Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance - Retirement in Sydney

Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance - Retirement in Sydney

Sydney Full-Time On-site
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Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance - Retirement

As one of Australia's largest profit-for-members superannuation funds, we always remember whose money it is and whose future we're looking after. We work to reimagine a new way forward for our 1.1 million members and their communities. Each other. And our world.

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Your New Role

We're looking for a seasoned risk and compliance professional to join our Member Growth division as Senior Manager, Retirement Risk & Compliance. In this role, you'll act as the trusted risk and compliance adviser to our Retirement business, helping deliver innovative retirement products and member solutions while ensuring they remain aligned with regulatory obligations, risk appetite and member expectations.

Melbourne or Sydney location

12 Month Max Term

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Partner with Retirement, Product and Delivery teams to provide proactive risk and compliance advice on strategic initiatives and new product development.
  • Support the design and implementation of effective controls across products, processes and delivery activities.
  • Lead and facilitate risk assessments for new retirement products, proposition changes, delivery activities and material business decisions.
  • Ensure risks, controls, obligations, issues, risk acceptances and related actions are captured, maintained and reported through the GRC system.
  • Lead and support incident management for retirement-related incidents, potential compliance breaches and control failures, ensuring timely assessment, escalation and remediation.

How do you exceed our expectations?

Strong knowledge of risk and compliance in superannuation, wealth management, banking or other highly regulated financial services environments, with practical experience supporting business delivery.

Demonstrated experience partnering with product, strategy or delivery teams to support new product development, product governance, product change and go-to-market activity.

Experience with regulatory engagement, including drafting regulatory communications, preparing responses to regulator enquiries and coordinating input across Legal, Line 2 Risk and Compliance and business stakeholders.

Strong capability in risk assessment, control design, GRC reporting, incident management, breach assessment, root cause analysis and remediation oversight.

Working knowledge of supplier due diligence, third party risk management and operational resilience considerations for externally supported products or services.

Employee Experience

We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you'll love working at Aware Super:

  • Have a super impact: You'll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
  • Be part of something super unique: You'll work to reshape super and retirement. We'll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
  • Work with super humans: You'll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
  • Feel super cared for: We'll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference

At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.

Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance - Retirement in Sydney employer: Aware Super

Aware Super is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Melbourne, offering a dynamic work culture that prioritises collaboration and innovation. As a Senior Financial Crime & AML Investigator, you will have access to extensive professional development opportunities, enabling you to grow your expertise while contributing to meaningful outcomes for over 1.1 million members. With a strong focus on data analytics and process improvements, Aware Super fosters an environment where your skills can make a real impact in combating financial crime.

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Contact Details:

Aware Super Recruitment Team