About the Company

SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines who operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.

We operate in a geographically and climatically diverse service area, with sites and locations from Ceduna through to Port Augusta, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, across to the Riverland, down to Mount Gambier, and most places in between.

Our strength and expertise have been shaped by our history. For more than 165 years, South Australians have depended on us to innovate and deliver efficient and sustainable water services. With nationally and internationally recognised industry expertise, we’re focused on understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations.

As well as safely delivering smart and reliable services for our customers of today, we innovate to shape the water solutions of the future that will support thriving economies and healthy communities.

We are driven by our values; we value our people, we do work that matters, we keep it real, we know that our work has impact and we are future focussed. Staying true to our values ensures that we consistently deliver positive outcomes for all South Australians.

About the job

The Risk Business Partner is a key member of a high-performing team of risk professionals delivering a transformational Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program that is reshaping how risk is understood, managed and leveraged across the organisation.

Partnering closely with leaders and subject matter experts, this role provides trusted advice and practical support to corporate functions including finance, legal, and customer and stakeholder management, helping teams confidently navigate risk while achieving their objectives.

Acting as a primary liaison with other business functions, including technology, the Risk Business Partner builds strong relationships, influences decision-making, and drives the integration of effective risk management into everyday business activities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and collaborative professional to make a tangible impact, contribute to organisational success, and play a leading role in advancing risk maturity across SA Water.

About the Person

We are looking for a hands-on, forward-thinking risk professional with strong, practical experience applying enterprise risk principles in real business settings. You will be a natural business partner, confident in providing specialist advice across corporate risk areas such as financial, compliance, legal, reputation and customer risk, and able to translate complex risk concepts into clear, actionable insights. You bring experience in complex, fast-paced environments, and most importantly, you are adaptable, commercially minded, and open to embracing new ways of working, including emerging technologies and modern risk practices.

About Business Insights and Excellence

The Business Insights and Excellence group drives operational excellence by enabling best business practices, economic pricing, supply chain management, and performance optimisation to support the broader business and partners in delivering reliable, cost-effective, sustainable, and future-focused outcomes.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day.

You will:

• Deliver hands-on risk partnering aligned to the ERM Framework.
• Facilitate risk assessments, workshops, and discussions with stakeholders.
• Support the identification, assessment and management of corporate risks (financial, compliance, reputation, customer).
• Maintain accurate risk information and contribute to reporting for ELT and Board governance forums.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to uplift risk capability and maturity across the business.

Your success in this role will come from:

• Tertiary qualifications in risk management, accounting, economics, business management or related discipline.
• Relevant recent experience in risk management or related fields, i.e. audit, strategy, project management, etc.
• Demonstrated application of risk management principles and practices.
• Intermediate to Advocate capabilities in GRC software applications and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills communication and interpersonal skills to enable establishment and maintenance of positive relationships with stakeholders.

• Deliver hands-on risk partnering aligned to the ERM Framework.
• Facilitate risk assessments, workshops, and discussions with stakeholders.
• Support the identification, assessment and management of corporate risks (financial, compliance, reputation, customer).
• Maintain accurate risk information and contribute to reporting for ELT and Board governance forums.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to uplift risk capability and maturity across the business.

• Intermediate to Advocate capabilities in GRC software applications and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills communication and interpersonal skills to enable establishment and maintenance of positive relationships with stakeholders.

• Tertiary qualifications in risk management, accounting, economics, business management or related discipline.
• Relevant recent experience in risk management or related fields, i.e. audit, strategy, project management, etc.
• Demonstrated application of risk management principles and practices.