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Your Team
The Risk & Compliance team within CFS’s Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance unit provides strategic oversight and advisory to ensure regulatory compliance and strengthen risk management across the organisation. As a Manager, Risk & Compliance, you lead a team that acts as a trusted partner to the business, embedding robust frameworks, promoting ethical conduct, and driving continuous improvement.
Your contribution includes advising on complex compliance matters, leveraging data-driven insights to identify emerging risks, and fostering a transparent, speak-up culture. By integrating ESG principles and benchmarking against industry best practices, you help uplift compliance maturity and support sustainable governance aligned with CFS’s strategic priorities.
This role reports into the Director of Risk and Compliance.
Responsibilities- Provide strategic Line 2 risk and compliance advice across all risk classes, supporting informed decision-making and regulatory alignment.
- Deliver expert insights and guidance on complex risk and compliance matters, enabling transformation initiatives within defined risk appetite.
- Contribute to consistent implementation of key frameworks, policies, and standards, while identifying opportunities for improvement through analysis and assurance activities.
- Collaborate across teams to develop compliance dashboards, reporting, and insights for senior stakeholders, and maintain proactive engagement with regulators.
- Promote an ethical risk culture by embedding obligation management, supporting annual compliance reviews, and ensuring frameworks remain fit for purpose.
- Extensive expertise in risk and compliance advisory within Superannuation/ wealth management supported by strong academic qualifications in relevant fields such as law or finance.
- Strong experience Risk and Compliance in Financial Advice and Distribution, with the ability to partner with the business, provide clear guidance, and support distribution outcomes within a regulated environment.
- Deep understanding of superannuation (mandatory), investments, and adviser business models, including customer-centric strategies and integrated platforms.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and influence outcomes across diverse functions and complex environments.
- Skilled in leveraging technology and innovative practices, including AI, to enhance risk and compliance frameworks, with a focus on ESG integration and conduct risk.
- Strong capability in driving change, continuous improvement, and applying broad regulatory perspectives to benchmark industry best practices.
Skills Required
- Extensive expertise in risk and compliance advisory within superannuation/wealth management
- Strong academic qualifications in relevant fields such as law or finance
- Strong experience in Risk and Compliance in Financial Advice and Distribution
- Deep understanding of superannuation, investments, and adviser business models (mandatory)
- Proven ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders across diverse functions
- Skilled in leveraging technology and innovative practices, including AI, to enhance compliance frameworks
- Experience integrating ESG principles and conduct risk into compliance programs
- Capability in driving change, continuous improvement, and benchmarking regulatory best practices
What We Do
We’ve helped over 3 million Australians and counting. We provide superannuation, investment and retirement products to members as well as to corporate and superannuation fund investors. Our wide range and investment management expertise spans Australian and global shares, property, fixed interest, credit, hedge funds, infrastructure and private equity. The privacy of your personal information is important to us. We will handle all personal information collected in accordance with applicable privacy laws and our privacy policy and collection statement which can be accessed here www.cfs.com.au/privacy. If you have any questions in relation to our privacy practices or would like to request a copy of our privacy policy please contact us on 13 13 36. Avanteos Investments Limited ABN 20 096 259 979, AFSL 245531 (AIL) is the trustee and issuer of super and pension products. Colonial First State Investments Limited ABN 98 002 348 352, AFSL 232468 (CFSIL) is the issuer and Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) operator and administrator of investment products. Information on this social media may include general advice but does not consider your individual objectives, financial situation, needs or tax circumstances. You can find the target market determinations (TMD) for our financial products at www.cfs.com.au/tmd, which include a description of who a financial product might suit. You should read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Investor Directed Portfolio Service Guide (IDPS Guide) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) carefully, assess whether the information is appropriate for you, and consider talking to a financial adviser before making an investment decision. You can get the FirstChoice PDSs and the FSG from www.cfs.com.au or by calling 13 13 36 and FirstWrap PDSs, FSGs and IDPS Guides from www.firstwrap.com.au or your adviser.
