Risk & Compliance Manager

Company Description

Lendi Group is a market-leading digital platform business that is focused on revolutionising the entire property journey. It operates Lendi - Australia’s original and #1 digital mortgage brand - and the iconic Aussie franchise.

Powered by an advanced AI proprietary platform, a national network of 1,300 brokers, 230 retail stores, a team of experienced buyer’s agents, integrated property search and conveyancing, Aussie is supporting customers at every step of their property journey to find, buy and own with more confidence than ever before. Lendi Group’s loan book is more than $100b and it was named Australia’s Aggregator of the Year for 2024.

Why Join Us?

• Innovation at Our Core – We challenge the status quo and push boundaries to create better solutions.
   
• Work with the Best – Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in fintech, financial services, and strategy.
   
• Make an Impact – Contribute to meaningful projects that shape our business and the future of property finance.
   
• Grow & Evolve – Develop your skills and advance your career in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

The role

The Risk & Compliance Manager supports Lendi’s first line business by providing pragmatic and timely risk advice, as well as by monitoring and assessing business performance against Lendi Group’s risk appetite and risk profile. The role plays an important part in driving smart risk management practices to build Lendi’s risk maturity. Smart risk management requires innovative thinking (such as using automation and AI technologies in control design), an agile way of working and taking a pragmatic and commercial approach when supporting the business to make risk/reward decisions.  

Job Description

• Maintain a register of material risks and compliance obligations and assist with Risk and Control Self-Assessments to ensure a robust control environment.
• Conduct compliance assessments and provide support with making regulatory breach reports if required.
• Coordinate, submit and retain evidence to support the Australian Credit Licence annual compliance certificate.
• Support delivery of change initiatives to ensure compliant by design outcomes and implementation of best practice preventative and detective controls.
• Assist in the development and embedment of risk management tools and frameworks.
• Provide support on incident and issue management.
• Design and deliver operational risk and compliance training to stakeholders.
• Regularly review and improve risk and compliance management policies and procedures.
• Continuously improve and mature the risk profile by:
  • Understanding regulatory obligations and applying them across various scenarios.
  • Identifying risks and developing controls within business appetite.
  • Testing the design and effectiveness of the control environment.
  • Developing key risk indicators to monitor and measure risk outcomes.
  • Preparing content and conducting risk and controls workshops with stakeholders.
• Support ad hoc risk and compliance activities as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in risk and compliance management within consumer lending and/or credit assistance provision.
• Understanding of risks and compliance obligations associated with credit assistance provision, including ASIC RG 78, RG 205, RG 209 and RG 234.
• Good understanding of privacy and data protection obligations.
• Experience in control design, development and testing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence stakeholders of all levels.
• Degree qualification (preferred).

Additional Information

Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence.

We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

• A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture.
• Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration.
• A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work.
• generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
• An additional week’s Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years’ service.
• Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety.

Our culture is guided by our three core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. These values are part of our DNA—helping us attract, engage, and grow the right talent while building best-in-class products. Together with our principles, they guide how we collaborate, support one another, and make decisions to drive progress with purpose.

We’re committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that’s transforming the homeownership journey.

Ready to contribute to Lendi Group’s next chapter? Apply now and be part of something big!

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