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 a Senior Risk & Compliance Specialist, you'll play a key role in strengthening our risk and compliance capability, partnering with stakeholders across the business to embed effective risk management practices and support informed decision-making.
Reporting into our Business Risk & Compliance team, you'll provide trusted advice and guidance to leaders across RAC Insurance, helping them understand and manage their risk and compliance obligations. You'll work closely with stakeholders to foster a strong risk culture and ensure risk management remains practical, effective and aligned with our strategic objectives.
We currently have 2 opportunities available, one Full Time Permanent position and 1 on a 12month Maximum Term contract/Secondment basis.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with business leaders, risk owners and control owners to strengthen risk management practices.
- Facilitating strategic and operational risk reviews and supporting risk-based decision making.
- Monitoring key risks, controls and compliance obligations, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Conducting control design effectiveness reviews and supporting remediation activities.
- Providing risk and compliance advice on projects, business initiatives and process changes.
- Supporting business continuity planning and risk reporting activities.
- Reviewing regulatory developments and assisting the business in responding to changing obligations.
- Educating and coaching stakeholders to strengthen risk awareness and accountability across RAC Insurance.
What you'll bring
- Experience in risk management and/or compliance, preferably within insurance or financial services.
- A solid understanding of regulatory and legislative frameworks.
- Knowledge of APRA Prudential Standards, ASIC requirements, the General Insurance Code of Practice and broader financial services regulation will be highly regarded.
- Experience implementing APRA CPS 230 requirements and operational resilience frameworks would be an added advantage.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, business-focused solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- The ability to influence, educate and simplify complex risk and compliance concepts.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for building capability in others
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 Monday 19th October 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 management and/or compliance
- Understanding of regulatory and legislative frameworks
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Ability to influence, educate, and simplify complex risk and compliance concepts
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Continuous improvement mindset and interest in building capability in others
- Experience in insurance or financial services
- Knowledge of APRA Prudential Standards, ASIC requirements, the General Insurance Code of Practice, and broader financial services regulation
- Experience implementing APRA CPS 230 requirements and operational resilience frameworks
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
