Senior Partner Risk Enablement

Careers with Impact  

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.  

HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That’s because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they’re focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We’re an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members – and we are proud to serve them.  

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

Are you an experienced senior strategic risk practitioner ready to pivot your career and make a significant impact?  Step into the role of Senior Partner Risk Enablement and take the lead in enhancing and embedding risk management activities across our organisation.

In this pivotal second-line role, you'll collaborate closely with enterprise risk team colleagues, senior managers, executives and our first-line business teams to embed and operationalise enterprise risk framework elements, building risk capability and capacity and creating a strong community of risk practice across the business. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing resourcing, frameworks and structures that support effective oversight of our enterprise risk management framework within and across business teams.

As a trusted risk practitioner, you'll lead a team focused on forging strong relationships with leaders across business teams to build capability and capacity in their teams, as well as providing guidance and facilitating collaboration on risk initiatives. You'll empower teams by creating capacity and a community of practice to enhance first-line risk management activities.

What You'll Do:

• Risk Partnering and Advisory: Build and lead a team which will act as the primary partner to first-line business team leaders and their risk teams, working with them identify, assess, and prioritise key risks, and advising on effective mitigation strategies. Embed risk ownership within teams and integrate risk management into daily operations, aligned to the enterprise risk management framework and strategy.
• Building First-Line Resourcing and Capability: Lead the development of risk management capabilities within first-line teams. Deliver training and resources aligned with enterprise risk frameworks to enable effective self-management of risks.
• Risk Monitoring and Reporting: Ensure robust monitoring and reporting processes are implemented in business teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk expectations. Collaborate on analysis of risk indicators and reporting to senior management and Board.
• Risk Governance and Compliance: Ensure alignment with enterprise risk governance frameworks and regulatory requirements. Advise on governance improvements to strengthen accountability.
• Continuous Improvement and Risk Engagement: Promote a proactive risk culture, seeking continuous improvement in risk management practices and participating in educational initiatives.

About You: 

You will have extensive experience in a second-line senior partner risk enablement or strategic risk advisory role (preferably within financial services), passion and commitment to fostering a culture of risk awareness and resilience. Deep knowledge and understanding of risk management frameworks and regulatory context (including ASIC & APRA requirements and Prudential Standards), GRC systems (Archer) and the three lines of accountability is essential. 

Key stakeholder engagement and relationship management with proven ability to navigate complex organisational structures and work effectively with cross-functional teams. Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation), influencing, business acumen and senior gravitas.

Tertiary qualifications in a business, commerce, law, risk and compliance management or related discipline is 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.   

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