Regulatory Engagement Specialist

Australian Retirement Trust; Brisbane; Híbrido; AUD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Training opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Australian Retirement Trust seeks a Regulatory Engagement Specialist to support engagement with regulators such as APRA and ASIC. The role coordinates responses, gathers information from multiple teams, and helps improve governing workflows and controls.

This 12-month fixed-term contract offers exposure to diverse regulatory matters, cross-functional collaboration, and opportunities to broaden regulatory expertise while supporting key organisational outcomes.

Formación

• Significant experience in regulatory engagement within financial services.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills for complex regulatory matters.
• Strong written and verbal communication to turn complex information into clear responses.
• Comfortable building relationships and coordinating input across multiple stakeholders.
• Open to new ideas and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Committed to continuous learning and developing regulatory knowledge.
• Familiar with Australian superannuation legislation and regulation (SIS Act, Corporations Act, APRA, ASIC).
• Bachelor-level qualification in Law, Business, Finance or related discipline.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate end-to-end response process for regulatory notices, data requests and formal enquiries from APRA, ASIC and other regulators.
• Act as central liaison for clear, professional regulatory communication.
• Partner with Risk, Investments, Member Services, Finance and others to gather and validate information.
• Maintain regulatory engagement records with deadlines, progress and outcomes.
• Review and improve workflows, templates, tools to increase efficiency, accountability and quality.
• Identify opportunities to use technology and automation to improve processes.
• Monitor regulatory response performance including timeliness and QA outcomes.
• Ensure responses have review and supporting documentation.
• Maintain procedures, guidance and training materials for teams involved in regulatory responses.
• Support audit activity and regulatory engagement reporting for management and Boards.
• Build capability across the business through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Conocimientos

Regulatory engagement

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical problem solving

Communication

Agile adaptability

Regulatory knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance or related

Descripción del empleo

Australian Retirement Trust – Brisbane QLD

Join Australian Retirement Trust as our Reg Engagement Specialist. In this 12-month contract, you'll play a key role supporting regulatory engagement activities, coordinating stakeholders, facilitating meetings, and helping ensure effective collaboration business wide. If you're a problem solver who thrives in an agile environment and enjoys building strong relationships, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your experience while contributing to important organisational outcomes.

Description

We're all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a Regulatory Engagement Specialist, you'll play an important role in strengthening how we engage with regulators including APRA and ASIC.

You'll coordinate responses to regulatory notices, enquiries and information requests, bringing together subject matter experts from across the business to ensure our responses are timely, accurate and consistent. Just as importantly, you'll look for opportunities to make things better, enhancing workflows, documentation, tools and controls to create an efficient and well-governed regulatory engagement process.

You'll work across a broad range of stakeholders, giving you the opportunity to build your profile, deepen your regulatory expertise and make a tangible contribution to our compliance capability.

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract opportunity and can be based in Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney.

Responsibilities

Day to day, you'll:

• Coordinate the end-to-end response process for regulatory notices, data requests and formal enquiries from APRA, ASIC and other relevant regulators.
• Act as a central liaison point, supporting clear, consistent and professional regulatory communication.
• Partner with teams across Risk, Investments, Member Services, Finance and other areas to gather and validate information.
• Maintain regulatory engagement records, ensuring deadlines, progress and outcomes are visible and effectively managed.
• Review and improve workflows, procedures, templates and tools to increase efficiency, accountability and quality.
• Identify opportunities to use technology and automation to improve regulatory response processes.
• Monitor regulatory response performance, including timeliness and quality assurance outcomes.
• Ensure responses have the appropriate review, approval and supporting documentation.
• Maintain procedures, guidance and training materials for teams involved in regulatory responses.
• Support audit activity and contribute to regulatory engagement reporting for management and Boards.
• Build capability across the business through collaboration, knowledge sharing and practical support.

Qualifications

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

• You have significant experience in regulatory engagement within financial services.
• Your analytical and problem-solving skills allow you to work confidently through complex regulatory matters.
• You'll bring strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to turn complex information into clear responses.
• You're comfortable building relationships and coordinating input across multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• You bring fresh ideas and are open to different perspectives and better ways of working.
• Your approach is adaptable, and you can respond effectively when priorities or circumstances change.
• You'll be committed to continuous learning and developing your regulatory knowledge.
• You're familiar with Australian superannuation legislation and regulation, including the SIS Act, Corporations Act, relevant APRA prudential standards and ASIC regulatory guidance.
• You may have a bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Finance or a related discipline.

About us

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of around $375 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you'll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Applications close 9th November 2026.

We don't want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you'll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you've made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.

Why join us

Bring your potential to Australian Retirement Trust and unleash our monster possibilities:

• You’ll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

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