Risk & Assurance Advisor

QJumpers Recruitment Services; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

7% Employer Superannuation

Free onsite parking

Harbour views

Fruit boxes weekly

Nespresso machines onsite

Full uniform provided

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Port Otago Limited is recruiting a Risk and Assurance Advisor to join the Finance team at the Port Chalmers head office. You will drive risk management across Port Otago, maintaining risk registers, and providing assurance on controls.

We seek a risk professional with 3–5 years' experience, strong analytical and reporting skills, and the ability to translate risk concepts for non-specialists. A tertiary qualification in risk management or related field is essential.

Qualifications

• Hold a tertiary qualification in risk management, business, law, finance or a related field.
• Have 3–5 years' experience in a risk, insurance, compliance or assurance role.
• Sound understanding of risk management frameworks and enterprise risk practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the corporate risk register with inputs from risk owners.
• Provide assurance over critical risk controls and monitor risk management plans.
• Support insurance renewals, claims and broker relationships; lead business continuity planning.
• Prepare risk and critical risk reporting for Leadership Team, Audit & Risk Committee and Board.
• Facilitate risk assessment workshops and assist business units to identify and mitigate risks.
• Support internal and external audit processes and track compliance with legislation and standards.

Skills

Risk management

Insurance knowledge

Compliance

Audit reporting

Stakeholder comms

Education

Tertiary qualification in risk management/business/lina/finue?

Tools

Risk management systems

Job description

Port Otago Group's business comprises a regional container terminal, bulk port activities, cruise and property investment and development.

We service South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, working with customers to streamline their supply chains.

Our culture is hands-on, safety focused and encourages continuous improvement.

Our diverse portfolio means there is always something on the go and as a business we are collaborative, fast-paced and always open.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk and Assurance Advisor to join our Finance team on a permanent full-time basis in our award winning, vibrant Head Office in beautiful Port Chalmers.

• Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role is responsible for providing risk management support across Port Otago, which includes:
• Maintaining and continuous improvement of the corporate risk register, with input from risk owners
• Providing assurance over our critical risk control system and monitoring and reporting on risk management plans
• Supporting insurance renewals, claims and broker relationships, and leading business continuity and crisis management planning
• Preparing risk and critical risk assurance reporting for the Leadership Team, Audit & Risk Committee and Board
• Facilitating risk assessment workshops and supporting business units to identify, assess and mitigate risks
• Supporting internal and external audit processes and tracking compliance obligations across relevant legislation and standards

About you

You’ll be a risk and assurance expert who brings sound judgement, curiosity and a practical approach to managing risk. You’ll enjoy building relationships and have the ability to translate risk concepts into clear, actionable advice for people who aren’t risk specialists.

You’ll be highly organised with excellent attention to detail, comfortable managing competing priorities, and confident using risk management systems to keep our risk register and reporting on track.

To be successful in this position you will also:

• Hold a tertiary qualification in risk management, business, law, finance or a related field
• Have 3-5 years' experience in a risk, insurance, compliance or assurance role
• Have a sound understanding of risk management frameworks and enterprise risk practices
• Have experience maintaining risk registers and supporting insurance renewal processes
• Have strong analytical and report-writing skills, with the ability to communicate risk clearly to non-specialist audiences
• Be proactive, organised, and able to manage competing priorities with high attention to detail
• Have good IT and systems skills, including experience with risk management systems

What's in it for you?

In return, you can look forward to working for a successful company which prides itself on continually striving to improve performance; this enables our people to contribute in a way that makes a difference, and for us to appropriately reward our people for their contributions.

You will also be entitled to comprehensive health insurance cover for you, your partner, and any dependent children, as well as a 7% employer superannuation contribution.

We also offer a raft of other benefits including but not limited to, free onsite parking, amazing Otago Harbour views from your desk, fruit boxes delivered weekly to our break areas, Nespresso machines onsite for your daily coffee fix, full uniform provided, and various wellness initiatives throughout the year.

Heads up:

• A full clean NZ Drivers licence is essential
• You must be able to pass Ministry of Justice, ACC checks and a medical which includes a drug and alcohol test as part of our recruitment process
• We complete random drug and alcohol testing

Applications close: 5pm, Wednesday 7th October 2026. Don’t delay applying as we will be shortlisting as applications come through.