Risk and Compliance Manager

Be amazing together with us as our new Risk and Compliance Manager

The Firm

Frontier Advisors is Australia’s leading independent asset consultant. Frontier has been at the forefront of delivering investment advice and technology to institutional investors for more than 30 years. We work to help our client’s advance prosperity for their beneficiaries.

We are a business that work with integrity and tenacity, challenging the status quo in pursuit of better solutions for our clients. If you embrace an environment of collaboration and camaraderie in pursuit of great outcomes then you will enjoy working at Frontier Advisors.

The Role

The Risk & Compliance Manager is responsible for leading Frontier’s enterprise risk and compliance activities.

The role combines strategic oversight and hands-on delivery, ensuring that risk and compliance obligations are effectively managed, and that risk thinking and disciplined decision making are embedded across the business.

This is a senior, business facing role requiring strong investment industry knowledge, sound judgement and the ability to operate across both enterprise level governance and day-to-day operational execution.

Key Responsibilities

Risk and Compliance Framework

• Maintain and evolve Frontier’s Risk Management Framework and Compliance Framework
• Support identification, assessment and management of enterprise and operational risks
• Oversee compliance obligations and ensure issues are identified, escalated and remediated

Enterprise Risk & ICIO Support

• Provide practical risk and compliance support across the business, including Portfolio Management, Investment Operations and other functions
• Perform or support operational due diligence (ODD) on investment managers and service providers

Governance, Reporting and Committees

• Prepare and present risk and compliance reporting to Executive and governance forums
• Support the management of incidents, breaches and remediation activities
• Engage directly with senior stakeholders to explain and challenge risk positions

Knowledge/skills/experience

• Experience in funds management, superannuation or similar sectors
• Strong understanding of investment risk, operational risk and compliance frameworks
• enterprise level (Exec / Committee engagement)
• operational level (hands-on delivery)
• Experience with risk and compliance systems (e.g. Protecht or similar)
• Familiarity with the Australian regulatory environment (ASIC, APRA, AFSL, RG frameworks)

Frontier EVP – Summary of benefits

• You’ll be joining a collaborative and friendly firm and team with a values and purpose-driven culture.
• Work with industry leading experts and some of the nation’s largest institutional investors Regular learning and development opportunities, paid study leave and attendance at industry events
• A variety of fully supported flexible work options including remote work and additional purchased leave
• Inclusive and diverse work culture with regular social activities.

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