Senior Manager, Risk Australia

General information

Country: Australia

Creation Date: 07-May-2026

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Type: Full time

Ref #: 1234572647

Description & Requirements

Senior Manager, Risk - Australia

Are you a senior risk professional with strong general insurance knowledge, who thrives on influencing strategic decision-making and strengthening risk culture across a busy, growing insurance business? In this role you will partner directly with senior leaders across underwriting, claims, distribution and support functions to shape risk-aware strategy, embed risk appetite into core decisions, and lead high-impact second-line oversight. You'll be given responsibility, visibility and the opportunity to lift risk capability across Liberty Australia while working on major change programs, product developments and regulatory matters.

You'll join a collaborative, values-driven team where your ability to challenge constructively, present clear executive-level insights, and drive practical remediation will be highly valued. If you're excited by a senior role that combines hands-on risk oversight, stakeholder influence and people leadership within a respected global insurer, this is a great next step for your career.

Who are we?

At Liberty, we take a long-term view, and part of that is building genuine relationships, both internally with colleagues and externally with our clients and brokers. Our people have the opportunity to make a real impact; we want to grow people's careers, recognize their potential, celebrate their uniqueness, and provide them with the knowledge and environment to succeed.

Why Liberty?

• Our underwriting & claims methodologies and technical expertise.
• NIBA General Insurer of the Year 2021 and NIBA Specialty Insurer of the Year 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025.
• Stable proven leadership.
• Our Market Approach is built on capability, consistency, and personal rapport.
• Market-leading products.
• Our product development team ensures we are quick to address gaps and introduce new products to the market.
• Autonomous, performance-oriented culture.
• Global organization - Opportunities for secondments.
• Profitable year on year since establishment.

Key responsibilities:

• In this senior second-line role you will provide authoritative risk oversight and act as a trusted partner to senior
• business leaders across Liberty Australia. Your focus will be driving rigorous second-line challenge, embedding risk appetite into decision-making, uplifting risk frameworks and capability, and supporting regulatory readiness. The initial emphasis will be on Insurance and Underwriting Controls, while covering all risk classes as required.
• Provide independent oversight of the business's risk taking activities, monitoring risks against appetite and driving timely remediation actions.
• Lead effective second-line challenge across strategic initiatives, product and distribution developments, and major change programs to ensure risk considerations are embedded early.
• Act as a senior business partner advising on key risks, assessing the control environment and constructively challenging decisions to support better risk outcomes.
• Represent the risk function in senior forums, presenting clear insights, recommended actions and following through to closure.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across underwriting, claims, distribution, operations, technology, finance, actuarial, legal/compliance and regional risk peers to share best practice and maintain alignment to appetite.
• Lead uplift and periodic review of Liberty Australia's risk frameworks to ensure effectiveness and regulatory alignment.
• Prepare high-quality executive-level risk reporting, including emerging risk identification, scenario analysis and stress testing in collaboration with Finance and Actuarial.
• Maintain knowledge of Australian prudential regulatory requirements and support readiness for supervisory reviews and thematic engagements.
• Coordinate assurance planning with Internal Audit, Compliance and regional GRS Risk to integrate assurance activities.
• Provide proactive risk input and challenge on strategic projects, new products, material third-party arrangements and technology change to ensure risk is considered before implementation.
• Lead and develop a small risk team, deliver training to uplift capability, mentor junior colleagues and role-model Liberty's values and risk proposition.

About you:

• Significant experience in Risk, Governance or Compliance within general insurance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Australian insurance regulatory obligations (or comparable jurisdiction).
• Proven track record partnering with senior business leaders to influence outcomes and drive change.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills; adept at synthesising complex issues for executive audiences.
• Business, financial and market acumen with advanced analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills.
• Strong prioritisation and organisational capability; ability to drive for results and outcomes.
• Excellent relationship-building, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills. Sound decision-making and critical thinking capability.
• Team leadership experience: ability to develop talent, set direction and maintain high standards of delivery and conduct.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Law, Commerce, Business or related field preferred; relevant professional certifications (risk/governance) advantageous.

What's Next?

Does this role sound like you? If so, then we would love to hear from you.

If you believe you can make a positive contribution to our team and want to be part of Liberty's exciting future, we would love to hear from you. Please include an updated resume, and we will take it from there. Apply now!

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