Head of Enterprise Risk

icare NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

icare day — extra day of leave

Learning and development support

Job summary

icare NSW seeks a Head of Enterprise Risk to lead and shape the enterprise risk function, strengthening risk culture and delivering outcomes across the organisation from Sydney CBD. The role partners with the GM and Risk & Compliance leadership to execute the risk framework and strategic priorities.

The successful candidate will drive risk insights, oversee SME risk areas, and report to the Board and regulators, guiding multi-year risk initiatives and strengthening governance across icare.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership in enterprise risk management.
• Proven ability to influence executives and drive risk posture.
• Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance obligations.
• Experience across insurance, highly regulated corporate or public sector settings.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide risk management framework implementation across icare.
• Lead the enterprise risk maturity program and drive risk uplift initiatives.
• Provide quality control oversight of risk and controls environment with SME oversight.
• Lead talent management within the risk team and cross-skill as needed.
• Collaborate with Line 1 Risk and provide risk insights to leadership and executives.

Skills

Governance expertise

Influence executives

Regulatory knowledge

Decision-making in complex environment

Risk leadership

Education

Risk, business, finance, or law

Job description

Lead Enterprise Risk at icare, shaping strategy, strengthening risk culture and driving impactful risk outcomes.

• Partner with executives to strengthen risk management
• Permanent full-time position, Sydney CBD location
• Competitive remuneration package
  

About the Role

The Head of Enterprise Risk provides leadership, vision, direction and structure to the Enterprise Risk team. In collaboration with the General Manager and Risk & Compliance leadership team, the role contributes to the development of the Risk & Compliance business plan. The role drives the execution of icare's Strategic Priorities relating to: effectively implementing the risk management framework through robust risk advice and relationship management; enabling the business to identify, assess and manage risks in a consistent and systematic manner applying robust risk strategies.

The role ensures icare is accountable to its Board, Chief Executive, external regulators, and stakeholders for its management of risk and its responses to issues requiring remediation.

This is a significant leadership role within icare that requires the ability to think and plan to a multi-year horizon, an understanding of risks in decision making, the influence of their behaviours on our people, and their lasting impacts on icare.

Duties

It's an exciting time at icare where no two days are the same. As Head of Enterprise Risk you will:

• Drive the effective implementation of the enterprise-wide risk management framework across the icare business, through provision of subject matter expertise in risk management, engagement with Line 1 Risk, and oversight and reporting over the risk across the whole of icare.
• Lead the enterprise risk maturity program, assessing organisational risk capability and maturity to inform, prioritise and drive strategic risk uplift initiatives.
• Provide quality control oversight over the risk and control environment, focusing on SME oversight, through risk profile reviews for all of icare and targeted control uplift initiatives.
• Lead the management of roles in the team to ensure cross-skilling into each SME area and business unit area at any time, at the discretion of the GM Risk & Compliance.
• Collaborate with Line 1 Risk teams to support fair and timely risk outcomes, and provide business risk insights directly to its leadership, Group Executive Team, and the Community of Practice.
  

Skills & Experience

• Enterprise risk leader with strong governance expertise
• Proven success influencing executives and senior stakeholders
• Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance obligations
• Sound judgement and decision-making in complex environments
• Experience across insurance, highly regulated corporate and/or public sector settings
• Qualifications in risk, business, finance, law or related fields
  
• A corporate wellbeing program with subsidised gym membership, free flu vaccinations and health check programs
• icare day - access to an extra day's leave
• Comprehensive learning and development support aligned to icare's Core Capabilities.
• Our People Awards - On-the-spot Recognition, Quarterly Values Awards & Our People Annual Awards
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
  

Culture

We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people and would encourage people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply. We are committed to our people’s development so the people of NSW can thrive.

About the Company

We care for the people of NSW, building confidence and trust so our communities can thrive. We make the complex simple, so our schemes deliver better outcomes for people and communities. Whether a person is severely injured in the workplace or on our roads, icare supports their long-term care needs to improve quality of life, including helping people return to work.

• For more information about icare visit our website
• icare operates a direct sourcing model so no agency introductions will be accepted
• We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant
• A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process.
  

Please note that you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia, New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport or have unrestricted working rights to apply for this role.