Risk Specialist

In May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to create Lendi Group. Today, Lendi Group is Australia's largest retail mortgage broker, with a loan book in excess of $70 billion, over 1200 brokers and 225 retail stores across the country.

At Lendi Group, we use technology to drive better customer outcomes and experiences. We're passionate about what we do and like to do things differently.

As Risk Specialist, you will identify, manage, test, and mitigate risk across the Lendi group's Lending division, ensuring that we protect our customers, as well as our business and brand from risks.

• What you will get to be part of
• Drive the Lending division's maturity in key risk management by managing and implementing a key control testing framework that includes :
• Identifying key processes and key controls
• Establishing key control testing
• Addressing control gaps and recommending necessary improvements
• Proactive test controls
• Regular test effectiveness of controls surrounding key risks within procedures. This includes effectiveness of the implementation of controls, as well as challenging the effectiveness of the control design
• Understand, adhere, and comply with all company policies, risk appetite and legislative requirements including NCCP, and proactively manage high and medium priority RCSA risks
• Engage with Risk and Compliance team to ensure a consistent risk approach across all areas, and work closely with the Lending business units and external partners to ensure that procedures are documented, and risk has been addressed
• Ability to proactively identify, understand, communicate, and act on current and future risks
• Outstanding customer service centricity demonstrated by a desire to deliver a great customer experience
• Can work collaboratively with other BU's and team members to ensure risks are identified and actions are taken to delivery sustainable results
• Experience that will help you succeed in the role
• Previous experience in a risk role, preferably in a fast-paced finance / banking or Contact Centre environment.
• Background in managing and mitigating risk including implementation and testing of controls is highly desirable
• Some of our perks and benefits

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

• We're Flex First
• which means we've fully embraced flexible working from home and have metropolitan city offices for those who do want to work from the office
• A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture
• Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety
• We offer 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
• A 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Program service providing counselling and support

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive community for everyone at Lendi Group. Creating a culture that is representative of the world we live in makes us better people and our organisation gains tangible benefits, ultimately this creates a melting pot of creativity. We've joined the Project F initiative, aimed at removing the systemic barriers to achieving gender-balanced teams, and Circle In to provide an inclusive workplace for our team members who are caregivers