About us

We're a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to transform ourselves and empower New Zealanders to live their healthiest lives.
 

With almost a million members in our care, we are New Zealand's leading health insurer.

We have an unstoppable focus, delivering outstanding experiences to our members in their time of need. This is an exciting time to be part of our journey and in return for your extraordinary talent, we'll provide a high performing values-based team environment where people are at our heart.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Compliance Manager to join our team.  

In this role, you will: 

• Deliver insightful and supportive training to help our business understand and navigate its regulatory obligations 
• Assess compliance risks and legal irregularities, identify potential gaps and opportunities, and provide guidance on viable solutions to different compliance issues. 
• Be responsible for maintenance of an up-to-date, valid and appropriate compliance obligations register, ensuring that Compliance risks are appropriately managed 
• Support the creation and oversight of control systems to help the business achieve compliance with legal guidelines and internal policies, and evaluate the efficiency of controls 
• Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely regulatory returns 
• Empower the business to meet its risk and compliance goals 
• Support our strategic goals. 

About you: 

• 7+ years of legal, compliance, or risk experience gained within financial services 
• LLB (required), previous legal experience (preferred) 
• Has operationalised or worked with a compliance management system 
• Demonstrated experience managing a risk profile or category, including development and maintenance of appetite and relevant KPIs and KRIs 
• Experience in building and/or analysing data inputs and reporting to determine its relevance (preferred) 
• Experience in legal, regulatory, or compliance fields with a focus on principles-based legislation would be advantageous 
• Excellent collaboration and facilitation skills working with key stakeholders to understand the roadmap and key milestones, and to ensure that scope and business requirements are clearly articulated 
• Demonstrated expertise in project management, time management, and prioritisation skills 
• A comprehensive understanding of the regulatory environment and good relationships with government and industry stakeholders.  

Ngākau nui. Āhurutanga. Tikanga. 

Join a proud diverse team, that's always there, always real, always true. If you thrive in a caring, honest and open culture, we think you’ll love working with us.  

We know that it is our team’s culture and wellbeing that will drive us forward. That’s why we prioritise not only professional development opportunities but opportunities to thrive personally, too. We offer exceptional work/life balance and our employees are encouraged to – and rewarded for – living well.   

Southern Cross employee benefits include: 

• five days of wellbeing leave per year  
• health insurance for you and your immediate whānau   
• life insurance cover and discounts on pet and travel insurance  
• extra parental leave benefits and financial wellbeing support  
• earn up to $1000 extra per year with our workplace wellbeing programme.  

That’s not all. Need more time to study, volunteer or support your whānau? You’ll have the opportunity to purchase flexi leave. Each year, you will also get to take part in a volunteer day, to contribute to a cause or community with your team.  

Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ and minority communities is reflected in our culture, and we run a regular Diversity and Inclusion Forum to help ensure this continues to flourish. 

If you share our commitment and passion, then apply now!