Head of Member Governance & Accountability

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That's why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow, and deliver better outcomes for members.

Your New Role

Reporting to the Chief Member Officer, the Head of Governance and Accountability is the Senior Leader responsible for ensuring all activity within the Member Domain meets all compliance and regulatory requirements. Additionally, this role ensures all Member activity is executed in line with the Fund's risk management framework.


The Head of Governance and Accountability works cohesively across the Member Domain and into the Fund to educate, inform and ensure adherence to external regulation. This includes keeping abreast of changes in the regulatory landscape in which the Fund operates and promote a compliance mindset throughout the Domain. The successful applicant will have deep industry leadership, knowledge and experience on all aspects of the governance and regulatory frameworks underpinning the industry, and be able to translate requirements through the Domain to encourage and build a culture of compliance.

Key duties include but are not limited to

Risk

• Lead all first line risk activities for the Member facing functions in line with the Fund's risk management framework. This includes identify risk, risk profiling and overseeing incidents through to resolution,
• Provide subject matter expertise to the Member Domain to ensure all activity is executed with appropriate risk considerations and in accordance with regulatory and Fund requirements.

Compliance

• Provide a skilled and sufficiently resourced business centric compliance review service to Member domain colleagues, including for compliance review of new initiative and externally facing marketing and communications
• Support obligation owners to oversee and manage their obligations
• Support regulatory and legislative changes so that they are understood and integrated into the delivery of Member related activity.

Governance & Reporting

• Lead all reporting that is required to demonstrate the Member Domain's alignment to the Fund's risk and governance frameworks.
• Provide insight driven reporting that enables domain colleagues to to monitor the risk and control environment, make appropriate risk-based decisions and take timely actions when needed.
• Lead the management of the domain's policy ecosystem
• Ensure CMO FAR Accountabilities are supported by reasonable steps that are well managed and documented
• Lead the operation of key decision-making forums in Member, including the Member Proposition Committee

What You'll Need

• Tertiary qualifications in a commerce, finance, business or risk governance
• Hold an accreditation in Risk Management from a recognised body like Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA) or Governance Institute of Australia (GIA), or be willing to obtain one after joining AustralianSuper.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and translate external regulatory requirements to shape business outcomes
• Ability to influence broadly to ensure alignment to requirements while delivery on commercial imperatives
• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse and dispersed teams to deliver on a strategy.
• Ability to negotiate and finalise outcomes with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external, to co-create outcomes
• Business hygiene including the ability to manage a departmental budget, workforce planning and cost-efficiencies

Life at AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.

What's Next

Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.

Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

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