Risk Advisory and Oversight Manager

Shape risk decisions across HCF as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. 12-month max term contract driving risk maturity and culture.

Join HCF's Risk team on a 12 month max term contract and play a key role in helping leaders make informed, risk-aware decisions that support our members, people and business objectives.

As Risk Advisory and Oversight Manager, you'll be a trusted partner to Executives and senior stakeholders across the organisation, providing practical risk advice, guidance and challenge. Working closely with business leaders, you'll help embed HCF's Risk Management Framework, strengthen risk culture and support the continued uplift of risk maturity across the organisation.

This is a highly collaborative role where you'll build strong relationships across the business, facilitate meaningful risk conversations and help leaders understand and manage risk within their areas. You'll also support key risk management activities including risk profiling, risk registers, incident management, policy reviews and Board reporting .

Key responsibilities include:

- Partnering with Executives and senior leaders to provide trusted risk advice and guidance
- Supporting the ongoing embedment and continuous improvement of HCF's Risk Management Framework
- Facilitating risk workshops and promoting a positive risk culture across the business
- Managing divisional risk profiles and business unit risk registers
- Supporting incident management and remediation activities
- Contributing to risk analysis, reporting and insights for Executive and Board Committees
- Supporting the review and maintenance of key risk policies and documentation
- Working collaboratively across the organisation to improve risk management capability and outcomes

About you

You're an experienced risk professional who enjoys partnering with the business, influencing senior stakeholders and turning complex information into practical advice. You balance strong risk discipline with commercial thinking and know how to bring people on the journey.

You'll bring:

- Experience in a risk advisory, risk consulting or Line 2 risk role
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders and executives
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely
- Strong critical thinking, analytical judgement and problem-solving capability
- Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and applying them in a practical business context
- A collaborative approach and proven ability to build trusted working relationships
- Strong ownership, accountability and delivery focus
- A continuous improvement mindset and attention to detail

Experience in an APRA-regulated environment will be highly regarded, along with exposure to health, insurance or financial services organisations.

About HCF

At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.

We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them. At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our  Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.

Culture & Benefits

Purpose-driven passion
We’re united by a common purpose: to make healthcare affordable, understandable, high quality and member-focused.

Wellness and work-life balance
We’ll empower you with the necessary skills and tools to support your personal wellbeing journey, ensuring you perform at your best. Our offerings include:

- Flexible working arrangements
- 50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover
- Family-friendly certified employer
- 18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents
- Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more
- Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.

Collaboration and inclusivity
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.

Continuous learning and growth
We believe in lifelong learning. HCF provides opportunities for personal and professional development. From workshops to mentorship programs, we encourage your growth and curiosity.

Next steps

If you require any adjustments to assist you in making your application or during the recruitment or onboarding process, please reach out to Talent Acquisition – [email protected] to discuss or call 02 9290 0464.

We encourage applicants to submit their applications at their earliest convenience, as at HCF, we review applications as they are submitted, and may have filled the role prior to the job closing date.

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