Manager, Risk, Tax and Finance

If you live in Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely heard of AMP. But at a time when society is changing, we are too. We’re now a nimbler business with new leadership and thinking. 

For us, these are exciting times. There’s a real potential for big thinkers to help us redefine what financial services could be. And turn our legacy into something even more positive and powerful for the future.

Help people create their tomorrow, while you create yours

We help people with their banking, super, retirement and finances. Through upturns, downturns, recessions, and major life transitions. Every day, we help people see and make more of their financial potential, so that they can create their tomorrow. And we’ve been doing it for over 170 years. 

If we do our job well, we genuinely add to the prosperity of our country and its people. 

This role provides dedicated Line 1 Risk support to Group Tax, helping to ensure tax risks are effectively identified, assessed, managed and monitored in line with AMP's risk appetite, internal policies, and legislative and regulatory obligations.

Working across all Tax activities, the role supports risk governance, risk assessments, control design and assurance, risk reporting and remediation activities. It also plays a key role in strengthening risk culture, maintaining effective governance practices and supporting continuous improvement across the Tax risk and control environment.

How will you make an impact

Governance

• Facilitate effective tax risk governance through the coordination of Tax Risk Forums, preparation of reporting materials and ongoing oversight of the Tax Risk Management Framework and associated governance documentation.
• Maintain and uplift Tax compliance plans to meet legislative, regulatory and ATO Justified Trust obligations, while monitoring risk performance through KRIs, KPIs and risk appetite measures.
• Support annual tax compliance activities and contribute to wider Finance risk governance, including Finance Risk Forums, FLT, Board reporting, risk culture initiatives and control uplift activities.

Risk Assessment

• Lead regular identification and assessment of key risks within Tax.
• Lead risk assessment of emerging operational risks arising through change (including through Regulatory / legislative change).

Controls

• Design and maintain key controls to mitigate tax risks and support compliance with legislative and regulatory obligations.
• Develop and execute control testing activities to provide assurance over the effectiveness of the Tax control environment.
• Monitor control effectiveness, identify improvement opportunities and support the remediation of control issues.

Risk Identification and Remediation

• Support the identification, assessment and remediation of risk events and issues across Tax, ensuring timely resolution and effective risk management.
• Provide risk insights and analysis to support decision-making and continuous improvement across Tax and Finance.
• Conduct thematic reviews and risk deep dives to identify trends, improvement opportunities and potential control weaknesses.

In addition, this role will champion the use of IRM across Tax, driving transparency, data quality and self-service capability, while leading data governance initiatives and supporting the ongoing uplift of tax risk culture.

The role will work closely with Finance, Treasury and Risk stakeholders to embed best practice risk management across the business, maintain effective relationships with Line 2 and Line 3 teams and provide support to the Head of Treasury Risk, Director of Tax and Group Treasurer as required.

What you will bring to the role 

• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in finance, math or law related discipline.
• 4+ years’ experience in finance, tax, audit or risk management, preferably within the financial services sector within a regulated institution or a consulting/audit firm

It would be well regarded if you bring an understanding of Australian tax principles and tax governance requirements, together with knowledge of contemporary risk management practices and frameworks. Experience applying these capabilities in a complex corporate or financial services environment would be highly valued
 

Who you are

You are a highly analytical risk professional who can interpret complex risk, control and compliance information and translate it into practical, commercially focused recommendations. With excellent problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset, you are comfortable identifying opportunities to strengthen risk and control outcomes.

You are an effective communicator with the ability to prepare high-quality governance reporting and present complex concepts to a range of stakeholders. Highly organised and detail-oriented, you can manage competing priorities, work collaboratively across teams and consistently deliver quality outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Why we think you’ll love working at AMP

Doing what we’ve always done is not an option, so your clever ideas will get airtime here. You’ll be encouraged to speak up and try new things. If they don’t work, we move on – better for it.

We know there’s no one way of doing things. So, you won’t have to sacrifice who you are or how you work to fit in here. We’re inclusive and flexible in many of the ways you’d expect. And in some of the ways you wouldn’t. As long as your health and wellbeing come first - at home and at work. 

In fact, most of what makes AMP such a welcoming, enjoyable place to work are our people. Wherever you go, you’ll find moments to connect, feel valued and do meaningful work. 

Whether it’s through our first-class leaders who are invested in you and your success. Through year-round opportunities to volunteer, fundraise and give back to the community. Or in the everyday challenges you face as we work together to strengthen this great organisation. Challenges that will stretch you, amplify your potential and compound the impact you have. 

We believe in the power of inclusion and diversity

We’re dedicated to fostering inclusion, diversity, and a warm feeling of belonging at AMP. It sparks creativity, ignites innovation, and turns up the dial on the quality of our decisions and performance. This not only makes our workplace more engaged, but also leads to better connections with our customers. 

We're your allies in the search for the perfect fit - when you apply, let us know how we can support you to put your best self forward during our selection process. 

We're also committed to enhancing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, so we enthusiastically encourage candidates from these backgrounds to apply and explore our Reconciliation Plan on our website.

Ready to create your tomorrow?

If you’re someone who sees opportunity where others see challenge, come and work with us in smart, progressive ways as we transform an iconic Australian brand for the future. And, through a series of career-defining moments, create your own tomorrow.

Don’t procrastinate! We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.

Looking forward to meeting you.