Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance

Company Description

Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Closing date: 16th November 2025

Please note this role can be based in 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.

The role sits within Enterprise Risk business division which monitors the Rest Investments team compliance with regulatory obligations and accountabilities. Reporting to the Head of Risk (Investments), the candidate will have an important role to monitor regulatory change, implement an automated compliance system and strengthen compliance risk culture by embedding best practice compliance management for investment activities.

• Provide ongoing regulatory advice that is tailored to the Investment team's needs across public and private markets (infrastructure, private equity and property through funds, co-investments and direct).
• Develop and implement processes to support regulatory filings including substantial shareholding disclosures, OTC derivatives reporting and global markets regulation monitoring.
• Implement regulatory compliance system to automate the full compliance lifecycle: from regulatory identification to policy implementation and control management.
• Partner with internal stakeholders (Investments, Investment Legal and Regulatory Affairs) to monitor regulatory developments / trends, advise on implications to Rest and play a key advocacy role to achieve balanced regulatory outcomes.
• Be responsible for the governance and delivery of regulatory change management, including overseeing operational implementation.
• Provide advice, challenge, and oversight on change initiatives to ensure they are proactively managed and implemented effectively across Investments and Finance and Investment Operations.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in finance, economics, legal or equivalent
• Key designations (e.g., CFA, CA) are highly desirable but not mandatory.

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• This is a leadership role in the Enterprise Risk business division. Experience in investment management or superannuation sector is a must.

• Demonstrated and proven experience in design and implementation of regulatory change frameworks, and knowledge of investment management and superannuation regulations.

• Proven track record in working on APRA and ASIC regulations that impact investment management including SPS 530, CPS 230, RG 251, CPS 226 and CPG229.
• Strategic mindset and be able to effectively communicate across the business to diverse audiences and focused on delivering practical and effective solutions.
• Experience in managing multiple projects and prioritising competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated 'commercial' approach to regulatory compliance and change.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills coupled with sound oral and written communications skills to influence senior leaders and internal stakeholders.

Additional Information

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Hybrid working
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
• Linkedin Learning
• Income Protection Insurance
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest's values and behaviours)
• Rest Stops - meeting free breaks

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.