About Avant Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 125 years. It was established by a small group of doctors in 1893, who wanted to “protect themselves from actions arising out of the practice of medicine”. Avant now represents 82,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers. As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities. The commitment to members and the profession from our ~950 staff has resulted in over 50% of Australia’s doctors choosing to be Avant members, delivered annual revenues of $445 million and net assets of ~$2 billion. About Doctors’ Health Fund Doctors’ Health Fund (est. 1977) is a restricted private health insurer; the only health fund in Australia that exclusively serves the medical community and their families. We are one of Australia’s fastest growing health funds and now cover more than 50,000 lives. Proudly part of the Avant Mutual Group, Australia's leading Medical Defence Organisation, we are owned by doctors, not shareholders. We support the medical community by offering quality health covers and exceptional member service. We align our values to the profession by advocating for freedom of choice and clinical independence, while only supporting medically-evidenced treatments and therapies. We operate nationally with our head office in Sydney. As a wholly member-centric organisation, dedication to our members is embedded in our values, mission, people and culture. About the Role This role will provide tailored support in 1st Line of Defence Risk capabilities for the business to effectively identify and manage operational risk. It also has responsibility for overseeing the Compliance functions of Doctors’ Health Fund (DHF). The role will partner with the business supporting sound risk management practices in line with the Avant Operational Risk Framework, including providing support to the business in identification of operational risks and controls, identifying areas for key controls improvement in a way that improves business efficiency, effectiveness and deliver on business objectives. Key Accountability for the role includes: 1. Drive risk maturity and embed risk culture across DHF through stakeholder engagement and capability building 2. Ensure compliance with APRA CPS standards include 220/230/234, ASIC and regulatory obligations, maintaining Material Risk registers and Operational Resilience frameworks 3. Lead risk-in-change management across projects and initiatives, conducting assessments and partnering with project teams to mitigate risks 4. Own incident and issues management, RCSA/CAP programs, and timely closure of regulatory and audit actions 5. Prepare and present executive risk reporting to the Operational Risk Committee and senior leadership 6. Build collaborative partnerships with business units and material service providers as a trusted risk advisor. To be successful you will have: • Relevant tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Finance, Law or an associated discipline• 5 - 7 years risk and /or compliance experience • Must have experience in Financial Services Risk environment If this role sounds like the one you have been looking for and you are ready to hit the ground running, please apply now.
