Risk Analyst

We all know life can change in an instant and Aon are here to help and support you through it. AON is a leading insurance broker who are about doing things right by you. Our brokers provide the clarity and confidence you need to make insurance decisions.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a detail-focused and analytical Risk professional to join our team on a permanent basis, supporting the uplift of risk management practices across Aon New Zealand.

What your day could look like

• Supporting the Operational Compliance Manager in embedding practical risk management practices across the organisation.
• Partnering with risk owners and business stakeholders to complete risk assessments to determine residual and inherent risk ratings for all risk categories (Operational, Financial, Data etc.)
• Partnering with the business to support the identification and documentation of internal controls.
• Conducting control assessments to determine the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Supporting the maintenance of risk and control registers to ensure high quality risk data to support accurate, clear and insightful risk reporting.
• Overseeing internal client classification approval processes and ensuring timely escalation where required.

What success looks like (first 6–12 months)

• Establish and maintain risk and control registers, with high quality data on risks, controls, issues, action plans, and other key components of a risk management framework.
• Risk assessments performed across all risk categories to provide a view of the Aon NZ enterprise risk profile.
• Delivering timely and insightful risk reporting to enable risk-based decision making for Aon NZ leadership.
• Positive collaboration with stakeholders, enabling a practical and sustainable uplift in risk management practices.

About you

• Experience in risk or compliance environment (insurance or financial services preferred)
• Experience supporting risk assessments, control assessments, or issue and action management.
• Experience maintaining risk and control registers and producing risk reporting.
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at different levels.
• A structured, organised approach with a focus on delivering high quality and accurate outcomes.
• Experience in developing and maintaining SharePoint registers an advantage.

Why join Aon?

At Aon, we’re passionate about making better decisions to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

You’ll join a collaborative environment where your work will have a real and visible impact—helping strengthen our risk framework and supporting better outcomes for our clients and colleagues.

What’s On Offer?

• Competitive base salary plus annual incentive
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
• Health and Life Insurance, plus Income Protection options
• Gym discounts
• Flexible working arrangements, Early finishes on Friday, 2 AON wellbeing days per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services

Apply now and join a company dedicated to offering sound solutions to NZ clients.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email [email protected]