Senior Regulatory Compliance Advisor

EnergyAustralia Pty; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Energise Program

Performance incentives

Inclusive culture

Job summary

EnergyAustralia is seeking a Senior Regulatory Compliance Advisor to provide practical, risk-based compliance guidance to the Customer business. The role supports regulatory obligations, breach assessments, and regulatory change implementation within a newly created permanent position based at 2MQ.

The role requires 7–10 years in compliance or risk advisory, strong stakeholder engagement, and a deep understanding of energy regulation.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of compliance, legal, or risk advisory experience.
• Experience interpreting and applying regulatory obligations in regulated environments.
• Strong ability to provide clear, risk-based, commercial compliance advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert regulatory compliance advice on obligations, risks, controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory change implementation and obligation updates.
• Identify and upscale compliance risks, driving remediation and governance.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Education

Law, Business, Risk, or related field

Job description

Globally, energy markets are in transition to a net zero future and the entities within these markets are transforming their underlying business models to ensure that they stay relevant, sustainable and profitable. As one of Australia’s largest energy providers, we are proud of our purpose to lead and accelerate the clean energy transformation. Our ability to deliver on this purpose will be dependent on our people.

As the energy sector rapidly evolves with electrification, renewables, and sustainability at the forefront, we are delivering innovative centralised energy solutions to meet the needs of modern communities.

About the Role

The Senior Regulatory Compliance Advisor provides practical, risk-based compliance advice to EnergyAustralia's Customer business, supporting regulatory obligations, compliance risk management, and regulatory change implementation.

You will act as a trusted advisor, review and test breach assessments, and provides guidance on complex or reportable compliance breaches. Working closely with Event and Fraud Management and broader Customer Compliance teams, the position builds strong stakeholder relationships to ensure effective compliance outcomes across the business.

This is a newly created permanent position, based at 2MQ with a hybrid working environment of 2-3 days in the office per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert regulatory compliance advice on obligations, risks, controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Support regulatory change implementation, including impact assessments, obligation updates, and compliance reforms.
• Identify, assess, and upscale compliance risks, driving control improvements and sustainable remediation.
• Manage and review breach assessments, regulatory reporting, and responses to regulator requests.
• Maintain governance reporting, compliance records, and audit-ready documentation.
• Deliver compliance training, guidance, and capability uplift to strengthen business ownership of compliance obligations.

About you

• Tertiary qualification in Law, Business, Risk, or related field, with 7–10 years' compliance, legal, or risk advisory experience.
• Extensive experience interpreting and applying regulatory obligations in complex, regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of energy regulation or experience within a similarly regulated industry.
• Ability to provide clear, risk-based, commercial compliance advice and assess regulatory risks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and relationship-building skills across business and senior leaders.
• High levels of integrity, accountability, and collaboration, with experience supporting compliance frameworks, audits, and a risk-aware culture.

Why Us?

EnergyAustralia is a place where all employees are genuinely valued, supported, and free to be themselves — because we believe that’s when we’re at our best.

We embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Employee discounts on electricity and gas, plus savings on major brands and products
• 20 weeks’ paid parental leave – completely gender-equal
• Energise Program – flexible working that’s team-centric, enabling teams to agree and succeed together
• Performance recognition and incentive programmes – tailored to different roles and teams to reward great work throughout the year
• Supportive leaders and a down-to-earth culture where you can be your authentic self