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Back Office / Data Entry
Controls Advisory and Assurance Manager
Back Office / Data Entry
#35454
Remote / WFH
Challenger
Job Description
Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing $128.2 billion in assets (as at 31 December 2025). Life with us is fast moving and always exciting. Together we’re driving to deliver our vision to provide our customers with financial security for a better retirement.
We achieve this goal by providing a work environment where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed.
Controls Advisory and Assurance Manager
You’ll help shape how controls assurance is delivered across the business – a role that will touch every part of Challenger, giving you real breadth.
You’ll be joining a business that is risk-mature, open to challenge, and actively investing in strengthening its control environment - giving you the opportunity to make a visible impact early and build capability over time.
Based in our Sydney office, you’ll enjoy flexible working (3 days in the office, 2 from home).
About the role
This is a newly created role, so you won’t be inheriting a backlog or picking up where someone left off. The foundations are in place - the opportunity is to build on them and bring greater rigour and consistency to how controls assurance is delivered across the business.
You’ll partner closely with stakeholders to review and improve control design and documentation, strengthening the quality and clarity of controls (including ownership, purpose and evidence).
You’ll also support stronger alignment between risks, controls and compliance obligations providing constructive challenge and guidance to help ensure controls operate effectively in practice.
You’ll also:
Support the prioritisation of testing across key risks and critical operations, assessing control design and operating effectiveness using a structured, risk-based approach
Contribute to thematic reviews and targeted deep dives across key risk areas
Support issue management and remediation oversight, ensuring clear ownership and follow-through
Help uplift the use and quality of our GRC system, ensuring accurate capture of risks, controls, testing outcomes and issues
Contribute to training, guidance and coaching to build Line 1 and Line 2 capability in control design and assurance
The skills and experience you’ll need
You're someone who enjoys getting into the detail but also stepping back to improve how things are done. You might be a manager from audit ready to make your first move into industry, or a Senior Controls Analyst already working in financial services looking for broader ownership - either way, you're comfortable being hands-on in delivery.
You’ll bring:
Experience in controls assurance or control design and testing, ideally gained in internal or external audit within a professional services firm, or a Line 2 risk role in financial services.
A solid understanding of risk and compliance frameworks within a regulated financial services environment
Strong knowledge of control design and testing methodologies
The ability to assess what 'good' looks like and bring best practice thinking to control design and testing
Exposure to APRA-regulated environments (highly regarded)
We achieve this goal by providing a work environment where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed.
Controls Advisory and Assurance Manager
You’ll help shape how controls assurance is delivered across the business – a role that will touch every part of Challenger, giving you real breadth.
You’ll be joining a business that is risk-mature, open to challenge, and actively investing in strengthening its control environment - giving you the opportunity to make a visible impact early and build capability over time.
Based in our Sydney office, you’ll enjoy flexible working (3 days in the office, 2 from home).
About the role
This is a newly created role, so you won’t be inheriting a backlog or picking up where someone left off. The foundations are in place - the opportunity is to build on them and bring greater rigour and consistency to how controls assurance is delivered across the business.
You’ll partner closely with stakeholders to review and improve control design and documentation, strengthening the quality and clarity of controls (including ownership, purpose and evidence).
You’ll also support stronger alignment between risks, controls and compliance obligations providing constructive challenge and guidance to help ensure controls operate effectively in practice.
You’ll also:
Support the prioritisation of testing across key risks and critical operations, assessing control design and operating effectiveness using a structured, risk-based approach
Contribute to thematic reviews and targeted deep dives across key risk areas
Support issue management and remediation oversight, ensuring clear ownership and follow-through
Help uplift the use and quality of our GRC system, ensuring accurate capture of risks, controls, testing outcomes and issues
Contribute to training, guidance and coaching to build Line 1 and Line 2 capability in control design and assurance
The skills and experience you’ll need
You're someone who enjoys getting into the detail but also stepping back to improve how things are done. You might be a manager from audit ready to make your first move into industry, or a Senior Controls Analyst already working in financial services looking for broader ownership - either way, you're comfortable being hands-on in delivery.
You’ll bring:
Experience in controls assurance or control design and testing, ideally gained in internal or external audit within a professional services firm, or a Line 2 risk role in financial services.
A solid understanding of risk and compliance frameworks within a regulated financial services environment
Strong knowledge of control design and testing methodologies
The ability to assess what 'good' looks like and bring best practice thinking to control design and testing
Exposure to APRA-regulated environments (highly regarded)
