5 Compliance Specialist jobs in Australia
Senior Ethics and Legal Compliance Manager - ANZ
Posted 11 days ago
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Every member of Gilead's team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we're looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
**Job Description**
Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead's therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
We are seeking a **Senior Manager** **Compliance** to assist in enhancing and operating Gilead's healthcare compliance monitoring, risk assessment, and third-party due diligence programs for the Australia and New Zealand business (Gilead ANZ). The location of this role will be based in Melbourne, Australia.
The role reports to the Head of Legal and Compliance and is part of a Legal and Compliance team.
Gilead is currently changing the way its approach to healthcare compliance, and this role provides an opportunity to shape the future for Gilead ANZ.
**Essential Duties and Job Functions**
This individual will support the monitoring, risk assessment, and third-party due diligence teams with activities in compliance with relevant laws, the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct, and as Gilead's Healthcare Compliance Policies and Processes. These activities will include leveraging data analytics, risk-based sampling, leading risk assessment in healthcare compliance, training and discussions, and supporting any investigations and complaints.
The individual will work closely with colleagues across different functions, including key partners such as IT, Commercial, Development, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Finance and Clinical, among others, to leverage information from relevant systems for identification and address of potential compliance-related issues.
A key goal of this position is to help drive innovation and consistency in our approach to compliance-related monitoring, risk assessment, and due diligence to ensure both Gilead and industry best practices are shared and adopted across functions.
**Key responsibilities include the following:**
+ Support the team to develop and align on a multi-faceted healthcare compliance monitoring and risk assessment strategy.
+ Drive the timely development and propagation of ongoing enhancements to the company's healthcare compliance monitoring and risk assessment program. Including
+ Collaborate with the team to ensure timely and appropriate action is taken to address potential risks and identified issues.
+ Partner with various business functions to explore ways in which monitoring and risk assessment related data may be used to support business strategy and objectives in a compliant manner.
+ Support various business functions in designing business-led monitoring approaches of both higher risk activities and third parties.
+ Responsible for review and approval of activities and engagements in defined areas of the business, including membership of the local grants committee.
+ Development and deployment of healthcare compliance training associated with Gilead's healthcare compliance policies.
+ Day to day management of compliance and governance committees.
+ Responsible for facilitating requests for diligence on new and existing vendors, including communicating with internal colleagues and third parties to gather all required information to complete diligence.
+ Conducting review of due diligence questionnaires and external checks to identify potential red flags or areas for further inquiry.
+ Serving as a resource and point-of-contact for questions from internal colleagues and third-party representatives going through due diligence.
+ Compiling and analysing reports and metrics and presenting results to colleagues, so that we can continually assess and adjust our risk-based program.
+ Manage data flow from data sources to end reporting engine for transparency reporting of transfers of value to healthcare practitioners and other key stakeholders, including taking corrective actions and remediation of data to ensure that correct, complete and accurate data flow into the Gilead's global transparency systems.
+ Foster an energizing work environment where employees have impact on our patient-centric mission and can grow their careers.
**Knowledge, Experience and Skills**
Gilead is looking for an experienced compliance professional from the biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry. Ideally the successful candidate will have gained exposure to working within a multi-national organization with a US-based headquarters and has relevant experience with the Australian healthcare compliance laws and codes. The candidate must have a strong background and exposure to healthcare compliance-related monitoring and risk assessment, compliance-related systems, with experience in change management to support effective enhancement of Gilead operations.
**Education and Skills:**
+ 7+ years of relevant prior pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience or other experience in highly regulated industries, including extensive professional experience advising compliance issues compliance mandates.
+ Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree or other similar certification preferred. Legal qualifications and legal practicing certificate are not required but may be favourable.
+ Project management experience certification preferred.
+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
+ Able to exercise judgment and propose courses of action where precedent may not exist.
+ In-depth understanding of business objectives and how those translate into healthcare compliance priorities to deliver advice and guidance to the business.
+ Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, an inquisitive mind, and the ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed organization with multiple functions, together with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
+ Ability to present complex information in an accurate and persuasive manner to all levels of management.
+ Experience, confidence, resilience, and ability to establish rapport with key stakeholders.
+ Experience developing and using advanced Excel-based models, data analytic tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau) and conducting quantitative analysis including using AI tools.
+ Experience with conducting healthcare compliance monitoring, risk assessments and third-party due diligence.
+ Ability to plan monitoring activities with little to no oversight. This would include:
+ creating a project plan that clearly identifies the objective, scope, and monitoring approach;
+ generating interview guides that helps facilitate discussions to better understand the risk associated with processes; and
+ creating testing sheets that captures key controls which also aligns to the expectations of applicable policies.
+ Ability to execute a monitoring activity with little to no oversight. This would include:
+ performing data monitoring and analysing data for unusual trends, outliers, and compliance with applicable policies;
+ performing live monitoring to identify compliance issues through in-person or virtual review of an activity;
+ performing process monitoring to identify compliance issues through documentation review of an activity; and
+ sharing and validating preliminary observations with the business.
+ Ability to report on a monitoring activity with little to no oversight. This would include creating monitoring reports that clearly documents the objective, approach, observations, recommendations, and clearly present the objective, approach, and results of the monitoring report.
**Competencies and behaviours**
The ideal candidate will be solutions and results orientated. They will display personal and professional maturity and have a strong work ethic and personal integrity.
+ Proven leadership skills with an ability to set a vision, inspire, champion change, and drive innovative thinking
+ Collaborative, team player that leads by example
+ Strong strategic thinking skills with ability to see the big picture, and to formulate and execute strategy
+ Excellent influencing, interpersonal and communication skills
+ Demonstrated ability to network, engage and partner with other functions, and establish positive relationships
+ Strong judgment with proven ability to identify to implement solutions
+ Strong organizational and project management skills and ability to execute through others
+ Proven analytical skills and sound judgment
+ Practical approach to problem-solving
+ Consistently demonstrate and adhere to Gilead's Core Values and create and inspire a team culture committed to the same
**Gilead Core Values**
+ Integrity (always doing the right thing)
+ Teamwork (collaborating in good faith)
+ Excellence (working at a high level of commitment and capability)
+ Accountability (taking personal responsibility)
+ Inclusion (encouraging diversity)
**For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:**
Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
Risk and Compliance Specialists
Posted 23 days ago
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As a member the Promontory Australia team at IBM you will contribute to the firm's efforts in working with clients on challenging strategic, risk management, and regulatory compliance issues.
Our team of specialists offers the following services across Prudential, Conduct and AML Regulation:
· Risk Management - Providing advisory and assurance services regarding organisational transformation across risk management, governance, culture, accountability and compliance.
· Remediation Services - Assurance to regulators and firms over customer focused remediation programs.
· Regulatory Framework - Advising regulators and industry associations on building regulatory frameworks.
· Regulatory Liaison - Helping our clients navigate relationships with regulators.
· RegTech - Working with IBM teams and leveraging their technology assets in advising clients on AI based solutions and associated risk governance.
We have a diverse client base in Australia, which includes some of Australia's largest financial institutions and clients drawn from the public sector.
As an Associate Consultant, you will be responsible for managing risk, regulatory and compliance engagements on a day-to-day basis, analysing complex problems, developing recommendations to address client issues and heavily involved in reports and other deliverables. A strong consulting background with experience in non-financial risk management (including operational risk and resilience) and or superannuation is preferable. You will also be expected to draw upon your insights and networks to identify business opportunities for IBM Promontory to pursue.
**Your role and responsibilities**
To be successful in this role a candidate must have the stature to engage effectively with clients and potential clients at all levels. The candidate will also need to inspire and work effectively with team members drawn from a range of technical disciplines. Interact comfortably with executive management across industry and regulatory authorities. Key responsibilities will include:
* Manage projects and act as client point of contact on a day-to-day basis contributing to engagements being delivered to budget and meeting profit and realisation targets.
* Undertake analysis as directed and take responsibility for the preparation of project deliverables, including reports and presentations.
* Interact comfortably with executive management of and regulatory authorities, generally with a Director or Senior Principal present.
* Strong analytical skills, oral skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, simply and logically.
* Strong written communication skills with, the ability to construct well-founded, clear, and concise analyses and recommendations.
* Ability to handle complex information, solve problems, and manage multiple tasks.
* Ability to work closely with, and communicate effectively with, clients and within all levels of the organisation.
· Strong commitment to integrity and ethics.
The candidate will also be required to build and retain relationships across the industry and to identify opportunities for further work. This includes the ability to establish and maintain positive relationships and contribute to teams that are motivated to succeed.
**Required technical and professional expertise**
· An undergraduate degree in either Accounting, Commerce, Finance, or Law - with postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
· At demonstrated experience in Financial services, Consulting, Regulator, Compliance, Risk management, Governance or legal.
· Track record working in a fast-paced and unstructured environment with aptitude for identifying and developing innovative solutions to client challenges.
**Preferred technical and professional experience**
Analytics and data: Proven track record of successfully delivering highly analytical and data intensive work. Strong understanding of data governance and experience in working with large and unstructured datasets to draw meaningful and actionable insights and outcomes.
AI: A strong understanding of AI fundamentals, including AI governance, and model development and application.
Expert level capabilities in Excel (incl. advanced excel functionality and VBA / Macro development). Expert level capabilities in working with large datasets in SQL
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Compliance Manager (Australia), Risk and Compliance Solutions
Posted 15 days ago
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Elevate Compliance and Drive Regulatory Excellence in Australia's Dynamic Financial Services Landscape.
Amazon is seeking a strategic financial services compliance professional to serve as a Compliance Manager within the Second Line of Defence (2LoD) of Amazon's Payments team, based in Sydney.
The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience developing compliance frameworks across two key areas: Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) frameworks and policies aligned with AUSTRAC requirements, and regulatory compliance for payments and lending focused on ASIC and APRA standards. They will also be experienced in analysing how regulatory changes impact business operations.
This is an individual contributor role, without direct reports.
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There are also a great range of benefits that make Amazon a great place to work, including our popular Dogs At Work program which has been proven to lower stress and boost morale and is now running successfully in our corporate offices around Australia.
Our commuter benefits scheme allows employees to save on the cost of getting to and from work while Amazon also offers subsidized health insurance for employees and their dependents on top of salary continuance (income protection), and life insurance.
Amazon has all kinds of jobs for all kinds of people, and prides itself on hiring individuals with all types of background and experiences and celebrates diversity of leadership and thought as a key component in its mission to create the most customer-centric company in the world.
This position requires full-time in-office presence 5 days per week at our CBD location.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with legal and public policy teams to interpret new regulations and undertake impact analysis to inform decision-making by senior leaders.
- Define compliance requirements and determine appropriate compliance policies and controls to meet local AU regulatory obligations.
- Work with technology and operations teams as they build and scale AML/CTF and payments-related controls.
- Create a documented view of regulatory obligations in order to detect and respond to regulatory developments and issues that may pose compliance risk; educate senior leaders and guide local business teams in the development of risk-based controls.
- Prepare reports to senior management and senior business leaders with timely and actionable intelligence concerning regulatory regimes applicable to Amazon Australia.
A day in the life
Your day will be a dynamic blend of strategic analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and regulatory problem-solving. You'll dive deep into Australian financial regulations, translating complex legal requirements into actionable compliance strategies that support our business growth.
About the team
Our Risk and Compliance team is a collaborative network of professionals dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of regulatory integrity. We work closely with legal, technology, and operations teams to create robust compliance frameworks that enable innovation while managing risk effectively.
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Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials
- CAMS Certification or other compliance certification such as CRCM or CRP
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Governance Risk and Compliance Manager, AWS Security
Posted 11 days ago
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud service provider, providing virtualised infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale. Businesses, from start-ups to enterprises to large government customers, run their operations and applications on AWS' highly secure infrastructure.
AWS Security is looking for a Security Assurance Manager to lead and manage the certification, accreditation, assurance, and authorisation activities across the security program. You will establish and execute the overall strategy to achieve the overall milestone for the program. The successful candidate is a strategic thinker, with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, solid understanding of cloud technologies, experience in security and compliance, and demonstrated success in driving innovative strategies to overcome complex policies and obstacles to cloud assurance and authorisation. You will be responsible for ensuring the security of AWS services, which will lead towards achieving the overall milstone outcomes for a region. Additionally, you will be a thought leader and will be sought out for your expertise as you invent and innovative in the course of your duties.
Key job responsibilities
* Serve as the Security Assurance leader for all components within the cloud capability, guiding and overseeing assurance and authorization activities to ensure adherence to standards and protocols.
* Collaborate with internal teams and customers to establish baselines and level-set the security requirements, security controls, and security objectives.
* Develop and implement strategies to drive security outcomes across the cloud capability, determining the methodology for collecting evidence for submission and ensuring compliance with relevant frameworks.
* Implement ISM, PSPF, DSPF, ASIO T4, NIST and/or other security compliance frameworks into design and build baselines to achieve the agreed security posture.
* Create, optimise, and support cross-functional working groups and projects aimed at enhancing security efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.
* Utilise domain expertise to develop thought leadership material on cloud and emerging technologies, contributing to the organization's knowledge base and industry positioning.
* Manage tight deadlines and drive results, demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and ensuring accuracy in all aspects of security management.
Hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see day in the life
In your day-to-day you will need to exercise sound judgment in making trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. You will demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact, with a goal to achieve a great outcome for the customer. You will be successful in this role by regularly analysing your own performance with a critical eye. A broad understanding of the AWS business and its interconnections is required. This position will also provide training, advice, and mentorship to other teams throughout AWS.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
The team is comprised of security professionals with a cross section of national security and private sector experience, providing a range of perspectives required for creative problem solving. We value diversity of thought, creativity, and a strong Bias for Action and Earn Trust. We believe that there are no "perfect" security solutions and we develop and iterate using a continuous improvement process.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
* 6+ years experience working in areas related to security assurance, such as cybersecurity, auditing, security architecture, regulatory affairs or public sector agencies involved in cybersecurity management.
* Experience working with governance, risk and compliance programs that directly involve interaction with regulatory bodies.
* Proficient with government security frameworks, policies and standards (e.g. PSPF, ISM, DSPF. ASD Essential Eight)
* Experience working with cloud technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience in (Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, IT Security Management, Security Risk Management)a related security field
* Minimum 5 years experience in implementing and operationalising security to meet business outcomes
* Ability to able to credibly coordinate between technical teams and business stakeholders
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Regulatory Lead - APAC, Kuiper Global Service Compliance External Affairs
Posted 11 days ago
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Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
The Regulatory Communications Specialist - APAC will be the external point of contact for Project Kuiper's service compliance obligation deliverables in front of Asia Pacific telecommunications regulators. This role will use their specific knowledge of communications regulation to advance Kuiper's policy interests by coordinating complex compliance filings, maintaining effective lines-of-communication with relevant regulatory bodies and developing mechanisms to ensure scalability.
This position may require access to information, technology, or hardware that is subject to export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining any required export licenses or other approvals from the United States government. As such, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain any necessary export licenses or approvals based on their nationality, citizenship, and any other factors considered by the applicable export control regulations.
Key job responsibilities
* Interface directly with APAC Regulators to drive Kuiper Compliance strategy and perform advocacy consistent with Kuiper's policy priorities
* Develop and optimize mechanisms to ensure accurate and timely filing of complex communications service provider compliance filings
* Align with Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, Public Policy and Global Expansions on strategy for Communications Service Provider compliance matters
* Drive timely and accurate compliance filings related to the regulatory obligations that arise as a result of Project Kuiper's status as a communications service provider (e.g., revenue reporting, subscribership reports, outage reporting, customer complaints)
* Coordinate across Kuiper entities, and across Amazon addressing the unique nature of Kuiper operating as a global Communications Service Provider
Basic Qualifications
* Experience performing regulatory advocacy to support complex compliance requirements
* Experience supporting the Telecommunications/Satellite industry or other highly regulated industries on compliance matters
Preferred Qualifications
* Direct knowledge of APAC communications regulatory frameworks highly preferred
* Excellent ability to build strong relationships with internal and external clients
* Experience working directly with regulators on communications compliance obligations
* Experience translating complex compliance requirements into operational processes
* Second APAC language skills highly preferred
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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