Senior Risk Business Partner - Product, Marketing & Risk

About The Role

Are you a senior risk professional who thrives on strategic partnering and influence with leaders to embed risk thinking across core business areas? Do you enjoy providing insight-led advice that helps leaders make confident, risk-aware decisions while strengthening processes, controls, and frameworks?

We’re seeking a Senior Risk Business Partner to join AA Insurance’s Risk Advisory team, supporting the PPUM (Product, Pricing, Marketing, Underwriting) & Risk teams.

On a day‑to‑day basis, you’ll act as a trusted business partner to senior leaders, providing enterprise‑level risk insight, independent challenge and oversight across your portfolio. You’ll also coach and mentor stakeholders to own their risks by ensuring risk information is meaningful, emerging issues are surfaced early, and risk considerations are embedded into business planning and decision‑making and work closely with other Risk Advisory partners to maintain an enterprise-wide view of risk.

If you’ve worked in advisory, consulting, or professional services and are considering your first move in-house, these roles offer a unique opportunity to apply your strategic, analytical, and advisory expertise in a senior, high-impact position, influencing key business decisions and helping shape how Risk Advisory is embedded across AA Insurance.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as a strategic risk partner to your portfolio ELT and SLT stakeholders.
• Provide strategic risk partnering and independent oversight across your assigned portfolio, ensuring material risks are visible, understood, and actively managed by leaders.
• Translate complex risk information into clear insights, options and trade‑offs to inform executive and governance decision‑making.
• Identify and connect emerging and systemic risks across change, operations and strategy, maintaining an enterprise view beyond individual initiatives.
• Lead risk reviews and deep dives, producing actionable insights.
• Embed operational risk frameworks, standards, and controls in practical ways.
• Coach and mentor stakeholders to strengthen risk awareness and decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with other Risk Advisory colleagues to maintain a holistic enterprise perspective.
• Provide independent risk reporting to the Executive Risk Committee and Board Audit, Risk Committee in line with NZ governance expectations.
• Lead executive-level risk discussions, delivering expert insights and independent challenge.
• Partner with the Head of Risk Advisory to upskill team capabilities and strengthen internal collaboration.

What You’ll Bring With You

• 7-10 years’ experience in Risk Advisory, Operational Risk or Consulting within New Zealand’s financial services or insurance sector.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Executive or Senior Leadership teams.
• Relevant NZ-recognised qualifications in risk management, governance, law, or finance (e.g., GRC, postgraduate risk qualifications).
• Deep knowledge of NZ regulatory requirements including the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act, Reserve Bank prudential standards, and Financial Markets Authority (FMA) conduct expectations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with previous experience writing board level papers for senior leadership.
• Exhibits self-leadership, upholds company values, and applies adaptive leadership to drive results in a dynamic insurance environment.
• Proven ability to design and implement risk appetite frameworks and operational risk policies compliant with NZ law.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with senior management and board-level reporting experience.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented with a proactive approach to risk identification and escalation.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

You’ll join a newly established senior role within AA Insurance’s Risk Advisory team, working alongside experienced colleagues to provide insight-led guidance across high-profile technology and transformation programmes. This is a collaborative, supportive environment where your expertise will be valued, and your ideas will directly shape how risk is embedded into the business.

We take personal development seriously, offering flexible working, structured development opportunities, and wellbeing support including a $250 annual allowance. Our inclusive culture encourages curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, giving you the space to make a real impact.

Why join us?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a Senior Risk Advisory role in-house, bringing your strategic insight and experience to a team that’s shaping the future of risk at AA Insurance. You’ll influence key initiatives, help leaders make informed, risk-aware decisions, and contribute to building a modern, fit-for-purpose risk function.

If you’re motivated by high-impact work, advisory influence, and the chance to shape a newly formed role within an established team, this is the opportunity for you.