Head of Business Risk and Compliance

**Your SUPER career starts here**

**As one of Australia's largest profit-for-members superannuation funds, we always remember whose money it is and whose future we're looking after. We work to reimagine a new way forward for our 1.1 million members and their communities. Each other. And our world.

**Your New Role**

The Head of Business Risk & Compliance - Member Growth is responsible for overseeing Line 1 risk across all Member Growth teams. This role ensures that all key processes and activities are conducted within the requirements of legislation, regulation, business rules, and policy. The role promotes a proactive risk culture and drives accountability for risk identification, mitigation, and issue rectification. Some of your key responsibilities will be:

- Lead the embedment of a 3 Lines of Accountability risk and compliance management model in line with Aware Super Risk Management Framework
- Facilitate and enable a culture of risk and compliance awareness and accountability across the business unit
- Oversee and support business unit stakeholders with cyclical risk management activities, including quarterly risk and KRI assessments
- Coordinate the management of Compliance Plans for Aware Investment Fund products
- Provide or arrange training and coaching to support growth in knowledge within the team
- Support and drive incident management, root cause analysis, and remediation plan development
- Oversee the monitoring of changes in the regulatory compliance landscape and ensure effective consultation within the business on legislative and regulatory trends

**To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience**:

- The idea of being part of our growth is exciting and you want to play a pivotal role in making super simple.
- Senior Leadership experience in Risk and Compliance within the Financial Services Industry
- Extensive knowledge of the compliance landscape, regulation, and emerging issues in the financial services industry
- Experience in providing risk and compliance support for the delivery of digital financial services products and financial advice tools
- Strongly risk-aware with a robust understanding of risk appetite, risk identification, and mitigation strategies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to unite teams around a shared purpose and vision
- You are balanced in accepting risk in any decision you face. You are curious to understand risk context and choose to speak up as we simplify, learn and grow.

**Employee Experience**

**We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you’ll love working at Aware Super:

- Have a super impact: You’ll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
- Be part of something super unique: You’ll work to reshape super and retirement. We’ll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
- Work with super humans: You’ll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
- Feel super cared for: We’ll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

**The Aware Super difference**

**At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.