Join Australian Retirement Trust as our Manager - Internal Audit. In this leadership role, you'll provide independent assurance across a broad range of business activities, helping strengthen governance, risk management and control environments. You'll lead complex audits, influence senior stakeholders, contribute to strategic audit planning, and help drive continuous improvement while supporting our commitment to strong regulatory and governance outcomes.

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 Manager - Internal Audit, you'll play a key leadership role delivering independent, objective assurance activities across Australian Retirement Trust. You'll support the Internal Audit strategy and annual audit plan, providing valuable insights to executive leaders and Board Committees on the effectiveness of governance, risk and control frameworks.

You'll lead complex audits across a broad range of business areas, assess control effectiveness, identify emerging risks and develop practical recommendations that strengthen organisational resilience. Working closely with leaders across the business, you'll help drive a culture of continuous improvement while supporting the development of a high-performing Internal Audit team.

This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic outcomes, contribute to regulatory compliance obligations and help safeguard critical systems, data and member outcomes through high-quality assurance activities.

Internal Audit is entering an exciting period of growth, with several new roles being created to support the continued development of the function. Joining now offers the opportunity to help shape a growing team, contribute to meaningful work, and be part of the function's future success.

This role is a permanent opportunity and is based in Brisbane or Sydney.

Responsibilities

Day to day, you'll:

- Lead the planning,



execution and reporting of complex risk-based internal audits across multiple business areas.
- Develop audit scopes, testing strategies, working papers and audit conclusions.
- Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls and identify emerging risks and vulnerabilities.
- Deliver clear, insightful audit reports with practical recommendations for stakeholders.
- Build robust relationships with executives, regulators, auditors and assurance partners.
- Monitor audit actions and challenge whether remediation effectively addresses underlying issues.
- Coach, support and develop team members to build capability and performance.
- Contribute to the Internal Audit strategy, annual audit planning and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

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. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

- You hold a degree in Business, Law or a related discipline.
- Your professional credentials may include CA, CPA, CIA, CISA, CISSP or similar.
- You'll bring strong knowledge of audit standards, risk management frameworks and regulatory requirements.
- You're experienced in delivering complex audits and assessing control effectiveness.
- You have excellent analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Your ability to build relationships enables you to influence and partner effectively across all levels of an organisation.




- You'll have experience leading teams and developing capability in others.
- You're ideally experienced within financial services, superannuation, insurance, funds management or related industries.

Why join us?

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.
- 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.

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 easy.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now. Applications close 4th September 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.

📌 Manager - Internal Audit (Brisbane)
🏢 Australian Retirement Trust
📍 Brisbane