Risk & Compliance Manager (Corporate Functions Line 1) – 12 month FTC

Sportsbet — Melbourne, VIC

About Us

At Sportsbet, we’re united behind our purpose to Bring Excitement to Life for over 2.4 million customers. We do this by delivering fun, challenging the status quo, and living our values. As part of the global Flutter Group, we’re a major player internationally, but in Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, we’re a tightknit team of 1,300+ teammates (with over half in Tech & Data Science).

Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools. We’re proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

We are one of the top workplaces for Women through WORK180. WORK180 is a leading platform that independently assesses employers on policies, benefits and practices that support women and underrepresented groups at work. We remain committed to making Sportsbet the best place to work and encourage you to explore our employer profile on the WORK180 website to learn more about what we offer.

About The Role

Ready to help shape a stronger, smarter control environment at Sportsbet? Reporting into The Head of Risk & Compliance, this is a high-impact role where you’ll partner closely with leaders across Finance and Corporate Functions to keep risk management practical, commercially aware, and built for pace. You’ll play a key role in strengthening financial controls, supporting regulatory compliance, and helping the business move forward with confidence. From SOX readiness to control uplift and transformation initiatives, you’ll bring a sharp eye for risk and a collaborative mindset that helps teams do great work, safely.

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with leaders across Finance, People & Culture, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Commercial, and Procurement to provide pragmatic risk and compliance guidance.
• Strengthen the control environment across key corporate processes including financial controls, payroll, treasury, tax, procurement, and legal.
• Lead and coordinate SOX readiness, including control documentation, testing support, remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Support transformation projects and process changes by assessing impacts to financial reporting and key controls.
• Design, review, and enhance controls that are scalable, practical, and embedded into day-to-day business processes.
• Oversee assurance activity, track remediation actions, and help close control gaps in a sustainable way.
• Manage control issues, audit findings, and exceptions, including escalation, root cause analysis, and follow-through.
• Deliver clear, decision-useful reporting and insights that help leaders identify trends and strengthen risk outcomes.

Please note, this is a 12 month maternity leave cover commencing mid-late August 2026.

About You

You’re a confident and commercially minded risk and compliance professional who knows how to balance challenge with enablement. You build credibility quickly, communicate clearly, and know how to influence across a broad stakeholder group. You’re comfortable working in complex, regulated environments and bring a practical approach to improving controls without slowing the business down. You’re also someone who’s curious, adaptable, and always looking for smarter ways to do things.

• Strong experience in risk, compliance, governance, audit, or financial controls, ideally within a complex or highly regulated environment.
• A track record of designing, improving, and embedding control frameworks in operational settings.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders to provide clear, commercially aware advice on risk and regulatory obligations.
• Exposure to SOX programs, control testing, remediation, and audit support.
• A proactive, outcome-focused mindset with strong ownership, sound judgement, and the ability to influence change.
• A collaborative style and a genuine interest in innovation, continuous improvement, and using technology to strengthen risk management.

 
The Perks

We work hard and play hard, so along with a competitive salary, here’s some of our other perks:

• 25 days annual leave (that’s right, an additional week’s leave!)
• Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home)
• Hack Days - where your creativity and collaborative ideas lead to exciting new ideas and projects for our customers.
• Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments – all onsite in our Melbourne office!
• Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials, from Thursday office drinks to fun team events
• End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables

We review applications within the first two weeks, so apply now! Check out our Instagram and TikTok (@lifeatsportsbet), LinkedIn, and careers website for more information about our inclusive culture.  

Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We don’t just support diversity – we celebrate it! This is a workplace where you can thrive and feel safe to bring your whole authentic self to work.  
   
We’re an inclusive employer who welcomes you for who you are, as you are – so, if you require adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know in your application. We also know flex means different things to different people, so let us know how we can support you to be your best.   

If you think you’d be a great fit but don’t necessarily meet everything in the job description, please still get in touch.

Ready to bring excitement to life? Apply now