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.

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.

Description

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 opportunity and is based in Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne.

Responsibilities

- 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 robust risk culture by building organisational capability, confidence and accountability.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team aligned to organisational values and strategic objectives.

Qualifications

- You bring significant risk management experience within superannuation or another highly regulated financial services environment.
- Your knowledge includes APRA Prudential Standards, operational risk frameworks and industry best practice approaches.
- You'll have demonstrated experience leading Line 2 assurance programs, control effectiveness reviews and remediation oversight activities.
- You're skilled at building trusted relationships and influencing executive and senior stakeholder groups.
- You can translate complex risk information into clear and actionable insights for executive,



board and committee audiences.
- Your background includes leading or contributing to risk transformation initiatives within complex organisations.
- You'll demonstrate strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking, balancing risk and opportunity to achieve sustainable outcomes.
- You're qualified in Finance, Business, Risk or a related discipline, with relevant professional certifications viewed favourably.

About us

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.

Applications close 20th August 2026.

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.

Why join us

- You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
- 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.

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📌 General Manager Risk - Members and Enterprise Partners (Brisbane City)
🏢 Australian Retirement Trust
📍 Brisbane City