Risk Director (Affirmative measure – Aboriginal and – Australian Taxation Office
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769950
- Agency: Australian Taxation Office
- Job Title: Risk Director (Affirmative measure – Aboriginal and
- Position Number: EXT_CEG_395_2026
- Classification: Executive Level 2
- Closing Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Dandenong VIC, Adelaide SA, Albury NSW, Box Hill
- Future Merit Locations: Adelaide, Albury, Box Hill, Brisbane, Canberra,
- Salary: $155,911 – $185,713
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements are available in the)
About Australian Taxation Office
We are globally recognised for leading best practice in the administration of tax and superannuation, promoting a level playing field
and fairness for all. Our work makes a real difference to the lives of Australians and positively impacts their economic and social
wellbeing. Our people are problem-solvers, curious, dynamic and are at the heart of our success. We are inclusive and embrace
the strength of diversity. Flexible working arrangements are available to help balance work and life. We offer more than you expect.
We offer a place where you can belong, a say in how you make a difference, and the chance to grow a successful career.
Duties
- We are seeking highly driven and innovative Risk Directors to join our Compliance and
- Engagement Group where you’ll have strategic accountability for leading the management of
- compliance and integrity risks for a market segment, industry, or revenue products.
- Operating in complex and high risk environments, you’ll set the direction for how taxpayer
- behaviours and compliance risks are identified, prioritised and managed ensuring ATO initiatives
- are delivered in accordance with government commitments and public expectations.
- You will use evidence and analysis to oversee the design and delivery of holistic risk treatment
- strategies targeted at addressing the drivers of risk.
- You will establish and maintain effective governance and assurance arrangements to support
- prioritisation and decision-making across competing risks, resources and impacts, and to ensure
- risk treatments are achieving intended outcomes.
- Working collaboratively, you’ll lead and influence senior stakeholders across the ATO and external
- partners to deliver coordinated strategies, while building and leading a high performing workforce
- that strengthens risk capability and accountability.
- This process will also be used to fill EL2 Risk and Intelligence Director roles. In these roles, you
- will provide strategic leadership in applying intelligence and risk frameworks to inform how
- compliance and integrity risks are identified, prioritised and managed across the ATO.
- You will be accountable for ensuring data and insights are effectively integrated into risk
- assessment, treatment design and decision making. This includes setting expectations for quality,
- governance and assurance, and using intelligence led insights to influence strategic priorities and
- coordinated responses to emerging and complex risks.
- We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.
- We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with
- disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from
- all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the recruitment process.
Eligibility / Notes
- Candidates applying under the affirmative measure provision must provide confirmation of their
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage.
- For further information about this requirement and the application process please select the Apply
- now button.
How to Apply
Position Contact CEG Recruitment, N/A
Agency Recruitment Site https://ato.nga.net.au/?jati=3BC30E22-911E-B82C-6334-ECF2EFFC26CE
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