Acknowledgement of Country:
Hostplus acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
About us:
At Hostplus, we passionately provide our over 1.7 million members with the best possible service; constantly looking for new ways to deliver better value while helping members get the most out of their super. We are inspired to help our members achieve greater security for their future and ensure they retire with dignity.
Your role at Hostplus will make a difference, whether you're in marketing, financial advice, operations or any of our other divisions - you'll be contributing to ensuring our members retire with the best possible outcomes, and what better feeling is there than knowing your role helps someone to retire with dignity and security?
About the role:
The Risk Manager is primarily responsible for monitoring and management of Hostplus' risk management framework. As the Fund continues to grow at a rapid rate, there will be an emphasis on the continuous improvement of systems and processes that risk management utilise to perform its compliance obligations. Therefore, your ability to proactively engage business partners to identify and assess risk and control measures will be key to your success.
About you:
We're ideally looking for someone with demonstrated experience from a similar position within the financial services, management consulting, banking or superannuation sectors. You'll have a strong understanding of risk tools & frameworks to apply them within the business and well-developed stakeholder engagement skills critical to educating and supporting our leaders and people.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Work closely with the Head of Risk and Senior Risk Manager to operationalise the Risk Management Framework and Risk Management Strategy within Hostplus in line with legislative requirements and industry best practices
- Play a key role in the implementation and ongoing management of the Hostplus GRC system
- Work closely with Business Units to develop and maintain relevant risk registers
- Plan and execute periodic risk and control self-assessments.
- Assist with incident management process including management of policies and procedures, educating business units and developing a reporting framework.
- Analyse breaches and incidents, associated impacts including assisting the business units in understanding root cause, identify systemic issues
- Analysing risk information for systemic issues and providing innovative ways to improve controls
- Lead and support, in collaboration with business stakeholders, the development and embedding of regulatory policies as relevant to risk
- Maintenance of the Hostplus RMS / RMP including regular reviews, workshop and analysis through ongoing education and awareness ensure the business complies with its risk controls, policies and procedures
- Provide support to Hostplus strategic projects
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of risk culture and in maturing the 3 lines of defence model at Hostplus through collaboration and open communication with all business units.
- Assist the Head of Risk as needed with reporting to Business Units, Executives, Board and Risk Committees as required
- Assist in other related areas of Risk Management as required to meet business needs
Why work for us:
Our employees are passionate about what we do and are proud to be part of an organisation which helps everyday Australians achieve a brighter future. We value diversity of thought and have an open and flexible workplace. Some industry leading benefits we offer include:
- 15% superannuation.
- Access to subsidised financial advice.
- Salary packaging.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Excellent EBA based conditions eg: including generous, flex leave, paid parental leave, long service leave at 5 years, additional leave over Christmas shutdown.
How do I apply?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the prompts to make an application.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our members, and the communities we operate in.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQ+ people, those with a disability, neurodiverse individuals, women, and people with a cultural or linguistically diverse background. If a reasonable adjustment is required to assist you during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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