Group Assurance Manager

Job Description

Life at Fulton Hogan is about making the most of opportunities, taking responsibility, and making it happen. We appreciate our peoples’ courage, curiosity and unique perspectives, and look to collaborate as much as possible to explore safer, smarter and more efficient ways of working in this rapidly changing world. We don’t stand still – there are always opportunities to do more and do better.

• Keen to progress your career? Take full advantage of our tailored training, leadership, and mentoring programs; or leverage our partnerships with industry association such as Engineers Australia, Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, The National Association of Women in Construction, plus many more.

• Looking to enhance your wellbeing? We will encourage you to explore flexible working arrangements where possible. We offer great benefits, including corporate health and fitness programs, health insurance discounts, personal banking support, a range of retailer discounts, up to 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave and up to 10 days paid secondary carers leave, access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family), and the option to take more time for yourself throughout the year with our Purchase Leave Policy.

• Want to help us better the communities we live and work in? Our purpose of creating, connecting, and caring for communities is more than a saying to us – it’s a way of thinking, working, and living because we're locals too, and seek to give back in ways that strengthen and build resilient communities. We do this because we genuinely care, enjoy what we do, and even manage to have some fun along the way! You’ll find us partnering with local and national community groups, like Clontarf Foundation, Black Dog Institute, and Soldier On, in addition to indigenous groups and social enterprises, to ensure that our good work positively impacts and brings about sustainable change within our industry.

• Do we offer a ‘competitive’ salary package? Of course! Speak to our Talent Acquisition or People & Culture team to learn more.

What’s on offer?

Fulton Hogan is seeking to hire an ambitious and qualified professional to join the Group Risk and Assurance (GRA) team. You will hold the role of Group Risk and Assurance Manager - Australia. You will be reporting directly to the General Manager, Group Risk & Assurance, with flexibility to be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

The role will suit an individual who potentially began their career at a consulting firm and has since been working in an internal audit and/ or risk function. The role involves dealing with stakeholders across all of Fulton Hogan, so your skills in stakeholder management, communicating and partnering with teams across the business will set you up for success. The ability to balance multiple reviews and projects concurrently will be important.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Engage with personnel across the organisation to enthusiastically promote Fulton Hogan’s values and the benefits of effective risk management and assurance practices.
• Perform strategic, operational, financial and compliance audits reviewing internal processes and control environments.
• Deliver assigned components of the overall internal assurance plan with proficiency in internal auditing and risk management. In doing so, review the effectiveness of Fulton Hogan’s governance, risk management and internal control practices.
• Develop end-to-end process maps, risk and control registers and audit programs and undertake detailed analytical testing work to support audit conclusions, recognise relevant themes and make insightful recommendations.
• Support the maintenance of the Group Strategic Risk register and facilitate periodic updates.
• Where required, assist with internal investigations in response to whistleblower disclosures and support the General Manager Group Risk & Assurance with governance-related activities, special projects and ad-hoc requests.

How you’ll connect to the role?

You will be CA/CPA qualified or hold relevant equivalent tertiary qualifications within field of finance, risk management or internal auditing and have experience in a similar role working in a large, complex, a fast-paced and dynamic business environment. Your demonstrated experience in the promotion and education of risk, internal control management practices at all levels of an organisation and the ability to assess risks will set you up for success. Proven knowledge of assessing compliance with standards and procedures, laws, rules and regulations is highly regarded.

Given this is a key role within the organisation, you will be a confident and effective communicator who enjoys forming working relationships with all management and staff levels across the company.

Your ability to plan and execute programs of work to agreed timeframes, conducting multiple and varied streams of work concurrently and flexibility to travel/conduct short trips to other Australian work sites will see you quickly become an integral member of this tight-knit team.

You will foster a culture within the organisation that will allow risk and assurance to become a trusted advisor that supports the organisation in achieving and delivering on its strategic priorities.

Our people share the same set of values that keep us REAL. Respect, Energy and Effort, Attitude and Leadership encapsulate what we stand for at Fulton Hogan and encourage us to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where we listen to, care for, celebrate, and respect everyone.

We are committed to reconciliation and building and nurturing respectful relationships with First Nations peoples. Through our First Nations Engagement Strategy and Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), we aim to promote opportunities, cultural understanding and partnerships that celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous communities.

If our values resonate with you, please submit an application for the position. If you’re not sure that you meet 100% of the selection criteria, that’s okay, we would still like to hear from you and potentially discuss how your skills could be utilised at Fulton Hogan.

For over 90 years, Fulton Hogan has been delivering high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people every day. Our 10,000+ team works in every kind of weather and environment, creating, connecting, and caring for communities across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.

We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply.