- Business Unit: Optus Satellite
- Talent Acquisition Partner: Natalie James
It starts with YES!
At Optus, we have an ambitious goal to be Australia’s most loved everyday brand.
The Senior Risk Manager has the primary responsibility to provide advice and support in all matters related to Optus Satellite risk management. This role will ensure that all business-related risks are identified, assessed, reported, remediated, and monitored effectively, to meet business performance objectives within the risk tolerances established and in a compliant manner.
Your day in the life of a Satellite Risk Manager at Optus
- Implement and maintain the Optus Risk Management Framework for Optus Satellite, ensuring effective risk assessments and control environments.
- Contribute to the design of Optus Satellite business processes by designing effective controls.
- Conduct in-depth risk assessments for key Satellite projects such as Optus 11, D3 MEP, D2 Mitigation, and others, including resilience planning.
- Collaborate with Optus Group Risk Management for risk reporting and business continuity planning, and with Optus Group Internal Audit for audit preparations and execution.
- Coordinate the monitoring, reporting, and integrity of data within the Optus Governance Risk and Compliance system.
- Analyze trends and prepare reports to provide transparency and organization-level insights into Optus Satellite’s risk management and compliance performance.
Your skills to pay the bills!
- Experience within complex organizational structures, understanding the dynamics and challenges that come with it.
- Ability to Define and adhere to a project plan, managing and containing any adverse changes related to cost, time, and communication aspects.
- Capable of persuading and working with a diverse range of stakeholders, both internal and external, across various levels of seniority.
- Familiarity with risk management and control standards like ISO31000, COBIT, and ISO27001 is essential, as well as best practices in enterprise risk environments, particularly with Line 1 risk experience.
- Demonstrated ability to use specialised tools for risk reporting and governance tasks.
- Ability to work independently and make impactful decisions regarding processes and operational expenditure, always with the customer’s and Optus’s best interests in mind.
- Ability to handle multiple critical risks, managing information, and recovery plans effectively to senior executives.
- The ability to consolidate and interpret data from various sources to extract meaningful insights.
Perks we love at Optus
- 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
- Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver
- All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’
- Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University)
- Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans and Yarn Network
- Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office
- Two easy travel options to Sydney Campus: Optus bus from Sydney CBD (20min travel time) and Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!
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At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch.
For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.