Risk Specialist

1 week ago


Brisbane, Australia Australian Retirement Trust Full time

**Join Australian Retirement Trust as a Risk Specialist - People & Impact, where you'll champion strong risk culture and support strategic decision-making.**

**Why join us?**
- You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
- Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
- Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
- In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

**About the role**

As a Risk Specialist at Australian Retirement Trust, you’ll play a pivotal role in embedding strong, consistent risk practices across the People & Impact business area. Reporting to the Risk Manager, you’ll help maintain accurate risk profiles, contribute to effective control design, support incident and audit management, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. This role is ideal for someone with a solid understanding of risk frameworks, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative mindset. You’ll partner closely with stakeholders to ensure risks are identified, assessed, and managed effectively, contributing to a resilient and high-performing organisation.

Key aspects of the role include:

- Support control owners in designing and assessing controls.
- Identify and prioritise activities to enhance risk maturity and monitor their delivery against agreed deadlines.
- Ensure theaccuracy and currency of risk data within ART’s Governance, Risk and Compliance system.
- Provide risk advice on business initiatives and delivered risks.
- Support the management of incidents, obligations and business continuity through established processes
- Assist with audit and assurance activities, including preparation, response and follow-up actions.
- Participate in risk forums and working groups to share best practices.

**This role is a 12 month contract based in either Brisbane or Melbourne.**

**About you**

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

- Solid understanding of risk management principles and frameworks, including risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.
- Strong incident management skills, with the ability to identify, raise, and manage incidents effectively.
- Proficient in interpreting risk data and supporting decision-making through analysis.
- Skilled in using risk management platforms for accurate risk monitoring and reporting.
- Effective communicator with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and judgment in handling sensitive information.
- Adaptable and self-motivated, with strong time management and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experienced in navigating complex regulatory environments.
- Experienced with managing risks and control in Corporate Functions (e.g. People & Culture, Legal, Corporate Affairs) - desired
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline - desired

**About us**

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.


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