Risk & Controls Lead – Member Ops (18M, Melbourne)

Australian Super; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AustralianSuper is seeking a Risk Manager to support the Senior Risk Manager in delivering practical risk solutions across Member Operations. The role focuses on first-line risk activities, incidents, and controls within the Fund's Risk Management Framework.

The 18-month contract is ideally based in Melbourne and involves partnering with business teams, risk assessment, and reporting to senior stakeholders, with opportunities to shape risk uplift initiatives and CPS230 activities.

Qualifications

• Significant operational risk management experience, ideally in financial services, superannuation or insurance.
• Strong knowledge of operational risk, compliance frameworks and incident management.
• Ability to analyse trends, diagnose issues and recommend actions addressing root causes.
• Excellent written, verbal, data presentation and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Critical thinker and self-starter who works autonomously, manages competing priorities and adapts to change.
• Hold an accreditation in Risk Management from a recognised body like RMIA or GIA or be willing to obtain one after joining AustralianSuper.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and translate external regulatory requirements to shape business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to identify, assess, monitor and manage risks, controls, incidents and obligations in line with the Risk Management Framework.
• Execute risk and controls activities including control testing, risk assessments, and control self-assessment validations.
• Provide risk advice, guidance and GRC system support, acting as the primary risk contact for assigned business areas.
• Analyse risk, control and incident data to identify trends, provide insights and support risk uplift initiatives.
• Lead and coordinate incident management activities, including triage, escalation, root cause analysis, remediation and reporting.
• Prepare and present risk reporting, insights and recommendations to business leaders, risk forums and management committees.
• Manage findings, action plans and assurance activities to strengthen the control environment and support compliance outcomes.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and contribute risk and control expertise to projects including delivering risk assessments, change initiatives and CPS230 activities.

Skills

Operational risk management

Risk frameworks

Incident management

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

RMIA/GIA accreditation

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Job description

AustralianSuper is seeking a Risk Manager to support the Senior Risk Manager in delivering practical risk solutions across Member Operations. The role focuses on first-line risk activities, incidents, and controls within the Fund's Risk Management Framework.

The 18-month contract is ideally based in Melbourne and involves partnering with business teams, risk assessment, and reporting to senior stakeholders, with opportunities to shape risk uplift initiatives and CPS230 activities.