Risk Manager

Risk Manager

The Risk Manager is a key second line of defence role, responsible for identifying, assessing, and reporting on risks across the business. The role ensures that controls are effective, regulatory obligations are met, and risk frameworks are embedded to support sustainable business outcomes.

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

What you will be doing:

• Proactively identify, assess, and report on business risks, ensuring adequacy and effectiveness of controls.
• Act as subject matter expert for the Apex NZ businesses, developing deep knowledge of key products, services, and risks.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across the New Zealand operations.
• Partner with Line 2 Compliance to ensure emerging risks and regulatory obligations are managed effectively.
• Lead risk assessments, testing, and oversight of remediation activities, ensuring timely and effective mitigation.
• Support and monitor local risk reporting, and escalating significant issues as appropriate.
• Provide advice and training to business teams, including Operations, IT, and client-facing staff.
• Coordinate internal and external audit reviews, ensuring findings are addressed.
• Analyse incidents and control breakdowns, ensuring lessons learned and control enhancements are implemented.
• Maintain the Risk Control Profile, Business Risk Assessments, and testing schedule.
• Manage governance reporting (e.g. LARC, BARC), ensuring quality and timeliness of submissions.
• Oversee business continuity planning and support business continuity exercises.
• Support ongoing enhancement of risk policies, frameworks, and procedures.

Skills Required:

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• Professional certification in risk, compliance, or auditing (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of risk frameworks in financial services.
• Demonstrated second line of defence experience.
• Proven ability to influence and manage relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative team player, willing to lead or support as needed.

What you will get in return:

· A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;

· Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;

· Training and development opportunities

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.