General Manager Risk - Members and Enterprise Partners

Take hold of a monster opportunity and join Australian Retirement Trust as our General Manager Risk - Members and Enterprise Partners. In this influential leadership role, you'll help shape the future of risk management across key business portfolios while partnering with senior leaders to support informed decision making, strengthen risk culture, and deliver sustainable outcomes for members. You'll provide strategic Line 2 risk leadership, lead enterprise risk initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across governance, assurance, reporting, and risk capability

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of around $375 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you'll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now.

We don't want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you'll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you've made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.

We're all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a General Manager Risk - Members and Enterprise Partners, you'll provide strategic risk leadership across the Members, Workplaces and Enterprise Partners portfolios while working closely with Executive Committee members, Enterprise Leaders, and other senior stakeholders. You'll play a critical role in providing independent oversight, constructive challenge and expert advice that supports effective management of current, emerging and future risks.


You'll also lead key enterprise risk services, including governance frameworks, assurance activities, risk culture initiatives, and enterprise risk reporting. Through your leadership, you'll help strengthen organisational resilience, enable risk-informed decision making, and support the delivery of strong outcomes for members.


This role is a permanent position based in either Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne.



Day to day, you'll:

• Develop and execute a strategic vision for risk management that supports organisational strategy, member outcomes and effective management of emerging risks.
• Provide strategic Line 2 oversight, independent challenge and expert risk advice across multiple business portfolios and transformational initiatives.
• Partner with senior executives and business leaders to support risk-informed decision making and strengthen stakeholder collaboration.
• Lead enterprise risk reporting and provide forward-looking insights on risk trends, control effectiveness and emerging threats.
• Oversee the ongoing enhancement of risk governance, assurance, reporting and risk management frameworks.
• Champion a strong risk culture by building organisational capability, confidence and accountability.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team aligned to organisational values and strategic objectives.

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. These non-negotiable skills and experience will also be key to your success:

• You have significant experience in risk management within superannuation or a highly regulated financial services environment.
• Your knowledge of APRA Prudential Standards, especially SPS 220, CPS 230 and CPS 234, along with ISO standards and other relevant frameworks, is strong and current.
• You'll bring demonstrated experience leading Line 2 assurance activities, including the development and delivery of assurance plans, control effectiveness reviews, thematic assessments and remediation oversight.
• You're experienced in building trusted senior stakeholder relationships, including mentoring, collaboration and engagement with executive leaders, industry peers and governance stakeholders.
• You have highly developed communication, consultation, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge senior leaders and apply sound judgement to complex risk scenarios.
• Your experience includes contributing to, or leading, risk transformation programs in complex financial services environments, including the uplift of risk frameworks, operating models, governance, reporting and assurance practices.
• You'll bring strong capability in risk reporting, including the ability to translate complex risk information into clear, insightful and actionable reporting for Executive, Board and Committee audiences.
• You're commercially astute, with the ability to understand and influence commercial strategy while balancing risk and opportunity to support sustainable member outcomes.
• You demonstrate strong strategic thinking and thought leadership, with the ability to anticipate emerging risks and shape long-term risk strategy.

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of around $375 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you'll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now.

We don't want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you'll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you've made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.

Bring your potential to Australian Retirement Trust and unleash our monster possibilities:

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our recruitment process - such as reviewing applications, supporting screening interviews, reference checking, and matching skills to roles. All final hiring decisions are made by people.




By applying, you agree to the use of these technologies as part of the recruitment process.