Associate, Governance and Oversight – Corporate Trust

2 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Perpetual Full time
  • 12 Month Max Term Contract
  • Provide Third Party Oversight and Operational Due Diligence Support
  • Work where we work best - Hybrid office/work-from-home environment

Our corporate trust business is a leading provider of fiduciary and digital solutions to the banking and financial services industry in Australia and Singapore. It administers securitisation portfolios, investment and debt structures to protect the interests of our clients' investors. Corporate trust supports clients locally and overseas with a unique offering through five key service offerings: Debt Market Services; Managed Fund Services; Perpetual Asia, headquartered in Singapore; Perpetual Digital, which provides data services and software-as-a-service products; and Laminar Capital, which provides fixed income dealing, treasury and advisory services to government organisations, superannuation funds, local councils, ADIs, not-for-profits, wealth managers and sophisticated investors.

As the Associate within Governance and Oversight in Managed Fund Services, you will be responsible for providing support to the business to deliver an effective and best in class Outsourcing Framework which manages the businesses risk exposures.

About the role

As an Associate at Perpetual Corporate Trust, you will:

  • Assist with completion of enhanced testing projects across key risk areas to assess any risks or improvements to service provider systems, processes and controls
  • Review questionnaires from Service Provider Monitoring reviews across our Investment Managers, Custodians and Administrators to identify the Responsible Entity/Trustee's risk exposures and assess whether the service provider is within Perpetual's Risk Appetite.
  • Daily review of system and complete on-going questionnaire's awaiting action and follow up to providers to complete outstanding questionnaire's
  • Assist with reporting to Management, the Governance, Risk and Compliance Committee and the Board on the risks identified through the Service Provider monitoring measures and actions being taken by the service provider or Responsible Entity /Trustee to manage those risks
  • Assist with discovery and investigation of incident/breaches issues caused by service providers.
  • Develop and maintain good understanding of Perpetual's requirements, risk appetite, managed funds and service providers.
  • Develop and maintain good & effective relationships with service providers and internal stakeholders.
  • Act in accordance with Perpetual's goals & values
  • Involvement in ad-hoc projects as required.

About you

  • Law/Business/ Accounting/ Economics degree required
  • Minimum 1 years' experience in Financial Services, with exposure to managed funds, investment management or third party oversight. Would suit someone in compliance, risk, audit or an operational role.
  • Have a good understanding of the service providers operations for managed investment schemes and the legal, regulatory and compliance and risk frameworks in place that govern managed investment schemes
  • Previous experience with managing projects will be highly desirable
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks.

Behaviours

Our unique culture is underpinned by our three organisational behaviours, Stretch, Own it, Make an impact.

Employee benefits

  • Work from anywhere in Australia for up to one month each year
  • An annual allowance to empower you to prioritise your personal wellbeing
  • Access to LinkedIn learning, study support and commitment to supporting professional development
  • Lend your expertise and support Indigenous organisations to achieve their own development goals with a six weeks' secondment with Jawun

Diversity and inclusion

  • WGEA Employer of Choice for gender equality since 2018
  • Strong commitment to all aspects of Diversity and Inclusion through a robust 7 pillar strategy
  • A growing number of employee-led networks who work to raise awareness and drive continued change
  • We support over 50 Indigenous communities through Native Title Trusts, helping to secure the communities future. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. Our goal is to provide a work environment that enables you to thrive, whatever your circumstances.



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