model. This is a rare opportunity to shape compliance infrastructure at the intersection of strategy and execution within one of Australia’s most dynamic financial services firms.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and support the design and implementation of an integrated compliance and risk framework across business units, jurisdictions and regulatory regimes
• Conduct analysis of existing compliance and risk policies, procedures and controls against transformation program requirements, identifying harmonisation priorities and sequencing workstreams
• Drive enterprise level assessment, alignment and uplift of compliance management systems, frameworks and supporting infrastructure, including but not limited to regulatory obligations matrices, compliance monitoring programs and breach/incident management frameworks.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, Legal and Business stakeholders to deliver workstreams on time and to regulatory standard
• Prepare and draft governance documentation, including board and management reporting on program progress and workstream status updates
• Contribute to stakeholder training and change management activities to embed a unified compliance and risk culture and practices across the wider organisation
• Provide subject matter expertise and advisory support on compliance and risk matters arising throughout the transformation period

About You

Essential

• Degree qualified in Law, Commerce, Finance, Accounting or a related discipline
• 5- 10 years’ experience in compliance, risk or regulatory advisory roles within global investment banking (advisory and capital markets), institutional markets, and asset management
• Demonstrated expertise across one or more of the following regulatory frameworks: ASIC (AFSL obligations, Market Integrity Rules, RG 78, RG 259), ADGM FSRA, SFC (Hong Kong) or CFTC/NFA
• Experience supporting or leading compliance transformation, regulatory uplift or large-scale program delivery within a financial services context
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality governance documentation and senior management/board-level reporting
• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver in a fast-paced, project-driven environment
• Comfortable leveraging AI and data analytics tools in a professional setting; experience with Python, SQL, Power BI or Databricks is highly valued