Manager/Senior Manager (Risk Management), ECDA/TFN

We are looking for a motivated and driven person who enjoys working in a collaborative and dynamic environment to be part of Risk Management Team. within the Ops Planning and Policy Branch, under the Strategy and Organisation Excellence Pillar in Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). You will be involved in developing, strengthening and implementing the internal control, audit governance and risk management framework for preschool subsidy schemes that support families through affordable and quality preschool education. This role provides opportunities to work with preschools, appointed auditors and internal ECDA divisions to safeguard public resources, ensure accurate subsidy disbursements and drive improvements to subsidy administration processes. As part of the Risk Management team, you will support forward-looking risk identification by anticipating emerging and uncovered risks, reviewing audit findings and performance data, and strengthening controls across the preschool subsidy landscape. Responsibilities • Work with ops colleagues and stakeholders to review and strengthen the internal control and risk management framework for preschool subsidy administration, including identifying financial, operational and compliance risks and recommending proportionate mitigating controls. This may include addressing system limitations, improve audit tracking and subsidy disbursement processes, and support better data integration and reporting. • Support/maintain oversight and accountability through systematic audits of preschool centres, ensuring accurate subsidy disbursements and tracking performance data to identify poor-performing preschools, recurring issues and emerging risk trends. • Review ECDA-commissioned audit reports, track rectifications and follow up with preschools, operators, appointed auditors and internal teams on outstanding audit queries and compliance issues. Use audit data, disbursement trends and other operational data to support risk sensing, fraud detection, performance tracking and data-driven decision-making • Investigate potential fraud or irregularities in subsidy claims, and assess whether issues arise from fraud, administrative oversight, process gaps or system-related errors. Requirements Functional / Technical Competencies • Governance, Risk & Controls: Preferably 2 years of experience in strengthening internal controls and risk management frameworks, including identifying financial, operational and compliance risks and recommending appropriate mitigating measures. • Internal Audit: Experience in reviewing audit findings, assessing control weaknesses, tracking rectifications and translating audit insights into practical process, system or control improvements. • Compliance & Enforcement: Good understanding of audit compliance and governance requirements, including the ability to assess non-compliance issues and recommend appropriate follow-up actions such as rectification, escalation or further investigation. Behavioural Competencies and Traits • Meticulous, analytical and resourceful, with sound judgement in handling audit, compliance and risk issues. • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with preschools, operators, appointed auditors, internal divisions and Whole-of-Government stakeholders. • Able to balance governance requirements with operational practicality, especially when preschools face capacity constraints or competing operational priorities. • High integrity, resilience and strong commitment to public service values, especially in handling sensitive audit, fraud or compliance matters. Generic Competencies • Able to use evidence, data and operational feedback to support decision-making, performance tracking and continuous improvement. • Able to influence stakeholders and secure alignment on rectification, compliance and control-improvement actions.