With over 1.3 million members RAC is one of WA’s most iconic and trusted brands. We are a purpose-led member organisation striving to create greater value for our members and deliver on our purpose to be “The driving force for a better WA.”
As our Senior Risk & Compliance Specialist, you'll play a key role in helping our Insurance business make confident, informed decisions by embedding practical risk management and compliance into everyday operations.
This is an opportunity to partner with leaders across the business, influence strategic initiatives and help navigate an evolving regulatory landscape, ensuring we continue to deliver great outcomes for our members.
This role is available on an initial 12month Contract or Secondment basis.
What you'll be doing
As a trusted advisor, you'll work closely with leaders and stakeholders to strengthen risk and compliance capability across the Insurance business. You'll:
Partner with leaders to identify, assess and manage operational and strategic risks.
Facilitate risk reviews and support effective risk-based decision making.
Review the effectiveness of controls and recommend practical improvements.
Support business continuity planning and resilience activities.
Provide compliance advice on projects, process improvements and business change.
Monitor emerging regulatory developments and help implement required changes.
Prepare meaningful risk reporting and insights for senior leadership and governance committees.
Build capability by coaching stakeholders and promoting a proactive risk culture.
About you
You're an experienced risk or compliance professional who enjoys partnering with the business rather than sitting on the sidelines. You can simplify complex regulatory requirements, influence stakeholders and provide pragmatic advice that balances commercial outcomes with effective risk management.
You'll bring:
Experience in risk and/or compliance within insurance or financial services.
Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks and compliance principles.
Exposure to regulatory frameworks, with knowledge of APRA, ASIC and the General Insurance Code of Practice highly regarded.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complexity into practical solutions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence influencing at all levels.
A collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.
What can we offer you?
A workplace culture where our people feel valued, respected, and empowered.
Work in flexible ways that meet work/life commitments and support wellbeing.
Be part of a purpose-led organisation that gives back to the WA community.
An environment that values ongoing career development.
Free Roadside Assistance and discounts on RAC products and services including Insurance, holiday Parks and Resorts, Security, Finance and Auto Services.
Opportunities for community engagement and corporate volunteering.
Apply now with a CV showcasing what you can bring to the role.
Applications Close COB Friday 21st August 2026.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as RAC reserves the right to close this vacancy without notice.
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Skills Required
- Experience in risk and/or compliance within insurance or financial services.
- Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks and compliance principles.
- Exposure to regulatory frameworks; knowledge of APRA, ASIC and the General Insurance Code of Practice.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate complexity into practical solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with confidence influencing at all levels.
- Experience preparing risk reporting and presenting insights to senior leadership and governance committees.
- Experience supporting business continuity planning and resilience activities.
- Ability to provide compliance advice on projects, process improvements and business change.
- Collaborative mindset and passion for continuous improvement.
What We Do
At RAC we offer career opportunities that will allow you to give back and make a difference to our members and the WA community. We pride ourselves on employing the highest calibre of people to meet our member’s needs. RAC promotes healthy living and aims to protect health and safety of employees, members and visitors. RAC has been a part of the West Australian community since 1905. We are unique organisation, built by members for members. From our origins as a motoring club, we have grown to a diverse organisation of over 1,400 employees serving more than 1 million members with a range of products and services. RAC’s difference is that we are a membership organisation, which means we don't have shareholders and we reinvest our profits for the better of our members and the WA community. House rules: We really enjoy receiving your feedback, comments and experiences and enjoy getting the most out of our LinkedIn community. With this in mind, we ask that you stick to the following guidelines: • Please be polite to other RAC LinkedIn users and treat each other as you would like to be treated. • Please don’t give out any personal information. • We cannot allow any inappropriate or offensive language. • Advertising, spam, selling and links to external shopping sites are not allowed here and will be removed. • If you want to post a link to another site to illustrate your point, please do not link to sites that require registration in order to view, or any site that prompts an automatic download as these comments will be removed. • Page admins and the RAC LinkedIn community must be able to easily understand your message. For this reason we can't allow messages which are written in code or a language which isn’t English. • We reserve the right to de-tag RAC from any posts or photos that we deem inappropriate. • Please note that repeat offenders may be reported and will be blocked from the LinkedIn page
