Senior Risk & Compliance Manager

Full Time
  • February 1, 2027
  • Employment Info

    JOB  DETAILS

    The responsibilities will include:

      • Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge across FNZ’s operational and enterprise risk environment.
      • Support the application and ongoing enhancement of FNZ’s Group Risk Management Framework.
      • Assess FNZ’s risk profile against approved risk appetite and key risk indicators, escalating material exposures and emerging trends.
      • Facilitate and challenge business-owned risk and control assessments, including control effectiveness, residual risk and treatment plans.
      • Provide oversight of operational risks across platform administration, custody, reconciliations, asset safeguarding, data integrity and technology dependencies.
      • Undertake risk-based reviews of control design and effectiveness, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations.
      • Oversee material incidents, breaches and remediation, challenging root causes, impacts, action plans and closure evidence.
      • Provide risk oversight of third-party arrangements, critical service dependencies and operational resilience.
      • Challenge risk assessments and control readiness for significant change, including technology releases and platform migrations.
      • Provide clear risk reporting and insights to senior management and governance committees.
      • Build strong relationships across FNZ while maintaining the independence and constructive challenge expected of a second-line function.

     

    What are we ideally looking for in a successful candidate:

     

    You’ll be an experienced risk professional with a strong understanding of the Australian financial services environment and demonstrated experience working within a second-line risk function.

     

    Ideally, you’ll bring:

      • Demonstrated second-line operational or enterprise risk experience within Australian financial services.
      • Experience within wealth management, superannuation, platform administration or custody would be highly regarded.
      • Hands-on experience with risk and control assessments, risk appetite monitoring, controls assurance, incident analysis, remediation, operational resilence and change risk.
      • A strong understanding of operational risks associated with financial services platforms, custody, reconciliations, data, technology and third-party arrangements.
      • Working knowledge of the Australian regulatory environment, including relevant Corporations Act, SIS Act, AML/CTF and privacy requirements and APRA prudential standards including CPS230, CPS220.
      • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify material risk themes and translate these into practical recommendations.
      • The confidence to constructively challenge and influence senior stakeholders while maintaining strong working relationships.
      • Strong commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach to balancing business objectives, regulatory obligations and risk appetite.
      • Relevant professional or industry qualifications in risk management, compliance or a related discipline.

     

     

     

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