Risk Assurance Specialist

Be a key member of the Risk and Assurance Consulting Team and make an impact - Enjoy work from home with 2 "anchor" days/week in Fortitude Valley Office - Work on a diverse range of interesting projects with continued growth ahead **About Aurizon** Each year, Aurizon transport more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities - connecting miners, primary producers, and industry with international and domestic markets. Aurizon provides its customers with integrated freight and logistics solutions across an extensive national rail and road network, traversing Australia. The Company also owns and operates one of the world’s largest coal rail networks, linking approximately 50 mines with three major ports in Queensland. **About the Opportunity | Risk and Assurance Specialist** Reporting to the Assurance Manager, the Risk and Assurance Specialist will be a vital member of the Enterprise Risk and Assurance consulting team. The position offers a fantastic opportunity to partner with business leaders across the organisation to provide strategic assurance and risk management expertise supporting the business's objectives. The Risk and Assurance Specialist will advocate for and continuously enhance the enterprise assurance and risk frameworks and influence the business to use them effectively, including policies, standards, and guidelines to meet evolving business needs. **About the Team** At Aurizon, the risk and assurance function is a nimble and intelligent team. They are focused on delivering a tangible contribution to create and protect value by being impactful. The Risk and Assurance team are far from the traditional box-ticking, policy-checking risk and compliance style of operation. Instead, they plan, operate and deploy as a high-end management consulting function, focused on providing best practice advice, strategy and business enablement. Their approach is proactive, commercial, and customer-centric. As testimony to their success, the team enjoy a well-respected enterprise-wide reputation for excellence, with a true seat at the table. **About You** - A minimum of five years related risk assurance experience either gained in large professional services or complex commercial business environments - Experience in a diverse range of strategic, operational and financial risk assurance reviews - A strategic and pragmatic thinker, restless with the status quo and confident to share ideas in a collaborative work environment - Tertiary qualification in a related discipline to business audit and risk - Strong ability to work within a non-hierarchical team, motivated by seeing ideas being put into practice and having an impact, rather than positions of status and spans of control - A risk background combined with strong analytical and data-reporting skills such as Power BI reporting - Well-developed problem-solving and analytical skills, coupled with a continuous improvement mindset to improve efficiencies across a large complex business - Superior interpersonal, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills - A passion for assurance and risk and the contribution it can make to driving business outcomes **What's On Offer** - Generous remuneration package inclusive of superannuation - $140 000 - $160 000 + up to 15% STI Bonus (commensurate with experience) - Enjoy Aurizon's organisational-wide hybrid working culture of work from home, and 2 "anchor" days in the office (Tuesday & Thursday) - Enjoy autonomy and flexibility in this outcomes-based role - schedule your own work with start and finish times that fit with your life and work - Work on a diverse range of interesting initiatives and projects across a wide range of business areas - Be part of a growing and stable rail freight operations business, a Top 100 ASX company - Experience Aurizon Annual Professional Development Days - Enhance your career beyond risk and assurance with a proven history of internal career advancement into other areas of the organisation - A range of discounted health, well-being and leave benefits **What Next?** If you’re interested in this role, please click **Downloadable Information Pack** Confidential enquiries can be directed to: **Shella Ciano** Kingston Human Capital 07 3497 4757 **Angela Ng** Kingston Human Capital 0431 187 757