General Manager Risk, Compliance

General Manager Risk, Compliance & Policy

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 people see 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**

As the General Manager of 1st Line Risk, Compliance & Policy, you will be responsible for leading the strategic view for the Superannuation & Investments and Platforms business first line of defence in managing risks, compliance and end to end incident management within our organisation and having a forward thinking view on future regulation and how the impacts and provides opportunities for our organisation. Ideally you would also be a key relationship contact point with the Regulators for superannuation matters (along with ERM and STO).

**Main Focus Areas**:

- Develop and execute the strategic vision for the 1st Line Risk & Compliance function in alignment with the company's objectives.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the team, fostering a culture of accountability, integrity, and risk awareness.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate operational, financial, and regulatory risks across all business activities as they relate to Superannuation, Investments & Platforms.
- Represent the business and serve as a primary point of contact for regulatory agencies, auditors, and other external stakeholders on all matters within remit.
- Responsible to drive significant improvements in the maturity of the business unit when managing risk controls and incidents by working with Superannuation & Investments and Platforms Leadership teams
- Stay abreast of regulatory changes and developments and implement/influence necessary adjustments to policies and procedures to maintain compliance relevant laws, regulations and industry standards.
- Play a critical role in developing, implementing, and monitoring risk and compliance programs, policies, and procedures to safeguard the integrity of our operations and uphold regulatory requirements.
- Oversee the tax, superannuation and regulatory compliance advice to Product, Operations and various IT teams.
- Oversee the delivery of end-to end incident and remediation activities across the Superannuation, Investments & Platforms business as it relates to products issued by NM Super (the RSE) and NMMT (IDPS operator.
- Work in a collaborative way with 2nd line risk (ERM) and 3rd line risk (Internal audit) to ensure consistency and efficiency across the 3 lines of defence model for AMP Australia.
- Establish robust monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track and report on key risk, compliance and incident metrics to senior management and relevant stakeholders.
- Analyse data and trends to identify areas of concern and opportunities for improvement and recommend appropriate actions.
- Foster strong relationships and collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders, including business units, legal, audit, and compliance functions, to address risk and compliance-related issues

**What you will bring to the team**

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

- 10+ years' relevant professional and management experience within the Superannuation industry, relevant regulators (e.g. ASIC and APRA), and current and proposed financial services regulatory and legislative requirements.
- Proven experience to deliver results through others via effective leadership and coaching
- Relevant experience as a senior adviser to Accountable Executives, and experience in being part of a senior leadership team with a focus on providing strategic risk advice and guidance or compliance advice, as well assisting in designing and implementing operational risk controls, controls testing and reporting.
- Experience of working with a board of Trustees and delivering to SLA's and performance measures
- Previous experience in writing Board level reporting and preparing management insights and managing a governance function (e.g. Secretariat/ Committees/Frameworks)
- Strong experience in leading and implementing change
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements with specific reference
- Experience in identifying, assessing and addressing operational and other risks within a superannuation and/or investment business

**You'll thrive here if...**

If you can adapt from BAU to the ambiguous