Senior Manager, Audit Risk & Insurance

Join one of Victoria's leading not for profits and be a part of something big!

Competitive Salary + Tax reducing salary package

Full time | Ongoing Role | Location: Box Hill | Monday to Friday

About St Vincent de Paul Society

For more than 170 years we have been providing practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria whose daily struggles can include putting food on the table, paying essential utilities and ensuring their children remain at school to obtain an education.

Our organisation provides many services and programs, including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria (VCV), which assist some of Victoria’s most vulnerable communities, such as people experiencing homelessness, the housing crisis and family violence, and the elderly.

Little bit about the role

The Senior Manager Audit, Risk, & Insurance supports the General Counsel/EGM Risk & Compliance and the work of the Group Audit, Risk and Finance Committee. The position plays a key advisory and managerial role in relation to enterprise risk management.

The role oversees the internal audit program and ensures an appropriate response to any gaps or issues identified. 

The role also has responsibility for the organisation’s suite of insurances, ensuring that coverage is adequate and up to date. This includes renewals, liaison with advisers, brokers and providers and management of claims and related issues as they arise.

The position supervises the Internal Auditor and will also work very closely with the Company Secretary, Assistant Company Secretary, and Senior Manager Compliance & Policy.

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to the organisational culture by demonstrating empathy with the mission and ethos of the Society, promoting reflective practice, participating in team activities, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
• Ensure safety in the workplace by taking reasonable care for your own safety and that of others, identifying and reporting hazards within 24 hours, and managing risks in line with policy and procedures
• Provide people leadership and management by supervising and managing the Internal Auditor, acting as a role model, fostering a mission-focused culture, and leading continuous improvement practices
• Lead the organisation’s risk management by promoting a culture of open risk communication, managing the Risk Management Framework, maintaining Risk Registers, and coordinating risk reporting to all key stakeholders including the Senior Leadership Team, Board, and relevant committees
• Oversee insurance administration by implementing and maintaining appropriate insurance coverage and acting as a liaison for claims and claims management
• Manage internal audit activities by developing audit plans, conducting and overseeing audits and investigations, maintaining audit records, and monitoring follow-up actions to ensure they are implemented

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting, finance, audit, risk, or a related field, with CPA, CA, or CIA certification (or working towards) highly regarded
• A good working knowledge of the Global Internal Audit Standards and the Australian Auditing Standards
• A good working knowledge of Australian Standard ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management
• A good working knowledge of insurance, insurable risk and claims management
• A good working knowledge of the legislative and regulatory compliance requirements applicable to SVDPV
• Demonstrated ability and skill in providing audit and review services across diverse, complex and service-based organisations
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry and/or working within a complex non-profit organization
• Exceptional communication, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to present audit and risk insights clearly to executive and governance bodies.

 Why work for us?  We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.
• Hybrid working model.

Where good happens #Goodworks

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you! Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and your suitability for the role.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description.

Applications close: 18^th July 2025 at 12.00 am.

Please note: Candidates may be reviewed and progressed as applications are received, rather than after the advertised closing date. SVDP reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure due consideration is given to your suitability.

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. This will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety; we value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences; we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.

No agencies please.