Assurance and Risk Manager

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Location: Sydney, NSW

Type: Permanent, full-time position

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

We’re an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We’ve been cultivating resilience since 1886, when our founders started a marine insurance company in Townsville, Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty.

Today, we employ more than 11,600 people around the world, and our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation insurance.

The opportunity

As the Assurance and Risk Manager this will be a two-dimensional role where you will together with the Senior Assurance and Risk Manager helping embed QBE ‘s Enterprise Risk Management framework, providing 1st line opinion on management of operational risk and work in collaboration with business units and stakeholders. The other dimension to enable and strengthen the AUSPAC delivery portfolio by reviewing and reporting on the value stream agile deliveries and waterfall projects within the strategy and transformation governance portfolio to ensure control assurance strategies, deliverables and plans are compliant with process and regulations.

Your story so far:
Having good understanding and experience in working across all 3 lines of risks and good understanding and strong working knowledge of risk and delivery in an agile and waterfall environment. Proven experience in driving risk in change projects and high value projects to ensure compliance with process, regulations and deliverables. Provide Line 1 risk support and guidance to business units in risk identification, management of issues and incidents, implement controls measures and help drive a positive risk culture.

Other requirements:

- 5+ years of relevant experience across Risk and Assurance domains
- Relevant Agile/Project Management experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Analytical skills, strong attention to detail and able to multitask.

We are here to support you

We are currently working remotely, and you will receive the equipment, access, and technology you require to empower you in your role.

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

- 2021
- LinkedIn Top Employer
and
- HRD Employer of Choice
- Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion
and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards- Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020
(HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
- Gold Employer status in both the 2019 and 2020 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) - the definitive national benchmark on gender LGBTI workplace inclusion.

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstance. As a QBE employee, we will offer you:

- ‘Hybrid Working’ - a mix of working in the office and at home to enhance your work/life balance
- Our ‘At My Best’ wellbeing program, including a free 12-month subscription to Headspace
- Access to ‘Share the Care’ - 12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid superannuation
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance and reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Access to REACH My Best - free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, financial and legal advice, and confidential counselling
- A sustained commitment to Reconciliation, having launched our first Reconciliation Action Plan in 2015
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services
- Benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners such as free and discounted tickets.

Join us.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at


How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.