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 Senior Risk Specialist, Incident Management, you'll support Product & Services to identify, assess and manage incidents, strengthen controls, prevent recurrence, and meet regulatory obligations.

You'll work closely with stakeholders across the business to provide expert guidance on incident management, contribute to risk uplift initiatives, and help embed consistent application of the enterprise risk management framework.

You'll use your analytical capability to identify emerging trends, translate incident insights into practical recommendations, and influence improvements across processes, governance, controls, and capability. Working with a broad range of stakeholders, you'll provide support on complex incidents, remediation activities, reporting requirements, and risk-related decision making.

This is a fantastic chance to contribute to a strong risk culture while continuing to build your expertise within a highly regarded and purpose-driven organisation.

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

Responsibilities

Day to day, you'll:

- Support the consistent application of risk management, incident management and remediation frameworks across Product & Services.
- Analyse incident trends and data to identify emerging risks and recommend practical improvements.
- Review, screen and authorise complex or higher-risk incidents within approved delegations and governance requirements.
- Prepare high-quality incident papers, remediation strategies and decision-making documentation.
- Support the development and coaching of Risk Specialists through training and quality assurance activities.
- Assist with workflow management, prioritisation and monitoring of complex incident matters.
- Partner with Compliance and business stakeholders to support breach reporting and regulatory investigations.




- Act as an escalation point for complex incidents and provide guidance to stakeholders across the organisation.
- Promote a proactive and positive risk culture through sound judgement, collaboration and effective stakeholder engagement.

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 have demonstrated experience in risk management, compliance, business improvement, or a related discipline.
- Your stakeholder management skills enable you to build trusted relationships across leadership teams and business functions.
- You'll bring experience managing remediation plans, projects, or initiatives that address control gaps and strengthen risk management practices.
- You're able to exercise sound judgement when handling sensitive information and making risk-based decisions.
- You have strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities from complex data.
- Your written and verbal communication skills allow you to simplify complex issues for a range of audiences.
- You'll have experience preparing reports, recommendations and documentation for senior stakeholders.
- You're comfortable working independently while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- You hold relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional experience.
- Your knowledge of superannuation, insurance,



risk frameworks, or regulatory environments will be highly regarded.
- You'll have exposure to incident management, compliance reporting, governance processes, or related systems.

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 cooperative 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 simple.

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 2nd of October 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.

📌 Senior Risk Specialist (Brisbane)
🏢 Australian Retirement Trust
📍 Brisbane