Compliance Manager, Investments

About Future Super

At Future Super Group, we’re making money moves and changing the way super is done. By giving people a chance to invest their life savings in companies that don’t harm the planet, we’re showing the power super has to change the world!

We are looking for someone to join our mission focused high-growth superannuation focused business. You will be joining the Risk & Compliance team where we enable the continued growth of the business by translating complex regulatory requirements into easy-to-follow processes, ensuring day to day activities are compliant. What better way to support and bring to life the Future Super Group strategy?!

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers, people with caring responsibilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) people. Seriously, the problems we face are complex and the more diversity of experiences we can bring to the table, the better our solutions become.

You’ll love this job if:

• You find financial services, in particular superannuation technical and not really user friendly and you want to do something about that.
• You believe Compliance exists not to create roadblocks, but to help the business perform and grow safely.
• You can work with the Investment and Impact teams to ensure their activities are and remain compliant with all the obligations we have, including legislative and regulatory requirements, without stifling creativity and innovative ideas.
• You believe in a culture of continuous improvements where systems and processes are developed by humans, for humans, and you want to contribute to the continual development of the Compliance framework.
• You love to collaborate, but you’re also comfortable showing the way by working autonomously and with minimal supervision within your area of expertise.
• You enjoy problem solving and helping with an assortment of projects and process improvement opportunities from day to day.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Believes in Future Super Group’s mission and has a passion for moving Australia’s money out of fossil-fuels and into renewable energy.
• Is values driven, with a commitment to ethical decision making and integrity.
• Has outstanding attention to detail and strong communication skills.
• Has 3 to 5 years’ experience in financial services investment focused Compliance, preferably with some superannuation experience.
• Has sound knowledge of AFSL compliance, ASIC’s regulatory guidance and some knowledge of superannuation legislation.
• Is proactive with a can-do attitude.

It would be great if you also had:

• Practical experience implementing a controls monitoring framework.
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field

As the Compliance Manager, Investments, you will:

• Establish and provide ongoing implementation of the compliance program for the investment activities of the Future Super Investment Services (FSIS) business unit
• Provide ongoing assessment of compliance risks
• Provide ongoing monitoring of processes and documentation to identify any weaknesses
• Provide ongoing provision of guidance to investment staff on questions of compliance
• Develop and implement an effective compliance monitoring program for the investment activities of FSIS
• Evaluate investment activities to assess compliance risk
• Review and revise relevant policies as appropriate
• Collaborate with Risk and Internal Audit as required
• Enhance practices to manage incidents and compliance violations
• Create or identify appropriate training for employees on legislation, regulations and industry practices
• Provide advice to investment staff on questions of compliance
• Keep informed of relevant legislative and regulatory changes, industry standards and internal standards and business goals

Don’t tick all the boxes? That’s okay, we like thinking outside the box. We value skills, passion and who you are over what you’ve done or where you’ve studied. So if this job resonates with you, we want to hear from you!

You’ll love working here with:

• A purpose-driven organisation, spending your days working on making this world a better place! The more we grow, the bigger the impact we are making on climate change and inequality
• A proud B Corp organisation that cares about how it behaves inside and out
• Heaps of flexibility to fit work into your life (not your life around our work) and the opportunity to work with your manager to define what that looks like for you now and in the future
• AFR’s Best Place to Work 2022 for the banking, superannuation and financial services sector
• The choice to work from home, from one of our co-working spaces, from anywhere within Australia or even from overseas (for a short period of time)
• Team lunches and company-wide events
• Progressive, people-focused policies and benefits including Menstrual and Menopausal Leave, Mental Health Leave and Gender Affirmation Guidelines and Leave
• We offer employee network groups for people from diverse backgrounds: SuperGenders for cisgender women, trans men and women and non-binary folks; SuperGlobal for culturally diverse folks; and SuperPride for LGBTQIA+ folks. The groups are a safe, supportive space for people to share experiences and ideas
• 14 weeks’ paid parental leave for all genders and a generous parental superannuation package, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), formal training and development with continuous improvement opportunities, and membership to Bicycle NSW (or your State or Territory’s equivalent) as part of our sustainable transport policy
• Future Super is an equal opportunity employer – we provide flexible working hours, the option to work from home and a laptop you can use to work remotely (this used to be a more differentiating dot-point, but it’s still true!)

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We use Applied as our de-identified recruitment platform, helping us reduce the risk of unconscious bias in our hiring process. If you are curious to know more about how it works, check out this blog post.

Questions? Please reach out to Khi, People and Culture Coordinator, at careers@futuresuper.com.au.