Head of Risk, Compliance

If you live in Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely heard of AMP. But at a time when society is changing, we are too. We’re now a nimbler business with new leadership and thinking.

For us, these are exciting times. There’s a real potential for big thinkers to help us redefine what financial services could be. And turn our legacy into something even more positive and powerful for the future.

Help people create their tomorrow, while you create yours

We help people with their banking, super, retirement and finances. Through upturns, downturns, recessions, and major life transitions. Every day, we help peoplesee and make more of their financial potential,so that they can create their tomorrow. And we’ve been doing it for over 170 years.

If we do our job well, we genuinely add to the prosperity of our country and its people.

How you’ll make an impact

The core purpose of the Head of Risk, Compliance and Controls is to operate as a true risk partner to the business and other stakeholders as required, providing expert guidance on risk management and compliance issues across. The purpose also extends to performing the work required to ensure that risks are managed within appetite, controls are designed and operating effectively and the business is compliant with the relevant obligations.

- Demonstrate thought leadership and influence across the division with proactive advice and support to continuously improve the way risk, compliance and controls are managed

- Understand risk appetite and monitor business activities against defined tolerances, taking action and making recommendations to metric owners where risks are out of appetite

- Support the business to implement policy requirements across the business, but specifically those which relate to risk and compliance.

- Ensure the GRC system is maintained effectively for the business unit, specifically that all requirements are met and there is quality data within the system

- Develop and ensure the execution of the business control testing plan to provide assurance on the design and operating effectiveness of the control environment

- Ensure that the delivery of change initiatives across the business is completed with the required risk and compliance activities (e.g. change risk assessments, privacy impact assessments)

- Plan and execute risk deep dives across the business as required where there are systemic issues or other matters where it is evident there are opportunities for improvement

- Prepare, analyse and contribute risk, compliance, control information as required to risk forum, Board, Committee and other reporting and provide insights that drive better management of risks, controls and obligations in the business

- Support the GM to lead the identification, assessment and management of risks and maintain associated documentation in the risk system

- Lead the team to provide advice and solutions for incoming regulatory change in conjunction with the technical team

- Drive and take ownership of the process within the business to support the Risk Management Declaration (RMD) to the NM Super Board on an annual basis

- Support the embedding and ongoing efficacy of the framework within the S&I business for the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR)

- Support the GM to lead the implementation of CPS230 within the S&I business

- Lead the co-ordination of internal and external audit activity as required

- Support the maintenance of Business Continuity requirements to ensure the business can maintain resilience in times of disruption

What you will bring to the team

Ideally, you will bring the following experiences to this role:

- Extensive experience, 10+ years, working in financial services with risk management and compliance experience and a relevant product/customer/regulatory background

- Proven experience in the successful management and implementation of regulatory changes

- Demonstrated ability to implement operational and/or organisational change

- Ability to contribute to the development of business plans and present in senior leadership environments

- Strong experience of managing multiple projects and working in a project environment and understanding of project management principles

- Experience in identifying, assessing and addressing operational risk;

- Understanding of competitors propositions and industry trends, as they relate to the wealth management, in particular platforms environment

You’ll thrive here if…

If you can adapt from BAU to the ambiguous with ease, you’ll do well here. Change is never easy, so bring your commitment, grit and growth mindset.

Because we run lean, you’ll be expected to jump in and deliver across a variety of areas. Meaning, you’ll be closer to the action and executive decisions that influence where we go next.

If you’re someone that can hold their own, you’ll find AMP quite liberating.

Why we think you’ll love working at AMP

Doing what we’ve always done is not an option, so your clever ideas will get airtime here. You’ll be encouraged to speak up and try new things. If they don’t work, we move on – better for it.

We know there’s no one way of doing things. So, you won’t have to sacrifice who you are or how you work to fit in here. We’re inclusive and flexible in many of the ways you’d expect. And in some of the ways you wouldn’t. As long as your health and wellbeing come first - at home and at work.

In fact, most of what makes AMP such a welcoming, enjoyable place to work are our people. Wherever you go, you’ll find moments to connect, feel valued and do meaningful work.

Whether it’s through our first-class leaders who are invested in you and your success. Through year-round opportunities to volunteer, fundraise and give back to the community. Or in the everyday challenges you face as we work together to strengthen this great organisation. Challenges that will stretch you, amplify your potential and compound the impact you have.

We believe in the power of inclusion and diversity

We’re dedicated to fostering inclusion, diversity, and a warm feeling of belonging at AMP. It sparks creativity, ignites innovation, and turns up the dial on the quality of our decisions and performance. This not only makes our workplace more engaged, but also leads to better connections with our customers.

We're your allies in the search for the perfect fit - when you apply, let us know how we can support you to put your best self forward during our selection process.

We're also committed to enhancing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, so we enthusiastically encourage candidates from these backgrounds to apply and explore our Reconciliation Plan on our website.

Ready to create your tomorrow?

If you’re someone who sees opportunity where others see challenge, come and work with us in smart, progressive ways as we transform an iconic Australian brand for the future. And, through a series of career-defining moments, create your own tomorrow.

Don’t procrastinate We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.

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