Senior Risk & Assurance Manager - Governance & Planning

Agrifutures; Queensland; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Agrifutures is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join its Governance, Risk and Enterprise Assurance function in Queensland. You will strengthen risk management practices, review frameworks and drive key deliverables with executives and senior stakeholders.

The role focuses on enterprise and operational risk assessments, maintaining risk registers, and preparing high-quality reports for governance forums.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise risk management, governance, assurance or internal audit.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating enterprise, operational, fraud and corruption risk assessments.
• Experience coordinating internal audit functions and working with external audit/assurance providers.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, registers, treatment plans and assurance processes.
• Exceptional written communication skills for reports to executives and boards.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering risk/assurance projects within tight timeframes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review, implementation and enhancement of the organisation's enterprise risk management framework.
• Facilitate enterprise, operational, fraud and corruption risk assessments.
• Maintain and enhance organisational risk registers and treatment plans.
• Monitor and report on strategic and operational risks.
• Prepare high-quality reports for executive management and governance committees.
• Provide expert advice to managers on risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Support risk-related assurance activities and follow-up of audit recommendations.
• Coordinate and support internal audit activities with external providers.
• Deliver priority risk and assurance projects within agreed timeframes.
• Work with senior stakeholders to improve organisational risk maturity.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Governance

Internal audit

Stakeholder engagement

Executive reporting

Risk assessment facilitation

Audit coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance or risk

Tools

GRC software

Audit tools

Job description

Agrifutures is seeking an experienced Risk Manager to join its Governance, Risk and Enterprise Assurance function in Queensland. You will strengthen risk management practices, review frameworks and drive key deliverables with executives and senior stakeholders.

The role focuses on enterprise and operational risk assessments, maintaining risk registers, and preparing high-quality reports for governance forums.