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
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Head of Third Party, Governance & Sourcing is responsible for ensuring effective third party and sourcing management providing trusted processes, insight, advice, and guidance. drawing together a range of external and internal inputs.
The Fund has a large portfolio of third party providers of varied criticality, significance and complexity, and these relationships are owned and managed across all departments at the Fund. The Fund is also experiencing rapid growth in assets under management, and Fund operations are expanding to the US and UK. The process and capabilities need to support the offshore locations and integrate with applicable regulatory requirements of those jurisdictions.
Third Party Due Diligence
Supervise the implementation of clear and effective procedures to assess and rate key third-party providers, ensuring they meet all requirements to become approved suppliers.
Oversee regular review each provider on a basis that is appropriate to their risk profile
Ensure all non-compliance issues with third party providers are promptly identified and effectively resolved Oversee the development and implementation of Fund-wide processes, systems, and tools to enable vendor and supplier owners to properly manage and demonstrate third party risk management
Sourcing
Develop and execute the Fund’s procurement strategy, aligning annual priorities and measurable actions with overall organisational objectives
Lead continuous improvement and efficiency initiatives in procurement processes, including policy framework updates and spend optimisation programs
Provide expert leadership and guidance on procurement matters to the CEO and Group Executive and represent AustralianSuper in critical commercial negotiations.
What You’ll Need
Tertiary qualifications in Business or Accounting disciplines
Undertaking post graduate studies or industry-based accreditation (e.g., FINSIA or Post graduate Dip)
Regulated industry experience, ideally in financial services (with exposure to APRA or ASIC preferred)
Experience in a global organisation, ideally with exposure to Europe, the United States and/or Asia
15+ years’ experience in governance, procurement, third party management, or business management with at least 10 years in a senior leadership role.
Innovative, creative, and curious with a strong growth mindset
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.
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Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.
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.
Skills Required
- Tertiary qualification in Business or Accounting disciplines
- Postgraduate studies or industry-based accreditation (e.g., FINSIA or Postgraduate Diploma)
- Regulated industry experience, ideally in financial services
- Exposure to APRA or ASIC
- Experience in a global organisation, ideally with exposure to Europe, the United States and/or Asia
- 15+ years' experience in governance, procurement, third party management, or business management, with at least 10 years in a senior leadership role
- Demonstrated innovation, creativity, curiosity and a strong growth mindset
- Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency
What We Do
AustralianSuper is for everyday Australians and businesses; we help invest members’ money to create the best possible retirement outcomes for members. More than 3 million members and 440,000 businesses trust us to invest more than AU$270 billion on their behalf. One in 8 working Australians are a member of AustralianSuper, the nation’s largest superannuation fund. Our size has given us the ability to leverage significant investment opportunities for long term performance and low fees that are passed on to our members. With services and advice that simplify super for business including a free clearing house, secure online transactions, dedicated relationship managers, education and help. It’s easy to see why we’ve been a top performing fund. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AustralianSuper is not responsible for other user's comments. We reserve the right to delete any comments that are not in line with our community standards. By participating in the AustralianSuper’s LinkedIn community, you agree to adhere to our House Rules: ausup.me/HouseRules ______________________________________________________________________________________ Investment returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Reference to any awards and ratings are only one factor to be taken into account when choosing a super fund. The information posted by AustralianSuper may be general financial advice which doesn’t take into account your personal objectives, situation or needs. Before making a decision about AustralianSuper, you should think about your financial requirements and refer to the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, available at australiansuper.com/pds or by calling 1300 300 273. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd ABN 94 006 457 987, AFSL 233788, Trustee of AustralianSuper ABN 65 714 394 898.
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