Risk and Compliance Specialist

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia AGL Energy Full time

Powering Australian Life.

At AGL, we believe energy makes life better. That’s why we’re passionate about powering the way Australians live, work and move.

Like you, we believe that the world is going through extraordinary challenges. We don’t shy away from the tough questions and we consider the answers carefully. We work in partnership with our customers and communities, and take action to shape a better future for all.

As life changes, we join the change, constantly evolving over 185 years. Today we bring all that know-how to transform how Australians produce, share and consume energy. We’re investing in new ideas, partnerships and infrastructure - renewing and expanding our portfolio of sources and products to help make them more sustainable, reliable, affordable and useful.

We’ll continue to innovate in energy and other essential services to enhance the way Australians live, and to help preserve the world around us for future generations.

About the Role

The Risk and Compliance Specialist is accountable to the Senior Manager Risk, Compliance, and Assurance to establish and maintain a consultative, collaborative risk and compliance function across Integrated Energy Operations, AGL’s generation fleet.

This role supports the operational Business Units in adopting a best practice approach to risk and compliance management.

This is a permanent, full-time role based at AGL’s Melbourne office.

What you’ll be doing- Support and drive initiatives aimed at identifying and managing operational risks to help the operations achieve production, financial and sustainability objectives.- Reporting - targeted risk and compliance reporting to stakeholder groups around risk ratings and progress with risk control initiatives- Facilitating risk assurance activities to assist key operations stakeholders in understanding the effectiveness of risk controls as well as assisting in assessing progress towards residual risk rating target levels such as ALARP and SFARP.- Developing strong networks with key risk and compliance personnel and supporting them through training and mentoring- Facilitating better risk and compliance practices and assisting in ensuring that operational and asset management strategies deal effectively with risk, compliance and audit obligations.- Facilitating the implementation of policies, standards and systems along with developing tools and systems to monitor regulatory and legislative environments to ensure early identification and the minimisation of business unit impacts.

About You

You will be an excellent communicator with a collaborative work style, committed to sharing and gathering information along with improving practices to achieve high quality outcomes.

What you’ll bring to the table- Experience in on or more areas of risk management; health and safety, operations in a heavy industrial, utility, mining or construction setting.- Tertiary qualifications in risk management, engineering, law, accounting or similar fields not essential but highly regarded- Experience in Risk and Compliance Management frameworks, practices and systems- Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative and professional judgments in reviewing risk and compliance management frameworks and implementing improvements- Excellent communications and influencing skills working with a broad range of stakeholders- Understanding and ability to utilise project and change management principles- Knowledge of the energy industry, key challenges and industry wide risks (desirable, but not necessary).

Inclusion at AGL

AGL has a commitment to maintain a diverse workforce, and welcomes the opportunity for applicants to share their lived experiences. We also recognise that some applicants may not wish to disclose, and we respect their decision. To learn more about reasonable adjustments that can be offered throughout the recruitment process, please visit:
AGL is a
_Circle Back Initiative employer - we commit to respond to every applicant_.

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