Risk Business Partner

Company description:

Snowy Hydro is a dynamic, integrated energy business that has been providing on-demand, reliable energy to Australia for generations. Snowy Hydro owns and operates a powerful combination of generation assets, including the mighty Snowy Mountains Scheme, gas and diesel plants, and contracted wind and solar energy. We also provide electricity and gas to over 1.5 million retail customers through our retail brands Red Energy and Lumo Energy. Snowy 2.0 is Australia's largest committed renewable energy project. This nation-building project will provide on-demand energy and large-scale storage for many generations to come.

Job description:

About the position:

As the Risk Business Partner, you'll be instrumental in fostering a strong risk culture. You'll provide expert advice and facilitate the identification, analysis, and management of risks that could impact our strategic objectives and operational resilience. You'll partner closely with key stakeholders across our business, embedding contemporary risk management practices to protect our operations, the environment, and our critical infrastructure.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Act as a trusted risk advisor and dedicated business partner for leadership teams, risk champions, and all people managing risks.
• Partner with water resource managers and environmental specialists, offering expert risk insights on climate and hydrological models.
• Enable our environmental strategy by ensuring we proactively identify and mitigate risks, supporting our sustainability goals.
• Facilitate the identification, assessment, and articulation of current and emerging risks relevant to the business unit's strategy, projects, and operations.
• Provide guidance on risk analysis treatments and control effectiveness, ensuring alignment with Snowy Hydro's Enterprise Risk Framework.
• Drive the effective implementation of the Enterprise Risk Framework and additional tools.
• Manage the continuous improvement of the organisation's Line 1 risk management tools within the business unit.
• Facilitate key risk processes, including risk and control self-assessments, incident management, and key risk indicator (KRI) monitoring.
• Champion a strong risk culture by promoting risk awareness, accountability, and proactive risk management practices.
• Support the business in effective identification, recording, investigation, and resolution of risks, incidents and issues.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Line 2 (Group Risk, Compliance) and Line 3 (Internal Audit) functions to ensure effective teamwork, collaboration, and information flow.

We're ideally looking for someone with:

• Ideally (but not mandatory) a Bachelor's degree in Science (Hydrology, Environmental Science, etc.), Finance or relevant disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience in a risk management role, preferably within the energy, utilities, or other critical infrastructure sectors.
• Expertise in environmental, hydrological, or financial risk, comfortable with the challenges of climate impacts.
• Technical domain expertise combined with an enthusiasm for the value risk management can bring to the organisation.
• Expertise in facilitating the identification, assessment, and articulation of current and emerging risks relevant to business strategy and operations.
• Proven experience in providing expert guidance on risk analysis, treatments, and control effectiveness.
• A demonstrated ability to champion a strong risk culture and promote risk awareness and accountability.
• A strong background in building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders, which could include Line 1, Line 2 (Group Risk, Compliance), and Line 3 (Internal Audit) functions.

About our workforce:

Snowy Hydro has a culture of decency and inclusion, with a commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people and a supportive environment to ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can succeed. At Snowy Hydro, we recognise that we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each individual brings, and we believe in providing an environment that allows that uniqueness to thrive.

Snowy Hydro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for a role with Snowy Hydro and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to the Snowy Hydro recruitment team