Senior Risk and Compliance Manager
FNZ is a global wealth management platform provider.
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About FNZ
FNZ describes itself as 'wealth's growth platform', providing a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology, business operations, and investment operations within a regulated financial institution connected to a universe of investment products. The company serves banks, wealth managers, insurance companies, and asset managers, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform and nearly 30 million end investors served through its clients. Its offerings span wealth management platforms, advisor tools and productivity solutions, asset management distribution, and trade and post-trade securities services, along with a data platform combining an Operational Data Store, Analytical Data Warehouse, and Aggregated Data Warehouse to power analytics, machine learning, and generative AI insights. FNZ has notable clients including Santander, Colonial First State (CFS), Vanguard, Aviva, and Swedbank, and in 2025 announced a global five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot across its platform and operations. FNZ is backed by major institutional shareholders including Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), CPP Investments, Generation Investment Management, and Motive Partners.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide independent second-line oversight across operational and enterprise risk. You will assess risk profiles and controls, oversee incidents and remediation, challenge change-risk readiness, monitor resilience and third-party dependencies, and deliver clear risk reporting to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Second-line operational or enterprise risk experience in Australian financial services
- Experience in wealth management, superannuation, platform administration, or custody
- Experience with risk and control assessments, risk appetite monitoring, controls assurance, incident analysis, remediation, operational resilience, and change risk
- Understanding of operational risks relating to financial-services platforms, custody, reconciliations, data, technology, and third-party arrangements
- Knowledge of Australian regulatory requirements including the Corporations Act, SIS Act, AML/CTF, privacy requirements, and APRA standards CPS230 and CPS220
- Analytical ability to identify material risk themes and develop practical recommendations
- Ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
- Commercial judgement
- Relevant risk management, compliance, or related professional qualification
Responsibilities
- Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge across operational and enterprise risk
- Support and enhance the Group Risk Management Framework
- Assess risk profiles against risk appetite and escalate material exposures
- Facilitate and challenge risk and control assessments
- Review control design and effectiveness and provide recommendations
- Oversee material incidents, breaches, remediation, and closure evidence
- Oversee third-party arrangements, critical dependencies, and operational resilience
- Challenge risk assessments for significant technology and platform change
- Provide risk reporting and insights to senior management and governance committees
- Build effective relationships while maintaining second-line independence
