Risk & Controls Lead

At Prospa, we exist to unleash the potential of small business. We are building the future of small business and simplifying cashflow by building a leading platform that helps customers make payments, fund growth and reduce admin. Join us! 

Are you passionate about helping businesses strengthen risk and control practices without slowing down delivery?

Prospa is seeking a Senior Risk & Controls Lead to play a critical role in lifting our first line risk capability. This is a unique opportunity to partner directly with leaders across Operations, Product, Technology, Sales, Finance and People teams to build sustainable risk and control disciplines that support growth.

Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Risk & Legal, you'll be instrumental in driving Prospa's operational risk and controls maturity uplift. You'll focus on strengthening business ownership of risk, enhancing control effectiveness, establishing a practical first-line assurance approach and embedding a culture of accountability across the organisation.

Why This Role 

You'll work within the business to:

• Build and enhance a practical enterprise control environment
• Establish and embed first-line assurance practices
• Partner with process owners to improve control effectiveness
• Drive meaningful risk and control uplift initiatives across the organisation
• Influence senior stakeholders and executive leaders
• Help shape how risk is managed across a growing fintech

You'll leave a lasting impact by creating a more mature, scalable and resilient operating model.

What You'll Be Doing 

• Lead risk and control assessments across critical business processes.
• Build and improve Prospa's enterprise control framework and control library.
• Identify control gaps and partner with stakeholders to implement practical solutions.
• Design and execute control testing and first-line assurance activities.
• Embed strong risk management practices across business and technology change initiatives.

What you'll bring:

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical risk and controls expertise with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

• 5+ years' experience in operational risk, risk & controls, business assurance, internal audit or risk transformation
• Hands-on experience conducting RCSAs and facilitating risk workshops
• Strong knowledge of control design, control testing and control effectiveness assessments
• Demonstrated experience implementing or operating first-line assurance programmes
• Process mapping and control framework development experience
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and constructively challenging business decisions
• The ability to balance commercial outcomes with sound risk management practices
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset and comfort working through ambiguity  

 Don’t let a confidence gap get in the way of submitting your application. 

 What we offer 

As a busy grow getter, our benefits are here to help you be unstoppable in your mission. Whether it's a lofty career goal, investing in your family, saving the planet or simply feeling fulfilled: 

• Growth: There's something for everyone including learning days, a learning allowance, leadership programs, CliftonStrengths workshops, digital learning, and biannual companywide learning weeks.
• Wellbeing: Think fitness initiatives, seasonal programs (including flu shots, massages, skin checks, wellness classes), additional "Me Days" and access to holistic EAP coaching.
• Lifestyle: Find your fit with flexible working options, top notch office facilities and diverse remote/ travel work options. You can also purchase additional leave and take up to 18 weeks paid parental leave.
• Impact: Join a business that cares and is recertified as carbon neutral. And you can tap into volunteer days, our partnership with Kiva and join a range of employee resource groups.

Why Prospa? 

We're proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and recognised as a Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace in Technology, and Best Workplace in Australia. We embrace diversity in people and ideas, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful environment where we celebrate who you naturally are. 

Don't just take our word for it, check out Prospa’s culture code to see it for yourself.

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