Senior Associate, Technology Risk Advisory

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. We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members.

Your New Role

In this role as Senior Associate, Technology Risk Advisory, you will be reporting into the Senior Manager, Technology Advisory and be a key member of the Operational Risk team within Group Risk (Line 2). You will interface across the Fund’s Line 1 risk, subject matter experts and business units.

A key tenant of the role is to support the Senior Manager to provide Line 2 advice, oversight, and challenge on risk management practices across AustralianSuper’s technology including working closely with Line 1 risk colleagues to assist them to identify, assess and manage technology-related risks, within the context of the AustralianSuper Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management framework and Risk Appetite Statements.

Key duties include but not limited to;

Gather insights and thematics to support the Senior Manager to act as a trusted advisor and business partner on all technology-related risk matters.

Analysis of risk data, extracting insights and reporting to support the Senior Manager to oversight, advice and challenge the Fund in its effective management of technology-related risks, obligations, controls, incidents, third-parties etc.

Provide analysis and insight with respect of the Fund’s technology-related risk profile, based on a thorough technical understanding of risk management, together with knowledge of the business.

Support Senior Manager to provide risk insights concerning Fund-wide technology-related exposures, emerging technologies and issues, and industry trends.

Partner with the Senior Manager on the oversight of technology-related risk, compliance, and regulatory change activities.

Conduct independent controls testing (design and operational effectiveness) of selected technology-related controls across the Fund.

Collaborate with other members of the Group Risk team to deliver accurate and insightful technology-related risk reporting where required which includes risk, control, incident, obligation management, and action plan data.

What You’ll Need

Tertiary qualifications in technology, business, or commerce related field.

Relevant and current technology risk management, assurance and governance qualifications / certifications e.g. CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT.

5+ years’ experience in technology risk advisory, compliance, audit and / or assurance within financial services.

Post tertiary qualifications in financial services, superannuation, risk management.

Strong understanding of relevant technology risk related standards (e.g., CoBIT, APRA’s standards, NIST, ITIL)

Demonstrated excellent stakeholder engagement, rapport building, consultation and communication skills.

Demonstrated experience in preparing reports and papers for senior and executive management.

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.

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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• 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.