Control and Assurance Senior Analyst

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact 

Are you an experienced Control and Assurance Senior Analyst ready to pivot your career and make an incredible impact? Join our growing Enterprise Risk team going through an exciting growth phase. This is your opportunity to help build a best-in-class control and assurance capability in a values-driven organisation where people, purpose, and performance go hand in hand.

As a key member of the Risk team, you’ll work closely with the Control and Assurance team towards the delivery of HESTA’s annual control testing plan in line with our Enterprise Control Testing Methodology. Your role will help ensure our control environment is robust, forward-looking, and continuously improving.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the delivery and execution of the Annual Controls Assurance plan.
• Conduct testing of controls that help inform risk assessments to mitigate enterprise risks or meet compliance and regulatory obligations.
• Perform risk-based assessments to evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls that manage enterprise, compliance, and regulatory risks.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify, communicate, and remediate control gaps, and enhance control performance.
• Provide practical, forward-thinking advice on control design and implementation to address emerging risks and regulatory developments.
• Champion process improvement by enhancing and automating elements of the control testing methodology.
• Support the ongoing maintenance of our assurance and control framework, ensuring alignment with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
  
  

You are an experienced controls and assurance professional who thrives on improving how organisations manage risk. With a background in financial services or superannuation, you bring both technical expertise and a collaborative mindset.

You’ll Also Bring

• Proven experience conducting design and operational effectiveness testing of controls.
• Strong working knowledge of GRC systems (e.g., Archer, Protecht) and assurance frameworks.
• A curious, analytical mind with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Communication and stakeholder engagement skills — you influence, advise, and guide with credibility and clarity.
• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Business, Risk, or Information Systems are highly regarded.
  
  

This is your opportunity to do meaningful work that matters — and be part of a team shaping the future of superannuation through robust, resilient, and innovative risk practices.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees 

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few). 
• Your professional development matters , up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools. 
• Your health and wellbeing matters , free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7. 
• Your financial wellbeing matters , up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options. 
  
  

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.  

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team [email protected] and we’ll call you to discuss.  

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.