- Define and execute the Australia Asset Services strategy across Transfer Agency, Middle Office, and Fund Administration
- Drive business growth through product expansion, bundled service models, client pitches, and RFPs
- Partner with Product, Technology, and regional leadership to enhance capabilities and competitiveness
- Establish a forward-looking operating model using industry trends, regulatory requirements, digital innovation, and automation
- Maintain executive oversight of end-to-end service delivery and unified operating models
- Ensure integrity, timeliness, and regulatory compliance of fund accounting, investor servicing, reporting, and unit pricing
- Hold accountability for client outcomes and service performance across all service lines
- Own the enterprise risk profile and oversee regulatory compliance, audits, controls, offshore operations, and third-party providers
- Act as senior executive sponsor for key Australian client relationships and represent Asset Services at executive, industry, and regulatory forums
- Lead strategic transformation, platform modernisation, regulatory change, automation, and data-driven innovation
- Provide enterprise leadership to the multidisciplinary Asset Services organisation
- Build organisational capability through leadership development, succession planning, talent retention, and workforce strategy

Requirements

- 15+ years’ experience in Asset Services, Fund Administration, or Transfer Agency leadership roles
- Deep expertise across fund accounting, investor services, middle office operations, and regulatory frameworks
- Proven track record of leading large-scale operations and transformation programs
- Strong commercial acumen and strategic leadership capability




- Demonstrated success managing complex stakeholder environments and global operating models
- Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline
- Enterprise mindset with end-to-end ownership across service pillars
- Strong risk and control orientation, balanced with commercial delivery
- Ability to integrate and simplify complex operating models
- Inspirational leader with a client-centric and innovation-driven mindset
- Proven ability to execute strategy while maintaining operational excellence

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Asset Services, Fund Administration, and Transfer Agency leadership, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and strategic transformation. Proven ability to drive business growth through creative service models and effective stakeholder management.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- 15+ Years' Experience In Asset Services
- Fund Accounting Expertise
- Regulatory Compliance Management
- Strategic Leadership Capability
- Operational Excellence

Hard Skills

- Fund Administration
- Transfer Agency
- Middle Office Operations
- Regulatory Frameworks
- Service Delivery Management
- Risk Management
- Data-Driven Innovation
- Automation
- Client Relationship Management
- Transformation Programs

Soft Skills

- Inspirational Leadership
- Client-Centric Mindset
- Commercial Acumen
- Stakeholder Management
- Talent Retention

Certifications & Qualifications

- Tertiary Qualification In Finance
- Tertiary Qualification In Accounting
- Tertiary Qualification In Business

Industry Keywords

- Asset Services Strategy
- Service Models
- Operating Model
- Executive Oversight
- Enterprise Risk Profile
- Third-Party Providers
- Workforce Strategy
- Leadership Development
- Succession Planning
- Global Operating Models

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📌 Head of Asset Services (Melbourne)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Melbourne