Senior Manager, Business Management & Planning

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
As the Senior Manager, Business Management & Planning, you will play a pivotal role in driving business planning, management of resources, budgets and operational excellence across our Member Domain.  Reporting to the Principal, Business Management & Optimisation, you will coordinate the development and delivery of the Member Domain business plan, support a wide range of business management responsibilities including financial management, Domain internal communication plans and supporting the coordination of key management & executive reports

You’ll lead a small team of professionals and work closely with colleagues across the Member Domain and Fund, influencing diverse and nationally dispersed teams. Your leadership will help embed a strong service and excellence-oriented culture, ensuring our Members First ethos is consistently delivered. This is a permanent position that will offer the opportunity to make a significant impact on the Fund’s strategic ambitions and member outcomes.

What You’Ll Need

• Significant and demonstrable professional experience, including exemplary people management and leadership expertise, with a commitment to building high-performing, diverse, and engaged teams.
• Deep expertise in business and administration management, business planning, and driving complex projects and programs.
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the Fund and with external partners.
• Ability to build trust and establish strong working relationships quickly, whilst demonstrating a structured approach, and ability to adapt, all whilst working autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and delivering internal communications plans.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, particularly across multiple business divisions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and deliver to deadlines.
• Industry knowledge is desirable but scale and complexity and an ability to understand and navigate heavily regulated environments is more important.

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.
• Progress powered by purpose.
• https://www.australiansuper.com/careers/candidate-privacy-notice

Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper’s Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you.