Risk Manager

CO_MMCLTD Apex Investment Administration (NZ) Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unique global business

Competitive remuneration

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Apex Group in Auckland, New Zealand seeks a Risk Manager to strengthen the second line of defence. You will identify and report on business risks, ensure controls are effective, and support regulatory obligations across the NZ operations.

Lead risk assessments, engage with senior stakeholders, coordinate audits, and drive remediation actions. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field.
• Professional certification in risk, compliance or auditing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and report on business risks and controls.
• Develop deep knowledge of Apex NZ products, services and risks.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across NZ operations.
• Collaborate with Line 2 Compliance for regulatory obligations.
• Lead risk assessments, testing and remediation oversight.
• Support local risk reporting and escalate significant issues.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Regulatory reporting

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Professional certification in risk/compliance/audit (preferred)

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Risk Manager

Location : Auckland, New Zealand

Description

The Risk Manager is a key second line of defence role, responsible for identifying, assessing, and reporting on risks across the business. The role ensures that controls are effective, regulatory obligations are met, and risk frameworks are embedded to support sustainable business outcomes.

What you will be doing

• Proactively identify, assess, and report on business risks, ensuring adequacy and effectiveness of controls.
• Act as subject matter expert for the Apex NZ businesses, developing deep knowledge of key products, services, and risks.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across the New Zealand operations.
• Partner with Line 2 Compliance to ensure emerging risks and regulatory obligations are managed effectively.
• Lead risk assessments, testing, and oversight of remediation activities, ensuring timely and effective mitigation.
• Support and monitor local risk reporting, and escalating significant issues as appropriate.
• Provide advice and training to business teams, including Operations, IT, and client-facing staff.
• Coordinate internal and external audit reviews, ensuring findings are addressed.
• Analyse incidents and control breakdowns, ensuring lessons learned and control enhancements are implemented.
• Maintain the Risk Control Profile, Business Risk Assessments, and testing schedule.
• Manage governance reporting (e.g. LARC, BARC), ensuring quality and timeliness of submissions.
• Oversee business continuity planning and support business continuity exercises.
• Support ongoing enhancement of risk policies, frameworks, and procedures.

Skills Required

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• Professional certification in risk, compliance, or auditing (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of risk frameworks in financial services.
• Demonstrated second line of defence experience.
• Proven ability to influence and manage relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative team player, willing to lead or support as needed.

What you will get in return

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please https://www.apexgroup.com/corporate-social-responsibility/

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey. Find out more about us

Prepared to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.