Introduction
The Manager Assurance & Audit at Transport for NSW leads governance, assurance, risk and business continuity work across Shared Services. Audit requests, the branch risk register and follow-up on control weaknesses all feed into the same question: can critical services keep meeting their obligations when conditions change?
If you are deciding how to apply for Manager Assurance & Audit, choose examples where your own judgement changed the course of an assurance issue. Describe what you tested, what you found, how you explained the risk and whether the resulting action improved the control. Senior readers need the reasoning as well as the outcome.
The role also includes leading assurance professionals and working with Finance, Audit, Risk and Transport divisions. Show how you created useful agreement across those groups, especially when an audit finding or continuity gap required operational change. Use the role pack and online form for the exact submission requirements.
Read the official Manager Assurance & Audit vacancy. Applications close 2 October 2026 at 11:59 pm. Check the employer application page for current instructions before submitting.
In this guide
- Role snapshot
- Application requirements
- Candidate evidence
- Example application structure
- Before you submit
- Help with your application
Manager Assurance & Audit role snapshot
| Role | Manager Assurance & Audit |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Transport for NSW |
| Location | Sydney, Inner West |
| Employment | Full-time |
| Job reference | 111452-44455841 |
| Closing date | 2 October 2026 at 11:59 pm |
| Official details | View the NSW Government vacancy |
Application requirements for Manager Assurance & Audit
Transport’s Manager Assurance & Audit listing directs applicants to the online form and role pack. Check those for the required files, questions and any limits before preparing a final draft.
For roles at Transport For NSW prepare a 2 page cover letter, but also log in and view the application form as there are specific capability questions not listed in the job ad.
Essential role requirements and eligibility
The public advertisement does not specify a separate qualification or licence. Review the official role description for any essential conditions before applying.
Candidate evidence for Manager Assurance & Audit
Transport seeks a leader experienced in audit, assurance, governance, risk or compliance in a complex organisation. The role calls for control assessment, audit finding management, business continuity, problem-solving, stakeholder influence and team development.
| Evidence area | What to demonstrate |
|---|---|
| Audit findings | Set out the scope of an audit request, the evidence you tested, the finding you explained and how you secured or verified a response. |
| Risk and continuity | Describe a control gap, outage scenario or continuity exercise. Show how risk information influenced a practical plan or test. |
| Leadership | Explain how you coached an assurance team, allocated work or built a more reliable review process across business areas. |
Example application structure for Manager Assurance & Audit
Choose a finding that reached implementation and a resilience example that was tested. This makes your leadership evidence more concrete than a catalogue of frameworks.
| Part | What to include |
|---|---|
| Opening | State the assurance functions and team scope you have led. |
| Control example | Take a material finding through assessment, advice, action and verification. |
| Resilience example | Show how you tested a continuity arrangement or improved a risk control for a critical service. |
| Close | Link your leadership and stakeholder approach to Transport Shared Services. |
What the panel needs to see
- How you prioritised competing audit requests and material risks.
- Whether recommendations were implemented and tested.
- The team and stakeholder scope that you personally led.
Before you submit
- Open Transport’s application form and role information pack for the final uploads and limits.
- Check that CV and written examples give the same account of your leadership scope.
- Keep confidential audit evidence out of the application.
Return to the official Manager Assurance & Audit listing for the application link, closing date and any updated instructions.
Help with your Manager Assurance & Audit application
A concise assurance case study is more useful than a list of standards. Explain the evidence, the decision made and the control improvement in language a Shared Services leader can use.
For a senior assurance application, we can help organise your control, continuity and leadership evidence into a coherent account. Governance and Risk application support can help you prepare the written application, while the current shortlist lets you compare other roles. You review the final documents and submit them through the employer’s portal.