Senior Adviser, Investment Management

Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko; Auckland; On-site; NZD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% KiwiSaver employer contribution

Health and life insurance cover

Paid leave over Christmas period

Holiday swap option

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Financial Markets Authority – Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko in Auckland seeks a Senior Adviser, Investment Management to regulate and supervise NZ's investment management sector, including KiwiSaver, DIMS, and derivatives issuers. You will analyze complex issues and provide evidence-based advice to support regulatory action.

You’ll develop technical expertise and contribute to supervisory activities across planned and reactive matters, ensuring market integrity and better investor outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of investment management and KiwiSaver schemes.
• Experience in regulatory, risk, or professional services contexts is advantageous.
• Ability to evaluate complex issues and form evidence-based conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and supervise investment management participants across funds, including DI/DIMS and related entities.
• Undertake detailed analysis of regulatory and conduct issues, ensuring conclusions are evidence-based.
• Respond to reactive matters, including potential breaches of regulatory obligations.
• Provide high-quality advice, correspondence, and decision material to support regulatory action.
• Produce public guidance and research to improve investor outcomes.
• Contribute to improvements in product design, disclosure, and integrity across the sector.

Skills

Investment management

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Tools

KiwiSaver knowledge

Job description

A great place to work. With great work to do.

Ours is a meaningful and impactful role, as a kaitiaki (caretakers) of the financial services in Aotearoa. We oversee a market that does right by everyone, ensuring better outcomes for all New Zealanders. Our role as a kaitiaki is brought to life by our values; Look to the Horizon, Help the Team Work, Make the Calls and Open Hearts, Open Minds.

Te Tūranga | The Role

Join us as a Senior Adviser, Investment Management, where you'll play an important role in how the FMA regulates and supervises Aotearoa's investment management sector. You'll contribute to our core regulatory activities across managed investment schemes, including KiwiSaver and non-KiwiSaver funds, as well as discretionary investment management schemes and derivatives issuers. Working across both planned supervision and reactive matters, you'll help identify emerging risks, assess conduct and compliance issues, and support proportionate, evidence-based responses.

A key aspect of the role is developing and applying technical expertise across the investment management sector, particularly in discretionary investment management services (DIMS) and derivatives issuers (DI). You will contribute to building depth of capability in these areas within the team, supporting effective supervision and regulatory decision-making.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Monitoring and supervising participants across the managed investment sector including fund managers, discretionary investment management scheme providers, derivative issuers, peer-to-peer lenders and crowdfunders
• Undertaking detailed analysis of complex regulatory and conduct issues, ensuring conclusions are evidence based and well-reasoned
• Responding to reactive matters, including potential breaches of regulatory obligations
• Providing high quality advice, correspondence, and decision material to support regulatory action
• Producing public guidance and research to improve investor outcomes
• Contributing to improvements in product design, disclosure, and integrity across the sector

He kōrero mōu | About you

You'll bring strong industry experience within investment management, regulatory, risk, compliance, or professional services sectors. A solid understanding of management investment schemes, including KiwiSaver, and the broader regulatory landscape is highly advantageous.

Ideally, you will bring experience in, or exposure to, discretionary investment management services and/or derivatives issuers, and be motivated to build strong technical expertise in these areas as part of your role. You're confident acting as a trusted technical adviser, able to evaluate complex issues, form evidence-based conclusions, and provide advice that stands up to scrutiny.

You're a critical thinker who's comfortable working with ambiguity. You can quickly get across unfamiliar issues, analyse information objectively, and adjust your thinking as new evidence emerges. Your curiosity and learning agility mean you stay on top of regulatory, legislative, and market developments, and you actively look for opportunities to improve regulatory practice and industry outcomes.

Ngā painga | What we offer

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits, including:

• 4% KiwiSaver employer contribution
• Health and life insurance cover
• Paid leave over the Christmas period
• The ability to swap public holidays for days that hold personal significance
• Exceptional learning and development opportunities, including technical training and leadership programmes

At the FMA, we're committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We also offer a range of wellness and social activities to support both personal and professional wellbeing and help our people genuinely connect with one another.

The appointing salary range for this role is $125,000 - $140,000 per annum plus 4% KiwiSaver and the benefits outlined above. Final offers are based on experience, skills, and internal equity. Pay equity and parity are important to us at the FMA, and we are committed to fairness and transparency throughout every stage of recruitment.