Senior Risk & Compliance Manager – Investments & Wealth Management

Company:Mercer

Description:

Senior Risk & Compliance Manager – Investments & Wealth Management

Mercer is seeking a Senior Risk & Compliance Manager – Investments & Wealth Management to provide trusted technical risk and compliance expertise across our financial advice and investment activities. You’ll help the business interpret and apply regulatory obligations and advice standards, manage regulatory risk, and support strong customer outcomes.

What can you expect?

• A high-impact, technical specialist role supporting advice and investment decision-making.
• Close partnership with Financial Advice, Investments, Product and Legal teams.
• Exposure to governance forums, incident/breach matters and regulatory engagement support.
• Clear early priorities: build stakeholder trust, strengthen guidance/materials, and lift confidence on complex matters.
• Ongoing learning through evolving regulation and challenging technical issues.
• Opportunity to improve frameworks, tools and ways of working.

What is in it for you?

• A visible role with meaningful impact across advice and investment outcomes.
• Strong development through senior stakeholder exposure and complex regulatory work.
• Collaborative culture, flexible working and wellbeing support (general overview).

We will count on you to:

• Provide practical advice on investment regulatory obligations (incl. suitability, best interests, disclosure and conflicts).
• Maintain and uplift policies, standards and guidance materials, translating regulation into workable business guidance.
• Support governance reporting and provide technical input into investment-related decisions.
• Provide technical support for incidents/breaches/complaints, including assessment and remediation support.

What you need to have:

• Strong understanding of financial markets, advice and investment processes.
• 7–10+ years’ Risk/Compliance/Legal experience in wealth, advice or funds management.
• Relevant tertiary and/or industry qualifications (e.g., Business/Law).
• Strong analytical skills, judgement and stakeholder management capability.

What makes you stand out:

• Deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, business-enabling approach.
• Confidence navigating complex issues and influencing senior stakeholders.
• A continuous improvement mindset and strong written communication skills.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencing of employment.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.