Senior Manager Risk, Compliance & Controls

If you live in Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely heard of AMP. But at a time when society is changing, we are too. We’re now a nimbler business with new leadership and thinking. 

For us, these are exciting times. There’s a real potential for big thinkers to help us redefine what financial services could be. And turn our legacy into something even more positive and powerful for the future.

Help people create their tomorrow, while you create yours

We help people with their banking, super, retirement and finances. Through upturns, downturns, recessions, and major life transitions. Every day, we help people see and make more of their financial potential, so that they can create their tomorrow. And we’ve been doing it for over 170 years. 

If we do our job well, we genuinely add to the prosperity of our country and its people. 

How you’ll make an impact

To deliver superior technical and compliance advisory support to the business through monitoring and informing the business of regulatory change, providing technical advice on the impact of laws and regulation on super and retirement products, completing compliance assessments for possible incidents and breaches, supporting legislative and product development projects and maintaining robust relationships with industry associations to increase AMP’s influence over future regulatory change. 

• Building good relationships within and across teams in our business unit or broader across AMP and working together by playing to each other’s strengths.
• Help others feel included and part of the team.
• Share ideas and problem solve together.  Lend a hand and be a team player.
• Making sure a win for our direct team is a win for AMP and other teams across the business, to ensure we succeed together.   
• Identifying, monitoring and responding to regulatory reform impacting AMP’s Superannuation & Investments and Platforms businesses
• Analysing new regulatory requirements impacting superannuation and preparing impact and opportunity assessments from a process, product and systems perspective 
• Providing technical advice and Subject Matter Expert support to the business regarding superannuation and related legislation
• Completing compliance assessments and determining reportability for risk events (incidents) based on severity, impact, and regulatory materiality thresholds
• Referring risk events to the Breach Committee for review and determination as required
• Ensuring quality documentation of all compliance assessment outcomes in the Risk Management system
• Drafting technical content including case studies where relevant for internal briefing papers
• Facilitating regular technical updates and education sessions for internal customers 
• Implementation support for regulatory change and product development projects
• Supporting the Product Disclosure (PDS) program for the AMP product suite to ensure documents are technically accurate and compliant
• Drafting technical content and providing signoff for customer communications, marketing material, operational procedure and internal training documents
• Supporting Product and Operations to resolve any errors identified with current systems and procedures
• Adopting a compliance recognition culture to assist in ensuring compliance of systems and operating procedures

What you will bring to the team

Ideally, you will bring the following experiences to this role: 

• Previous 5+ years’ experience in relevant professional role and working across a fast paced, customer/client service orientated team environment and/or financial service industry and driving a collaborative, high performance culture
• Competent understanding and experience of wealth management and end to end business operations
• Intermediate technical experience in specific area of business/function (be specific) of wealth management and end to end business operations
• Understanding of competitors propositions and Superannuation/Investment industry trends, as they relate to the wealth management, in particular platforms environment.
• Understanding of the regulatory and compliance regime for financial services.
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications or preparedness to undergo studies in business or finance desirable
• Tier 2 RG146 accreditation is desirable
• In depth understanding of superannuation and related legislation
• Investments/ fund manager experience required
• Comprehensive knowledge of superannuation products

You’ll thrive here if…

If you can adapt from BAU to the ambiguous with ease, you’ll do well here. Change is never easy, so bring your commitment, grit and growth mindset.

Because we run lean, you’ll be expected to jump in and deliver across a variety of areas. Meaning, you’ll be closer to the action and executive decisions that influence where we go next.

If you’re someone that can hold their own, you’ll find AMP quite liberating. 

Why we think you’ll love working at AMP

Doing what we’ve always done is not an option, so your clever ideas will get airtime here. You’ll be encouraged to speak up and try new things. If they don’t work, we move on – better for it.

We know there’s no one way of doing things. So, you won’t have to sacrifice who you are or how you work to fit in here. We’re inclusive and flexible in many of the ways you’d expect. And in some of the ways you wouldn’t. As long as your health and wellbeing come first - at home and at work. 

In fact, most of what makes AMP such a welcoming, enjoyable place to work are our people. Wherever you go, you’ll find moments to connect, feel valued and do meaningful work. 

Whether it’s through our first-class leaders who are invested in you and your success. Through year-round opportunities to volunteer, fundraise and give back to the community. Or in the everyday challenges you face as we work together to strengthen this great organisation. Challenges that will stretch you, amplify your potential and compound the impact you have. 

We believe in the power of inclusion and diversity

We’re dedicated to fostering inclusion, diversity, and a warm feeling of belonging at AMP. It sparks creativity, ignites innovation, and turns up the dial on the quality of our decisions and performance. This not only makes our workplace more engaged, but also leads to better connections with our customers. 

We're your allies in the search for the perfect fit - when you apply, let us know how we can support you to put your best self forward during our selection process. 

We're also committed to enhancing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, so we enthusiastically encourage candidates from these backgrounds to apply and explore our Reconciliation Plan on our website.

Ready to create your tomorrow?

If you’re someone who sees opportunity where others see challenge, come and work with us in smart, progressive ways as we transform an iconic Australian brand for the future. And, through a series of career-defining moments, create your own tomorrow.

Don’t procrastinate! We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.

Looking forward to meeting you.