Senior Compliance Lead

About the Company

MAS

We're a New Zealand owned insurance and investment company with a difference. As a mutual, we're owned by our Members and make meaningful contributions to our community through our charitable foundation.

At MAS, you'll join a team that's:

• Motivated to make a difference
• Focused on delivering high quality outcomes for our Members
• Guided by our values: Make a difference, In it together and Own it, do it
• Supportive, inclusive and committed to helping each other succeed
• Looked after with a range of benefits including Health and Life insurance, Income Protection Insurance and 6% KiwiSaver

About the Role

Are you a senior compliance professional who can provide trusted advice, constructive challenge and practical solutions in a complex regulatory environment? We're looking for a Senior Compliance Lead to join our Risk and Legal team at MAS in a permanent role and will be based in either our Wellington or Auckland offices. This is a key role in strengthening and leading the operational delivery of MAS's compliance management framework. Initially working within our Compliance and Regulation Project, you'll help deliver a significant two-year programme of compliance uplift before continuing as part of our ongoing Risk and Compliance team. You'll work closely with leaders and subject matter experts across MAS, providing expert compliance advice and oversight while helping us strengthen our regulatory readiness, compliance maturity and focus on fair outcomes for our Members.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing

In this role, you'll:

• Lead the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of MAS's compliance framework
• Provide trusted second-line compliance advice, guidance and constructive challenge to leaders across the business
• Oversee compliance monitoring activities and contribute to the development and ongoing delivery of our Compliance Assurance Programme
• Strengthen obligations management and ensure obligations are identified, categorised, and appropriately linked to controls and accountable owners
• Lead the assessment and implementation of regulatory change
• Support regulatory reviews, information requests, reporting, attestations and submissions
• Support the development and ongoing improvement of MAS's regulatory engagement framework
• Strengthen conduct risk practices and support delivery of fair Member outcomes
• Oversee compliance incidents, breaches, root cause analysis and remediation activities
• Monitor emerging compliance risks and identify opportunities to improve controls, processes and compliance maturity
• Prepare clear and meaningful compliance reporting and insights for senior leadership and Board Committees
• Help promote a strong, practical and sustainable culture of compliance across MAS

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Law, Commerce, Business, Governance, Risk Management or a related discipline is required.
• An International Compliance Association (ICA) or ACI Institute qualification would also be valuable.

Required Skills

What you'll bring

You'll be an experienced compliance professional who can operate credibly with senior stakeholders while remaining pragmatic and solutions focused.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• 10+ years' experience across compliance, regulatory affairs, risk, governance, legal or audit
• Strong experience within financial services, insurance, banking, investment or another regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of compliance management frameworks
• A strong understanding of New Zealand financial services regulatory requirements
• Experience managing compliance frameworks and designing and delivering compliance monitoring programmes
• Experience with obligations registers, assurance programmes and regulatory change
• Experience operating in Line 2 within a Three Lines model
• The ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into practical business outcomes
• Strong policy development and process design capability
• Experience preparing high-quality reporting for Executive and Board-level stakeholders
• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Pay range and compensation package

Looked after with a range of benefits including Health and Life insurance, Income Protection Insurance and 6% KiwiSaver.

Applications will be reviewed as they're received, and we may progress suitable candidates before the closing date. If you're interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.