Risk Manager at AustralianSuper

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Management, Leadership, Advisory Skills, Influencing Skills, Communication, Incident Management, Breach Reporting, Risk Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Risk Framework, Audit Engagement, Risk Testing

Industry

Financial Services

Description

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That’s why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members. We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members. Your New Role We have a 7-month max-term contract opportunity for a Risk Manager to join the Member Risk team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, the Risk Manager will have a leadership role in driving priority areas and working cohesively with senior business leaders across the Member domain. This will help ensure the Fund is taking the right amount of risk to deliver on its strategy and that the appropriate business risks, controls and indicators are in place to oversee and monitor the way we work. This is critical to ensuring the Fund has sound risk management foundations as it continues to grow and so a highly capable risk manager is required to drive the work that is needed. Key responsibilities include; Demonstrate leadership both within the Risk team and towards business colleagues by proactively partnering with them to enable a robust approach to risk management. Manage the facilitation of risk reviews and proactively assist with improving the quality of responses, to ensure risks are appropriately reviewed, managed, monitored and integrated with the overall delivery of the risk framework and recorded within the GRC system. Provide clear and comprehensive communication of key operational risk matters to relevant colleagues. Drive the timely management of incidents and breach reporting requirements. Develop and contribute to appropriate risk reporting/dashboards for Senior Management, Advisory Groups, Group Risk and Board Committees. Drive and support in the delivery of the risk and control testing plan for the domain. Engage with auditors as they conduct their audit testing and validate that audit findings are implemented appropriately. What You’ll Need 7 + years’ experience in Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, Internal or External Audit, preferably in the Superannuation industry. Strong working knowledge of risk and compliance frameworks. Highly developed leadership, advisory and influencing skills. Poise and ability to act calmly and ability to professionally handle confidential matters. Commercially astute and the ability to offer pragmatic advice underpinned by sound risk management principles. Ability to develop and maintain high quality interpersonal relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Life at AustralianSuper AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we’re happy to discuss what this looks like for you. We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know. What’s Next Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results. At AustralianSuper, we embrace innovation to further enhance fairness and efficiency in hiring. We use Agentic AI to host our initial phone interview conversations, offering candidates a personalised, on-demand experience. Information shared through the tool is securely processed and stored in accordance with our privacy standards. https://www.australiansuper.com/careers/candidate-privacy-notice Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required. Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper’s Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you. The AustralianSuper Story As a profit-to-member superannuation fund, AustralianSuper is run only for members, and is here to help members achieve their best possible retirement outcome. We don't pay profits or dividends to shareholders, so the money we make goes back into the fund. We’re an organisation of talented, inspiring colleagues and passionate leaders. As we continue to grow in size and complexity, we need people who will challenge our thinking, deliver outstanding outcomes and most importantly, share in our purpose.

Responsibilities

The Risk Manager will lead priority areas within the Member Risk team and work with senior business leaders to ensure appropriate risk management practices are in place. Key tasks include facilitating risk reviews, managing incidents, and developing risk reporting for senior management.