Senior Manager Risk, Change & Projects

Alinta Energy; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Energy discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Volunteer day

Fully stocked kitchens

Job summary

Alinta Energy is seeking a Senior Manager, Risk Change & Projects, to lead complex risk change and enterprise-wide transformations across a transforming energy business on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role is hybrid and reports to the Chief Risk Officer, working across energy risk, enterprise risk, credit and compliance.

You will own end-to-end initiatives, partner with Executives and operational teams, drive continuous improvement of risk frameworks, and deliver practical solutions from

Qualifications

• Broad, multi-domain risk experience spanning energy risk, enterprise risk, credit and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to drive practical solutions for complex or ambiguous issues with minimal supervision.
• Proven ability to engage and influence Executives, General Managers and operational stakeholders.
• Strong project, change and integration delivery capability with multiple workstreams and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, sound judgement in a fluid environment.
• Tertiary qualification in finance, economics, law, engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in energy or a regulated industry, corporate integration or transformation is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Risk function’s change, integration and project agenda across energy risk, enterprise risk, credit and compliance.
• End-to-end ownership of complex initiatives, structuring problems and delivering to resolution.
• Partnering with Executives, General Managers and operational teams to understand issues and deliver outcomes.
• Driving continuous improvement across risk frameworks, processes, systems and reporting, embedding change for sustained benefit.
• Managing multiple concurrent workstreams, dependencies, milestones, risks and stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Change management

Project delivery

Executive stakeholder management

Energy industry experience

Education

Finance/economics/law/engineering degree

Job description

• Lead complex risk change and integration across a transforming energy business
• Shape enterprise-wide outcomes with senior leaders and operational teams
• 12-month fixed term contract, hybrid working

Alinta Energy is one of Australia’s biggest energy retailers, generators and developers with over 1.1 million customers. Australia’s energy system is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history and we’re right there with it. We’re investing in and developing large-scale renewables and storage projects as part of our ongoing effort to provide our customers with reliable, affordable and sustainable energy.

We understand that flexibility matters when considering your next role. Let us know your requirements, and we’ll carefully consider how wemight accommodate them.

Ready to make a real impact?

Join our Risk function as Senior Manager, Risk Change & Projects, a 12-month fixed-term opportunity created to provide senior-level capacity across a growing portfolio of risk,integrationand transformation activity.

Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer,you’llwork autonomously across energy risk, enterprise risk,creditand compliance.You’lltake ownership of complex and sometimes ambiguous priorities,identifypractical solutions and lead delivery frominitialscoping through to implementation. The remit is intentionally broad and will evolve with business priorities, including work arising from Alinta Energy’s integration into the Sembcorp group and other organisation-wide change initiatives.

Why you’ll love working here

At Alinta Energy, we’re taking real action to deliver reliable and sustainable energy for Australia - and that practical approach runs through everything we do. You’ll get clear direction, genuine flexibility, and the support you need to grow, all while working on projects that make a lasting difference. We’re big enough to create impact, but small enough that your ideas and effort will always be seen.

There are plenty of other great benefits of working for Alinta Energy, including flexible working, energy discounts, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a paid volunteer day each year, fully stocked kitchens, and lots more.

What you’ll do

• Leading the Risk function’s change, integration and project agenda across energy risk, enterprise risk,creditand compliance
• Taking end-to-end ownership of complex, function-wide initiatives, structuring ambiguous problems and driving them through to resolution
• Partnering independently with Executives, General Managers and operational teams to understand issues, build trust and deliver outcomes
• Driving continuous improvement across risk frameworks, processes,systemsand reporting, embedding change for sustained benefit
• Managing multiple concurrent workstreams, dependencies, milestones,risksand stakeholders while applying sound judgement about when to act and when to elevate.

Your experience

• Broad, multi-domain risk experience spanning areas such as energy risk, enterprise risk,creditand compliance.
• Demonstrated success taking ownership of complex or ambiguous issues and driving practical solutions with minimal supervision.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and build trust with Executives, GeneralManagersand operational stakeholders.
• Strong project,changeand integration delivery capability, including managing multiple concurrent workstreams to deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, soundjudgementand comfort working in a fluid environment without defined structures.
• A tertiary qualification in finance, economics, law,engineeringor another relevant discipline.
• Experience in energy or another complex, highly regulated industry, corporate integration, post-acquisition change,consultingor transformation will be highly regarded.

Please note this role requires full working rights within Australia.

This role is best suited to an adaptable, commercially minded risk professional who can move across technical and enterprise-wide matters, close loops independently and provide trusted senior-level support wherever prioritiesemerge.

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

If your application progresses, we will need to complete background and pre-employment checks, such as immigration checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and additional checks for roles related to finance.

Our Diversity Commitment

Alinta Energy offers a truly diverse, safe and supportive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, Alinta Energy encourages applications from any qualified person, including First Nations Australians, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people of all ages and people living with a disability. We are also proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and we are committed to advancing women’s careers.