Manager, Business Risk & Compliance

Aware Super; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & fitness reimbursement

WFH tech reimbursement

Salary continuance insurance

Meeting-free zones

Job summary

Aware Super is seeking a high-impact Line 1 Risk professional to support Growth & Acquisition initiatives in Sydney/Melbourne. You will partner with senior leaders, product, digital, marketing and adviser networks to provide practical risk and compliance advice that enables responsible growth and protects members' outcomes.

In this 12-month max term role, you will identify and assess strategic, operational, conduct, privacy, technology, product, distribution and regulatory risks early and lead

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Line 1 risk and compliance practices.
• Experience partnering with commercial, product, distribution, marketing, or agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess strategic, operational, conduct, privacy, technology, product, distribution and regulatory risks early.
• Provide practical risk and compliance advice to enable safe, sustainable growth.
• Lead risk assessments for strategic initiatives, new propositions, product and distribution changes, campaigns and digital journeys.

Skills

Line 1 risk

Risk assessments

GRC reporting

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Agile delivery

SIS Act knowledge

Tools

GRC platforms

RegTech tools

Job description

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.

Sound good? Learn more about us and what we do at aware.com.au

Your New Role

This is a high-impact Line 1 Risk role supporting Aware Super's Growth & Acquisition function. You'll work closely with senior leaders, employer growth teams, product, digital, marketing and adviser distribution stakeholders, providing practical risk and compliance advice that enables innovation, member growth and commercial outcomes.

• Sydney or Melbourne Location
• 12 Month Max Term Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Identify and assess strategic, operational, conduct, privacy, technology, product, distribution and regulatory risks early, ensuring growth initiatives are designed and delivered within risk appetite.
• Provide clear, practical advice and constructive challenge to support better decision-making and enable safe, sustainable growth.
• Provide risk and compliance advice on innovative employer propositions, adviser network propositions, distribution models, partnerships, campaigns and acquisition channels.
• Support the design and governance of new or changed employer, adviser, member acquisition and partnership propositions to ensure regulatory obligations and business risks are appropriately managed.
• Lead and facilitate risk assessments for strategic initiatives, new propositions, product and distribution changes, campaigns, partnerships and digital acquisition journeys.

How do you exceed our expectations?

• Strong understanding of Line 1 risk and compliance practices, including delivered risk assessments, trigger-based risk assessments, controls, incidents, issues, remediation, GRC reporting and risk governance.
• Practical experience partnering with commercial, product, distribution, marketing, digital or agile delivery teams to enable business outcomes within risk appetite.
• Strong understanding of regulatory obligations impacting superannuation and distribution activities, including SIS Act, Corporations Act, ASIC Regulatory Guides, Privacy Act, CPS 230, CPS 234, FAR, anti-hawking obligations and Design and Distribution Obligations.
• Demonstrated capability to build, review and uplift controls in a complex and highly regulated environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the ability to partner with senior leaders, value stream leads, product owners, squads and Line 2 specialists.

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.