Manager Technology Risk

**Overview**

Reporting to the Head of Strategy, Architecture and Governance, this role is responsible for developing and enhancing Link RSS Technology risk and compliance framework, enabling Link RSS to identify, assess, monitor, and control its IT and related risks. It includes the end to end management of managing the resolution of risk related incidents and events.

**Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities**
- Develop the RSS IT risk management framework and IT risk governance arrangements (within the Group’s overall Enterprise Risk Framework).
- Provide strong global risk management leadership to the Technology team, which sets a clear vision and monitors the risk profile of the Technology division.
- Provide sufficient support, tools and expert advice to assist the Technology division to identify, mitigate, and manage their risks, including the production and maintenance of appropriate risk registers and effective capabilities to design, track and deliver mitigating or remediating actions relating to audits, risk assurance reviews or client requirements.
- Ensure frequent business interaction and engagement, which enables the business leadership to monitor, report or escalate any changes in its risk environment.
- Ensure the Group risk and compliance frameworks are implemented, including execution and monitoring of Technology’s legislative and regulatory obligations and the delivery of regulatory critical services to the Group business lines
- Lead efforts to identify, analyse, and assess proposals for newly identified risks within the Technology division, including new products, variations in products and / or business acquisitions, including the examination of commercial terms for accepting those new risks.
- Ensure the framework for operational incidents and potential breaches of regulatory obligations is robust, timely and supported by clear notification process to supported business lines or jurisdictions.
- Prepare risk and compliance related papers for the Technology division and for the Group Risk and Compliance organisation
- Ensure that the Technology leadership team and relevant staff, are sufficiently trained and equipped in risk management processes, risk culture and are appraised of emerging risks and developments in risk management topics.

Strategic Focus
- Timely resolution of all Technology related risks within acceptable timeframes.
- Focus on client related risk events from identification to resolution

Operational Management
- Daily management of risk resolutions activities

People Leadership
- Manage technology risk staff in delivering on RSS Technology risk outcomes

Governance & Risk
- Compliance with Group and RSS Risk framework

**Experience & Personal Attributes**
- Qualifications in Finance, Business, Commerce or a Technology field with a strong link to Financial Services are desirable but not essential.
- In depth knowledge, experience and leadership of best practice risk management and compliance frameworks, methodologies, and emerging practice in relation to the Technology, Data and Information Security risk preferably alongside a wider knowledge and experience of Link Group’s product and service lines globally.
- Strong technical background with solid years’ experience in risk management with proven IT risk and/or IT governance skills is essential.
- Ability to make sense of complex situations and rapidly prioritise issues to take effective decisions in a commercial manner.
- Experience with implementation of risk management frameworks, tools, and techniques, including scenario analysis

Link Group is a leading fund administration and share registry specialist. We are a market leading provider of technology-enabled administration solutions, continually developing our offerings to expand with our clients' needs. Since our inception, Link Group has been entrusted by clients to handle sensitive data in a secure and confidential manner. Our core businesses of fund administration and securities registration are complemented by our expertise in digital solutions and data analytics.

Our Retirement & Superannuation Solutions division combines its proprietary technology, process and people to deliver a comprehensive financial data solution to its superannuation clients. We support clients across all superannuation fund sectors including government, industry, retail and corporate.

By accompanying our core member and employer administration with a full range of value-added services, we offer the most comprehensive superannuation administration solution on the market. The scale, adaptability and ease of use of our proprietary systems, in conjunction with our integrated analytics offering, allow us to innovate and grow with the needs of our clients.

Link Group is building a dynamic, client focused, caring and inclusive culture that is built on the foundations of an entrepreneurial spirit, effective risk management, empathy and trust, and underpinned by its core va