As part of one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s leading financial services groups, you’ll help us live our purpose every day – to build futures and protect what matters for our customers, our communities and each other. And you’ll be supported to grow your own future further too, backed by a culture of continuous improvement, empowerment, and flexibility.
We are currently looking for a Control Analyst to join our 1st Line of Defence (1LoD) Risk team. This role will support the delivery of high-quality control assurance activities across Suncorp New Zealand. You’ll play a key role in executing control testing, uplifting control outcomes, reporting, embedding risk maturity initiatives, and leveraging data insights, automation and emerging technologies to strengthen our control environment.
What you’ll do:
- Execute design and operational effectiveness testing in line with the control testing program, ensuring high-quality documentation and timely delivery of outcomes.
- Support Control Advisors and Risk Managers with control design and control uplift initiatives.
- Provide insights and reporting to enhance 1LoD control outcomes and drive ongoing risk maturity.
- Use data analytics and explore automation and AI solutions to improve monitoring, surveillance and future-state control testing capabilities.
- Partner closely with the Risk and Compliance team to deliver testing, risk activities and reporting aligned to Risk Management Frameworks and Risk Appetite.
- Support incident management processes, including contributing to root cause analysis to identify and address control weaknesses.
- Identify opportunities to optimise the control environment, including supporting the introduction of new controls and retiring redundant ones.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business, to support control testing, innovation and efficiency in control activities.
What you’ll bring:
- 2+ years’ experience in risk, compliance, legal or audit within the financial services sector (insurance experience highly regarded).
- Practical understanding of risk management frameworks, control design and operational effectiveness testing.
- Experience in risk in change or change management in the financial services or insurance industry an advantage
- Strong analytical capability, including experience working with data to generate insights and reporting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risk concepts for non-specialists.
- High attention to detail, sound judgement and the confidence to provide constructive challenge and guidance to stakeholders.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a high-performing team.
- A passion for continuous improvement, innovation and driving better risk outcomes for the business.
Why join Suncorp?
- A supportive, inclusive environment where people back each other
- Strong focus on learning, development, and continuous improvement
- Opportunity to shape how capability, knowledge, and service excellence are embedded
- A workplace that values teamwork, trust, and doing the right thing - together
About Suncorp NZ
We’re proud to be part of the Suncorp Group, home to some of Australia and New Zealand’s most trusted insurance brands. Together, we deliver faster, simpler, and better outcomes for our customers and partners.
At Suncorp, we believe we are at our best when our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, offering flexible work, career development, and opportunities for internal mobility.
If you require adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or workplace, contact lisa.scanlon@suncorp.com.au for a confidential conversation.
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