Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
Job Description
- Lead the Group Audit assurance program across key Qantas portfolios, giving senior leaders and the Board clear visibility of risks and control effectiveness.
- Deliver high‑quality audits and advisory work, driving governance improvements, coordinating combined assurance, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Permanent role based at Mascot Campus
We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.
The Senior Manager Group Audit supports the Head of Group Audit in overseeing the function’s strategy, planning, budget, quality, performance, and reporting. Working with the Head of Group Audit and a peer Senior Manager, the role manages the assurance framework and audit program for key business portfolios across Qantas Airlines, Jetstar, Loyalty, Corporate functions, and Risk.
The role ensures senior leaders, the GLT, and Board Committees have clear visibility of financial, operational, commercial, customer, and compliance risks by leading multiple audit, review, health check, and advisory projects. It provides independent assessments of internal controls across areas such as finance, operations, safety, environment, security, IT, cyber, privacy, systems, and culture, recommending improvements to strengthen governance and mitigate risk.
The position drives innovation in audit methods, embeds behavioural root-cause analysis, and works closely with internal and external assurance providers to deliver a combined assurance approach. It oversees third‑party auditors, ensures high‑quality and timely reporting, and monitors remediation effectiveness. The role also builds strong stakeholder relationships, leads an internal audit team, and fosters a positive, high‑performance culture while balancing assurance priorities across the assigned portfolio.
You’ll have –
- 10+ years delivering assurance frameworks/Assurance plans and audits
- Experience in Aviation/Transportation/Mining/Oli& Gas or other high-risk industries where control effectiveness is regularly tested
- Tertiary Qualification in WHS/Environmental Management/Quality Systems or a related discipline
- Highly strategic thinking with the ability to understand and solve complex issues/problems
- Extensive stakeholder management and communication skills
- Extensive experience in conducting internal audit assurance and advisory engagements that focus on improving business performance, mitigation of risk (including fraud risk) and promote better practice.
- Well-developed understanding of the International Standards for the Professional
- Practice of Internal Auditing with demonstrated ability to develop and maintain a quality assured Internal Audit process.
- Experience and capability in IT audit is preferred, but not essential. This includes evaluating IT general controls, application controls, cyber security, data governance, system change, and technology-enabled processes.
- Demonstrated systems capability in compliance and assurance, guidance and coaching of leaders and corporate governance reporting.
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex programs and ability in to deliver results within a complex business environment.
- Demonstrated experience in managing co-sourcing arrangements and ensuring the quality of third party deliverables.
- A diverse leadership style that supports the development of talent throughout the Group Audit team and Qantas.
Why Qantas?
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.
Applications close: Tuesday 7th April 2026
Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.
