Join us at Gadens and play a vital role in shaping our risk management practices while contributing to our mission of providing exceptional legal services.
• Recognised in the AFR BOSS Magazine’s Best Places to Work 2024.
• Join a modern, market-leading law firm that puts its people first.
• A truly flexible workplace, plus great people, great culture and great work!
About you
With a minimum of 8+ years of experience in Risk and Compliance management, you are a proactive and strategic professional with a passion for risk management. Reporting directly to the Head of Risk and Compliance and General Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and leading the firm's risk management strategies.
Key skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in risk management, preferably within a law firm or legal environment, or professional services.
• Strong understanding of legal industry risks, regulatory requirements, and compliance issues.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and implement risk management strategies.
• Detail-oriented with a solution orientated mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Affiliative leadership style.
• Project Management and implementation experience.
Your role:
As a Risk Manager at Gadens, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding our firm's operations, reputation, and compliance. You will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure the firm’s operational integrity and adherence to all relevant laws and regulations. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and strategic professional to make a significant impact on our firm's risk management practices.
Key Responsibilities:
• Risk Assessment and Analysis: Identify and analyse potential risks (operational, financial, reputational, compliance, etc.) that could impact the firm.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop, implement, and review risk management policies and procedures in line with legal requirements and professional standards.
• Compliance: Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulatory environments to ensure the firm’s compliance.
• Incident and Breach Management: Investigate and manage risk incidents and breaches, implementing corrective action plans as necessary.
• Reporting: Prepare regular risk management reports to the Office of General Counsel and Management team.
• Training and Education: Develop and deliver risk management training programs to promote a culture of risk awareness.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Office of General Counsel and Management team to integrate risk management practices across the firm.
• Business Continuity: Develop and maintain the firm’s business continuity plan to ensure preparedness for disruptions.
About Gadens:
Gadens is the only law firm to be recognised in AFR BOSS Magazine’s Best Places to Work 2024, which ranks Australia and New Zealand’s best workplaces across nine different industries.
We are a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of. We have an aggressive growth strategy and as part of our evolution and journey, we are creating a modern law firm and will present to the market a new, exciting offering that will rival Australia’s top tier firms.
At Gadens, we:
• Develop and inspire our people
• Do the right thing and make an impact
• Work with quality clients in our chosen markets
• Solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
• Are a widely recognised and respected brand.
We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit www.gadens.com
What we offer:
• A friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment.
• Truly flexible work practices.
• Progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including:
• 30 weeks' Paid Parental Leave
• Superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days)
• An external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing)
• A supported and staggered return
• Budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return
• Support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives.
• And much more!
At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of excellence, collaboration, stewardship, positivity, responsibility and integrity. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people, and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.
• Recognised in the AFR BOSS Magazine’s Best Places to Work 2024.
• Join a modern, market-leading law firm that puts its people first.
• A truly flexible workplace, plus great people, great culture and great work!
About you
With a minimum of 8+ years of experience in Risk and Compliance management, you are a proactive and strategic professional with a passion for risk management. Reporting directly to the Head of Risk and Compliance and General Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and leading the firm's risk management strategies.
Key skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in risk management, preferably within a law firm or legal environment, or professional services.
• Strong understanding of legal industry risks, regulatory requirements, and compliance issues.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and implement risk management strategies.
• Detail-oriented with a solution orientated mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Affiliative leadership style.
• Project Management and implementation experience.
Your role:
As a Risk Manager at Gadens, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding our firm's operations, reputation, and compliance. You will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure the firm’s operational integrity and adherence to all relevant laws and regulations. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and strategic professional to make a significant impact on our firm's risk management practices.
Key Responsibilities:
• Risk Assessment and Analysis: Identify and analyse potential risks (operational, financial, reputational, compliance, etc.) that could impact the firm.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop, implement, and review risk management policies and procedures in line with legal requirements and professional standards.
• Compliance: Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulatory environments to ensure the firm’s compliance.
• Incident and Breach Management: Investigate and manage risk incidents and breaches, implementing corrective action plans as necessary.
• Reporting: Prepare regular risk management reports to the Office of General Counsel and Management team.
• Training and Education: Develop and deliver risk management training programs to promote a culture of risk awareness.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Office of General Counsel and Management team to integrate risk management practices across the firm.
• Business Continuity: Develop and maintain the firm’s business continuity plan to ensure preparedness for disruptions.
About Gadens:
Gadens is the only law firm to be recognised in AFR BOSS Magazine’s Best Places to Work 2024, which ranks Australia and New Zealand’s best workplaces across nine different industries.
We are a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of. We have an aggressive growth strategy and as part of our evolution and journey, we are creating a modern law firm and will present to the market a new, exciting offering that will rival Australia’s top tier firms.
At Gadens, we:
• Develop and inspire our people
• Do the right thing and make an impact
• Work with quality clients in our chosen markets
• Solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
• Are a widely recognised and respected brand.
We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit www.gadens.com
What we offer:
• A friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment.
• Truly flexible work practices.
• Progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including:
• 30 weeks' Paid Parental Leave
• Superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days)
• An external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing)
• A supported and staggered return
• Budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return
• Support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives.
• And much more!
At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of excellence, collaboration, stewardship, positivity, responsibility and integrity. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people, and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.
