About Finance and Audit & Assurance
The Finance and Audit & Assurance Unit sits within the Strategic Operations Group and report to the Chief Financial Officer. The Finance and Audit & Assurance team contributes to the operational and long-term sustainability of the Institute. The Finance Team is responsible for the financial management of AIATSIS including internal financial control, Accountable Authority Instructions and financial delegations, administrative procedures, accounts payable and receivable, asset management and external and internal budgeting and reporting. The Audit & Assurance team is responsible for the development and implementation of government compliance requirements such as privacy, freedom of information, public interest disclosure, risk management and fraud prevention activities.

About the Role
The Assistant Director Governance and Risk role will be required to undertake a range of complex and sensitive work that spans all areas of AIATSIS and underpins the accountabilities of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Senior Executive. The Assistant Director, Governance and Risk is expected to be highly professional and strategic with strong co-ordination, project management, analytical, communication and people skills. As part of the Executive Level Leadership Group, this officer will need to exercise a considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role within the team, across AIATSIS and with other external stakeholders such as the Internal Auditor and the ANAO. The work of the Assurance and Audit team is varied and dynamic and extends across the whole agency. The small team works collaboratively to achieve its goals and the successful candidate will need to have strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills and be prepared to contribute to the work of the whole team. This position reports to the Chief Financial Officer.
Key responsibilities of the role include:

• support the maintenance, revision and development of AIATSIS’s enterprise risk management framework and its linkages to planning governance processes and legislative requirements
• evaluate, develop or revise business processes and reporting mechanisms in relation to AIATSIS’ risk management framework including
• Fraud and Corruption.
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
• Audit.
• Comcover queries and reporting.
• Freedom of Information.
• Privacy.
• work with the CFO to support the Audit and Assurance Committee
• ensure Business and Continuity Plans (including disaster recovery) are in place, tested and up to date
• provide advice, guidance and training to operational and corporate areas on best practice risk management
• management of the internal audit program in conjunction with the AIATSIS internal audit service provider including coordination, development and management of the Strategic Audit Plan, projects and papers
• in collaboration with the Director People Services, support public interest disclosure activities including education, policy development, revision and updating the AIATSIS internal policy framework.
• management and development and facilitation of any external audit program
• champion organisation wide knowledge of risk ensuring risk mitigation practices at AIATSIS are based on governance models of the PGPA Act 2013 and the Commonwealth Risk Management Framework.
• providing advice, guidance and training to operational and corporate areas on best practice risk management

Our Ideal Candidate
To be successful in the role, you will be a solution focused, dynamic problem solver with well-developed communications skills. You will be highly professional and strategic with strong co-ordination, project management, analytical, communication and people skills.
You will come with the following skills, experience and attributes:

• demonstrated respect for diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. In particular, the ideal candidate should possess a high level of cultural capability in order to lead and champion an authentic and respectful interest and engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, policy, and peoples.
• excellent communication skills and also be able to raise critical issues and respond to significant and complex challenges with a high level of resilience and persistence
• impeccable interpersonal skills and ability to articulate concepts and influence outcomes through compelling arguments and rationale to all levels and types of audiences
• the ability to listen and identify ways to ensure all have an opportunity to contribute
• a collaborative approach with a track record of building positive working relationships
• a high attention to detail.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and experience in the public sector are desirable

Cultural Capability
Roles at AIATSIS require candidates to have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and communications skills. The nature of this role requires the candidate to consistently demonstrate the following specific cultural capabilities:

• understands Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business with the agency and the outcomes the agency is responsible for delivering.
• engages with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in a sensitive and equitable manner.
• takes the perspective of others, seeking to understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ points of view and experiences.
• encourages and draws on different cultural experiences and knowledge.

AIATSIS embodies Yindyamarra in everything we do

What we offer

We understand that you will work best when you have a healthy work-life balance and can attend to your family commitments. That is why we offer,

• great salary conditions
• 15.4% Superannuation
• competitive leave entitlements including 20 days annual leave, 18 days personal leave, Cultural, ceremonial and NAIDOC leave, up to 18 weeks parental leave, and the ability to purchase extra leave.
• health benefits include reimbursements for health promotion activities, eye health and flu vaccinations.
• for eligible employees, generous study leave, course fee and materials assistance, to undertake relevant accredited study.
• paid leave during end of year shutdown
• flexible working conditions

Contact
If you have any questions about the role, you can contact Kamalika Dasgupta on 02 6246 1111 or [email protected]