Hybrid Senior Enterprise Risk Associate

at Greenvolt Group

• Job title: Senior Enterprise Risk Associate
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Lisbon, Portugal

About the role

• Senior Risk Associate enhancing risk management framework and strategy at Greenvolt in Lisbon, Portugal. Collaborating with teams to ensure compliance and decision-making in risk management.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and monitoring of enterprise risk management policies and procedures aligned with strategic objectives.
• Partner with first-line teams to identify and assess risks, including emerging risks, and develop effective response strategies across several risk domains.
• Support the risk identification and assessment processes and prepare decision-support materials for senior leadership.
• Manage and optimise the risk management system, ensuring accurate data capture, reporting, and integration with corporate platforms.
• Prepare and present periodic risk reports to senior management and governance bodies.
• Maintain and update risk registers with accurate classification and timely revisions.
• Support the Business Continuity Management activities by coordinating recovery strategies, crisis response, and emergency plans, including development and testing of Business Continuity Plans.
• Conduct credit and financial risk analysis for counterparties (e.g., customers, suppliers, and business partners), evaluating financial health and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Develop stress-testing and scenario analysis models to strengthen financial and operational resilience.
• Ensure alignment between risk management and ESG objectives, including climate-related risk assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in risk processes, systems, and governance.
• Support strategic projects and cross-functional activities across multiple geographies.
• Enhance risk reporting through automation, data visualisation, and advanced analytics for actionable insights.
• Promote a strong risk culture through training and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent by experience, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Business or other relevant fields of expertise, a master's degree is a plus.
• 5-8 years of experience in risk management, consulting or audit. Experience within the renewable energy sector will be valued.
• Solid knowledge of Risk Management Standards, Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance, Key Risk Indicators and governance processes.
• Knowledge of construction, property, financial, operational, compliance, cyber and ESG/sustainability risk wills be valued.
• Good communication skills and willingness to work in an international environment, occasional travel may be required.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills, with the ability to develop complex analyses on clear internal materials.
• Proficient in Portuguese and English is required.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Flexibility, resilience and good adaptability are also needed.
• Analytical problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative, strong sense of business ethics and integrity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary aligned with experience;
• Integration into a solid company and a young, dynamic team;
• Be part of an international environment;
• Attractive benefits package including health insurance, flexible benefits, pension plan and meal card;
• Flexible work environment and work-life balance;
• Hybrid Regime (2 days of teleworking);
• Free Birthday Day;
• 25 days of holidays.