Insurance Manager

About us: 
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria. 
We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency.  Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.    
We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all of our people feel respected, valued and supported to be the best they can be.

About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Insurance Manager, driving the strategy behind our insurance programs across our essential energy networks and diverse subsidiaries. 
Reporting to the Treasurer, in this role you will manage over 30 insurance policies covering critical risks such as general liability (including bushfire risk coverage), property, and workers' compensation while ensuring cost optimisation and regulatory compliance.
Using your experience in a similar role you will partner with senior stakeholders, brokers, and underwriters to safeguard our business, deliver expert risk advice, and influence decision-making on major contracts and initiatives. 
This represents an amazing opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a challenging and rewarding role! With many company benefits and incentives on offer, and a chance you to play a critical part in our business, this is a role that should not be missed.

Key duties and responsibilities: 

• Lead the design, placement, and management of comprehensive insurance policies, ensuring optimal coverage and cost efficiency.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with insurance brokers and underwriters to secure competitive terms.
• Provide expert risk advice on contracts, new initiatives, and emerging risks, collaborating with key stakeholders across our businesses.
• Oversee claims management, data analysis, and reporting to better inform decision-making and enhance risk mitigation.
• Manage the insurance budget, identifying opportunities for optimisation while ensuring compliance and coverage.
• Deliver high-quality presentations and reports to senior leaders and committees on insurance strategies and updates.
• Develop and coach team members, fostering a culture of excellence and growth.

Required skills and experience: 

• Strong experience in corporate insurance or commercial risk management, preferably in energy, infrastructure, or heavy industries.
• Strong knowledge of insurance principles, risk management practices, and contractual risk assessment.
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and manage diverse stakeholders at all levels.
• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field.

Your career with us:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.
Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety – ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday – as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance.
We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive, and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued, and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.
With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.
We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here to check out our benefits. https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/powercor/benefits

Submit your application by 15 December 2024 by clicking on apply now! 

For the full Position Description reach out to Emma Jones in the Talent Team on ejones@powercor.com.au. 
 

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.