Your Opportunity
As part of our continued growth trajectory, we are seeking an Associate Director to lead major engagements, drive market growth, and shape the strategic direction of our cross-industry Third-Party Risk Management practice. This leadership role balances client delivery excellence, practice development, and business development accountability.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Client Leadership & Delivery Excellence
路 Leading complex, multi-workstream third-party risk engagements across industries, bringing deep technical expertise and strategic guidance.
路 Providing specialist advisory on third-party risk frameworks, risk and controls assessments, control design and testing, regulatory alignment, operating model uplift, and assurance approaches.
路 Overseeing the design and implementation of third-party risk management tools, technology solutions, and reporting dashboards.
路 Facilitating executive-level workshops with clients to understand their business, risk posture, critical suppliers, and maturity gaps, translating insights into practical program design and implementation roadmaps.
路 Providing senior risk advice on supplier sourcing, contracts, performance monitoring, and critical-supplier governance.
路 Guiding clients through regulatory change implementation (e.g., APRA CPS 230, SOCI Act, SOC reporting standards, ASAE/ISAE requirements).
Business Development, Sales & Market Growth
路 Owning and driving business development activities, including opportunity identification, pipeline development, proposal leadership, client pursuits, and supporting the achievement of sales and revenue targets.
路 Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across financial services, corporate and government sectors.
路 Leading go-to-market initiatives, thought leadership, market insights, and industry positioning for TPRM within the broader Non-Financial Risk practice.
路 Collaborating with Partners and Directors to shape and execute strategy for the growth of the TPRM offering nationally.
Practice Leadership & People Development
路 Providing coaching, technical guidance, and professional development to consultants, managers and senior managers across the Non-Financial Risk team.
路 Leading internal capability development across all dimensions of third-party risk and broader enterprise risk.
路 Contributing to the design of innovative digital assets, accelerators and AI-enabled solutions that support clients to manage third-party risk more effectively.
路 Championing a culture of excellence, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Innovation, AI & Future Risk
路 Supporting organisations in leveraging AI-driven solutions to strengthen their third-party risk programs, while advising on the emerging risks that AI introduces across supply chains.
路 Developing thought leadership on emerging third-party risk themes, regulatory changes, technology impacts, ESG & sustainability considerations, geopolitical risk, and future-state risk models.
KPMG Australia
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