Risk Senior Partner - Commercial & People

Careers with Impact

More than one million Australians trust us with their money, and that trust shapes how we work every day. Our members sit at the centre of everything we do, guiding our decisions and the impact we strive to make.

We’re looking for people who are purpose-driven and accountable, who value inclusion and collaboration, and who are proactive in managing risk to protect our members’ long-term outcomes. In return, you’ll be part of an organisation where your work contributes to strong returns, real-world impact, and a culture that reflects the communities our members serve.

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

We’re seeking an experienced and strategic Risk Senior Partner – Commercial & People to join the Executive Office of the CFO in a highly visible, enterprise-critical role. This is a high impact first-line risk leadership position partnering directly with the Chief Finance Officer and the Commercial & People Leadership Team. 

You will shape and strengthen the risk profile across Commercial & People, ensuring risks are proactively identified, governed transparently and managed within appetite. Your work will directly contribute to protecting our members, strengthening operational resilience and enhancing confidence with our Board, senior leaders and regulators. 

What You’ll Do

Strategic Risk Partnership & Advisory

• Partner with the CFO and Commercial & People Leadership Team to align strategy with HESTA’s enterprise risk settings and strategic objectives.
• Support the CFO in fulfilling FAR accountabilities through robust reporting, oversight and risk governance.
• Act as a trusted advisor on Executive, Risk and Board papers, providing strategic risk insight and challenge.

Risk Governance & Reporting

• Operationalise the Board-approved Enterprise Risk Management Framework within Commercial & People.
• Enhance business risk reporting and lead effective risk forums that drive transparency and accountability.
• Monitor key risk indicators and escalate emerging risks in a timely and constructive manner.

Controls, Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Support the design, uplift and testing of controls to ensure operational effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement of the control environment through insights from audits, incidents and thematic reviews.
• Support regulator engagement (including ATO, OIAC and TPB) in line with our Regulator Engagement Procedure.

People Leadership

• Lead and inspire the Commercial & People Risk team with a clear vision and operational plan.
• Build capability, coach talent and foster a high-performance, accountable and collaborative team culture.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience in first line senior risk partnering roles, ideally within superannuation or financial services.
• Strong understanding of the three lines model, enterprise risk frameworks, control environments and GRC systems including Archer.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly and influence at Executive and Board level.
• A strategic mindset with intellectual curiosity and the agility to navigate complex organisational environments.
• Proven stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate risk into clear, actionable insight.
• Experience leading risk initiatives and driving uplift in risk maturity and culture.
• Tertiary qualifications in business, finance, risk management or a related discipline.

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.