Head of Risk

7 hours ago

North Sydney, Australia Zurich Insurance Full time

**A new adventure awaits**

At Zurich we’re on a journey to lighting the way to a brighter futurea brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet.

We take pride in uniting our people within an energized culture that empowers everyone to focus on what matters most to our customers and each other. This is an exciting time to be at Zurich as we empower our people to fuel innovation and collaborate across diverse teams. At Zurich we encourage everyone to be curious, courageous, and responsible as we seek out new opportunities to delight our customers. We know we can achieve great things when we put our mind to it.

**About the business**

Zurich Australia is a leading life and general insurer in Australia, participating in both retail and corporate markets, providing insurance solutions to customers directly as well as through advisers, brokers, and trusted partners.

Risk is an independent second line function within the Zurich Group across both Life and General Insurance. The Risk function provides leading constructive challenges to enhance transparency on risk-reward trade-offs facilitating risk-informed decision-making.

**Let’s create a brighter future together, let’s make a difference**

Work is something you do, not only somewhere you go. The way we work continues to evolve and at Zurich we are committed to creating ways of working that ensure you are helping to create a brighter future.

As the Head of Risk for General Insurance (GI) and IT, you will drive risk awareness across these business areas. Leading a team of Senior Risk Advisers, you will engage with the 1st line to embed risk considerations in business decisions and transparently assess risk-rewards trade-offs, including effective risk mitigation and risk acceptance. Acting as a business partner, you will provide guidance, insights, and risk advice on projects, initiatives, and business issues in GI & IT.

You will collaborate with leaders across Group Risk Management, Compliance & Internal Audit as well as external parties such as regulators and external auditors and contribute to the Australian business as a key member of the Australia Risk Leadership team.

We are looking for someone who has the capability to transition into the role of the Australia Chief Risk Officer.

**Important to your success - let’s grow together**
- Extensive experience working with risk-related matters in the financial services industry.
- Strong experience in the management of operational risk and insurance risk in the financial services industry.
- Good understanding of the insurance industry including its current and future development and challenges in Australia.
- Experience of working within APRA and ASIC regulatory frameworks.
- Strong analytical skills and strategic orientation, as well as excellent relationship management and presentation skills.
- People leadership skills, with the ability to work autonomously, plan work for and develop others.

**Belong. Zurich is here to support you**

We could go on, but the main point is that Zurich is a place that you can truly belong and thrive

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