
Senior Manager, Operational Risk
2 days ago
Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders
Please note, there is 1 position available that can be based in either Sydney or Melbourne.
Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies
Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier
Job Description
Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia's largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.
We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they're more likely to get a better retirement outcome.
Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.
In this Senior Manager role, you will work with the Head of Operational Risk and Compliance to develop, implement, maintain and monitor the Rest risk management framework across Rest's investment function, demonstrating and embodying a sound risk culture, and meeting Rest's legislative and regulatory obligations.
Some key accountabilities of the role are:
- Together with the Head of Operational Risk and Compliance, Investments, promote risk culture across the investment team and continuously drive improvement and strengthen the investment team's operational risk management framework
- Together with the other Senior Managers, Operational Risk and Compliance, assist business owners to better manage risk issues across the Investment team
- Manage the operation of Rest's Risk Management Framework as it relates to Rest's investment functions (including assessing risk profile and exposures, controls testing and assurance, managing certifications and attestations, overseeing incident remediation and responses to audit findings)
- Responsible for risk reporting in relation to the investment function
- Lead day-to-day interactions with the second line risk and compliance team on behalf of the Investment team (to the extent appropriate)
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in accounting, law, economics, business or equivalent
- (desirable) Membership of a professional body such as the Risk Management Institute of Australia or the GRC Institute
Required experience, understanding or credentials including:
- Demonstrated experience in risk and compliance management in the financial services industry (ideally investment management and/or superannuation)
- Thorough understanding of, and experience of developing and implementing and reporting on, risk and compliance management tools, techniques and best practice methodologies
- Thorough understanding of the investment management industry
- (desirable) Experience with investment management operations
- Demonstrated 'commercial' approach to compliance risk management
- Experience in managing multiple projects and prioritising competing deadlines
Additional Information
Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
- Income Protection Insurance
- Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest's values and behaviours)
If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.
Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.
We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.
Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
*Funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.
Seniority level- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionOther
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