Risk Partner - Strategy

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact  

Are you an experienced senior risk practitioner ready to pivot your career and make an incredible impact? Join our growing business in this important first-line risk partner role, reporting to the General Manager Strategic Planning and working closely the Chief Strategy Officer and Strategy leaders.
 
As the key conduit between the strategy business team and the second-line enterprise risk team, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening risk capability, maturity and engagement.

What You’ll Do:

• Risk Leadership: Partner with the Strategy team and the second line Enterprise Risk team, to implement, manage and monitor risk processes, lead business team risk forums and contribute to enterprise-wide risk community of practice. 
• Risk Culture and Capability: Deliver risk-focused thought leadership, training, and change management to embed a strong risk culture. 
• Risk Identification & Monitoring: Assess, monitor and manage identified material risk, including conducting risk assessments, managing, enhancing and reporting of key risk indicators. Monitor internal and external environment for emerging risks. 
• Controls & Assurance: Oversee design and description of controls to address identified risks, manage effectiveness testing, regulatory change activities, internal/external audit engagements, and other third-party assurance reviews. 
• Incident Management: Track incidents and breaches, oversee and manage rectification actions, and ensure activities are recorded, tracked and updated in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) system. 
• Third Party Oversight: Work with owners of third-party relationships to develop and enhance oversight and monitoring of service delivery and contract performance. 

About You: 

You will have extensive experience in senior risk partnering (Line 1) roles, ideally from financial services and/or consulting firms. Your breadth of knowledge and experience spans across the three lines of accountability model, leading risk initiatives and projects, risk management frameworks, analysis and reporting, GRC systems coupled with a passion for keeping abreast of emerging, regulatory requirements and standards. 

You are agile in your approach with intellectual curiosity and effective communication, influencing and stakeholder relationship management across all levels.

Tertiary qualifications in business, finance or risk management related discipline are essential.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees  

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).  
• Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.  
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.  
• Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.  

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.   

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we’ll call you to discuss.   

If you’re ready to apply your risk expertise in a role that combines strategic influence and impact – we’d love to hear from you. Apply Now

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.