Group Insurance & Risk Officer
Location:
Sydney
Contract Type: Full-Time
Contract Type: Full-Time
My client is hiring a Group Insurance & Risk Officer
to join their team in Sydney. This role exists to ensure the organisation has a robust insurance programme and a strong risk management framework. You will play a key part in minimising exposure to risk, managing incidents effectively, and supporting compliance across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Insurance Management
- Assist with the management of the Group’s insurance programme, including annual renewals.
- Coordinate risk improvement initiatives and maintain risk registers.
- Support risk mitigation programmes and incident management processes.
- Liaise with insurance brokers and internal stakeholders on claims and coverage queries.
- Provide accurate and timely insurance analysis to support decision-making.
- Contribute to self-insurance and captive activities.
Incident Management
- Ensure timely incident reporting and stakeholder notifications.
- Support investigations for higher severity incidents and oversee corrective actions.
- Monitor compliance with incident management processes across business units.
Risk Management
- Maintain and enhance the risk management framework, toolkit, and supporting software.
- Coordinate periodic property and hotel insurer risk reviews.
Compliance & Assurance
- Monitor compliance with relevant legislation, including WHS.
- Conduct internal reviews and support external audit programmes (non-financial).
Projects & Reporting
- Prepare the annual Risk Business Plan and deliver key risk projects on time and within budget.
- Provide periodic risk, compliance, and insurance reports to executive stakeholders.
Essential:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in Insurance and/or Risk Management.
Desirable:
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant field.
- Experience managing complex insurance programmes.
- Exposure to retail property, construction, or hospitality sectors.
- Certificate IV in Training & Assessment or similar.
- Legal-related qualifications or experience.
- Strong technical knowledge of insurance, risk management, and compliance.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Commercial acumen and ability to assess financial impacts.
- Highly organised with strong task and process orientation.
- Ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
- Team player with collaborative approach.
