Janice Wong

Executive summary

Janice is a Director in the Audit & Assurance team with BDO in Sydney, with over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector. She is a trusted adviser known for her pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach and her ability to translate complex regulatory and control requirements into practical, sustainable solutions.

Janice works closely with executive leadership, boards, and risk and compliance teams to understand organisational objectives, risk appetite, and regulatory obligations. She supports clients to design, assess and uplift control environments that strengthen governance, improve control effectiveness and enhance confidence in operating models, particularly within highly regulated financial services organisations.

Specialising in financial services - specifically, controls assurance and remediation - Janice advises financial services clients, supporting them through large-scale regulatory and transformation programs. She provides services including control design and effectiveness reviews, internal audit support and compliance assessments, and clear, actionable insights aligned to both business and regulatory expectations. Her experience enables her to bring a commercially informed, end-to-end perspective to complex assurance engagements. 

Janice is recognised for her leadership of high-performing teams and her commitment to delivering high-quality, client-focused outcomes.

Expertise

• Controls assurance advisory for large financial services organisations, including banks, insurers and financial advice businesses, assessing control design and effectiveness and strengthening governance and risk management frameworks
• Remediation advisory services, undertaking large-scale control uplift, regulatory response and transformation programs
• Assurance and compliance assessments against prudential standards and regulatory guidance, including CPS, APS and regulatory guides, supporting organisations to meet regulatory expectations.

Experience

Controls assurance and remediation

• Large bank - provided limited assurance on a financial advice remediation program in line with RG277
• Large bank - delivered advisory support on a large-scale banking remediation program related to customer solutions
• Large bank - led case assessments on financial advice files in line with RG256
• Large bank - delivered independent assurance over the design of a remediation program related to financial hardship, providing actionable insights to enhance operational resilience and regulatory confidence.

Regulatory and compliance assurance

• Large insurance organisation - provided advisory support on the readiness of the organisation’s assurance over their sustainability report, prior to the mandatory requirement for independent assurance
• Large insurance organisation - conducted assurance and compliance assessments against prudential standard CPS 230, supporting management and boards in meeting regulatory expectations
• Large global investment services organisation - delivered independent assurance over internal controls within asset management and IT Controls under the GS007 framework.

Internal audit and advisory

• Motor finance organisation - supported the Line 2 Enterprise Risk Management and Payroll teams to assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Master of Applied Finance
• PRINCE2® Certified Practitioner (Project Management)
• Graduate Certificate of Financial Planning
• Financial Advice Qualifications, including RG146 accreditation and FASEA compliance