Audit, Risk and Assurance Coordinator

• Business Enabling Services Group / Service Delivery Office / Policy and Governance Branch
• APS 6 ($90,802 - $110,821) | Ongoing | Full-time
• Canberra, ACT

ABOUT THE SHARED SERVICES DIVISION AND THE TEAM
The Policy and Governance Branch, within the Shared Services Division (SSD), consists of three sections: Governance and Risk, Policy and Planning, and Performance Assurance and Enablement. These sections provide a range of policy advice, assurance and risk management, financial management, and strategic governance to support the delivery of shared services to our clients across the Australian Public Service.
The Performance, Assurance and Enablement Team is responsible for engaging and collaborating with relevant stakeholders to provide strategic advice on and ensure compliance with organisational risk, audit, and Assurance standards. This team lead the Service Delivery Office (SDO) audit activities, including forward audit planning to facilitate the achievement of SDO business objectives.
The SDO is a leader in providing shared services under the Whole-of-Australian-Government Shared Services. The SDO completes assurance activities on the services ad reports results to clients periodically. These reports provide SDO’s client agencies with assurance that controls were met and feeds into the client agencies end of Financial Statement audit sign off. The SDO have matured its audit activities and continues to find innovative ways to provide assurance business processes are met and risks are mitigated.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
The Division is seeking a high performing APS 6 to strategically coordinate internal and external audit activities and provide advice on risk management for the Service Delivery Office. Under general direction, the Audit, Risk and Assurance Coordinator will be required to provide advice to stakeholders on risk management, audit and Assurance, and business continuity. They are responsible for leading and actioning complex day-to-day activities, the core duties for this position includes:

• The coordination of ANAO activities,
• Reporting periodic outcomes through governance committees,
• Developing and monitoring the agreed audit report recommendations and ability to define internal audit scope,
• Conduct internal audit reviews,
• Annual review of the SDO Audit Protocol and establishment of the SDO Audit Plan,
• Document internal audit findings.

DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION
For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.
ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the Recruitment team via

or call (02) 6215 1717 between 8:30am - 5:00pm AEDT Monday to Friday. * For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.