Risk Senior Manager – Super Products & Investments

JS Careers; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JS Careers partners with a leading Australian financial services organisation to hire a Senior Risk Manager for the Superannuation Risk team. You will provide independent second-line risk oversight across accumulation, retirement offerings, and investment-related activities, reporting to the Head of Risk and working closely with business stakeholders.

The role focuses on embedding risk and compliance frameworks, strengthening governance and controls, and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Business/Commerce/Law or related field.
• In-depth technical and product knowledge of superannuation.
• 7+ years' experience across superannuation risk, governance or operational risk.
• Understanding of trustee governance and regulatory obligations.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence across the business.
• Curious, analytical mindset with pragmatic risk guidance.
• Experience in transformation-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent Line 2 risk oversight across superannuation products, with a focus on accumulation, retirement and investment-related activities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to embed risk and compliance frameworks, providing constructive challenge and pragmatic risk guidance.
• Review and contribute to business plans, policies, Board and Committee papers, ensuring risk, compliance, governance and conflicts are addressed.
• Review controls to strengthen governance, manage regulatory risk and support control excellence.
• Identify, assess and manage incidents, breaches and conflicts of interest, providing risk insight and guidance on regulatory obligations.
• Work across Risk Management and transformation initiatives to maintain oversight of product and investment matters.
• Contribute to strengthening risk culture and driving continuous improvement.

Skills

Superannuation risk

Governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce/Law

Job description

As a result of continued growth and transformation, a leading Australian financial services organisation is looking for a Senior Risk Manager to join its Superannuation Risk team.

Reporting to the Head of Risk, the successful applicant will provide independent second-line risk oversight across superannuation products, spanning both accumulation and retirement offerings, as well as investment-related activities.

The role will partner closely with the business, leveraging strong technical and product knowledge to provide constructive challenge, pragmatic risk guidance and support to strengthen governance, controls and risk practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide independent Line 2 risk oversight across superannuation products, with a focus on accumulation, retirement and investment-related activities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to embed risk and compliance frameworks, providing constructive challenge and pragmatic risk guidance.
• Review and contribute to business plans, policies, Board and Committee papers, ensuring risk, compliance, governance and conflicts are appropriately addressed.
• Review controls and processes to strengthen governance, manage regulatory risk and support control excellence.
• Support the identification, assessment and management of incidents, breaches and conflicts of interest, providing risk insight and guidance on regulatory obligations and reportability.
• Work collaboratively across Risk Management and transformation initiatives to maintain effective oversight of product and investment matters.
• Contribute to strengthening risk culture, uplifting risk practices and driving continuous improvement.

Suitable candidates will possess:

• An undergraduate degree in Business, Commerce, Law or a related discipline.
• In-depth technical and product knowledge of the superannuation sector, including accumulation and retirement offerings and investment-related activities.
• 7+ years' experience across superannuation risk, product governance or operational risk, with an understanding of how to identify, assess and manage business risks.
• A sound understanding of trustee governance, regulatory obligations and the risk considerations associated with superannuation products and investments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively and build trusted relationships across the business.
• A curious and analytical mindset, with the confidence to ask insightful questions and provide pragmatic risk guidance.
• Experience working within complex organisations undergoing significant transformation, with the ability to navigate change and contribute to continuous improvement.