Description:
Company Description
Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders
Closing date: 10th May 2024 *
Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies
Job Description
- 4 month Fixed Term (anticipated Jul-Sept inc)
- Not a 'care taker role' - fully utilise your skills
- Hybrid working as standard
About Us
Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.
We support nearly two million members, with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.
Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.
About the Job
Work as a partner with the Workplace Super and Advice teams in your capacity as first line of defence to assist the business in identifying risks and establishing controls to manage risks within the business appetite. Be an Advice compliance subject matter expert to establish and maintain processes and procedures to support the team to do what they do best.
Support the management of the Operational Risk requirements for the Advice teams including:
- identifying and assessing risks.
- establishing controls to mitigate the risks.
- assessing control design and operating effectiveness
- reviewing and collating data for key risk indicators
- providing reporting and presentations to the business to ensure clear visibility of the risks.
- providing risk support
- ensuring incidents are managed end to end including investigation and remediation
Support the management of the Compliance requirements for the Advice teams including:
- establishing and maintaining policies and procedures.
- running training as required.
- monitoring and imbedding relevant legislation.
- ensuring content is always compliant and technically current and up to date including advice documents, fact sheets and digital tools.
- ensuring robust testing is carried out for digital tools to ensure they are delivering accurate outcomes.
- ensuring process and procedures are being read, understood, and followed.
- conducting quality assurance.
- ensuring Rest Advice and Member Connections comply with laws and regulations.
- Ensuring the relationship with our Licensee is well managed.
- the Rest Advice complaints handling process.
- completing regular compliance reporting and reconciliation.
- providing compliance support.
- Any other tasks required in order to deliver on the Quality outcomes of the team including maintaining good record keeping of activities.
Qualifications
About You:
- Tertiary qualifications in, law, economics, business or equivalent
Required experience, understanding or credentials including :
- Proven experience in risk management and compliance in the financial services industry.
- Strong understanding of financial services regulations and legislation valued.
- Strong understanding of risk frameworks in the financial services industry valued.
- Experience in working on multiple projects, and prioritising competing deadlines.
- Ability to work in an environment requiring attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiating and decision-making.
- High attention to detail.
- Experience in interpretation of compliance obligations and requirements highly valued.
Additional Information
Benefits
Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Flexible, hybrid working – work to suit your lifestyle (must be based in Australia)
- Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
- Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops)
- Income Protection Insurance
- Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours)
If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.
Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.
We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.
Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
- Funds under management as at 30 June 2023. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.
Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier