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Your New Role
As a private markets valuation specialist, you will play a key role in the oversight and delivery of valuations across AustralianSuper’s growing unlisted investment portfolio. Working collaboratively within the Valuations team, you will support the accurate and timely valuation of infrastructure, private equity and private credit investments, providing high‑quality analysis and insight to inform decision‑making across the Fund.
You will engage closely with internal investment teams and external stakeholders, applying strong technical judgement, analytical capability and communication skills to support valuation governance, continuous improvement and evolving best practice.
Key duties include but are not limited to;
Reviewing cyclical independent valuations of internally managed unlisted assets, assessing assumptions, methodologies and valuation outcomes. This will oftentimes involve deep analysis to identify root causes of valuation movements and drivers.
Undertaking internal valuations for investments not externally valued to support timely and accurate reporting.
Managing valuation risk through robust documentation, including drafting valuation reports, papers and supporting memos.
Liaising with asset class, portfolio management and fund operations teams on valuation matters and outcomes.
Supporting the development, refinement and implementation of valuation control processes and documentation.
Engaging with internal and external stakeholders including the Valuation Committee, auditors and advisers to meet governance obligations.
Monitoring asset performance and market conditions to identify potential out‑of‑cycle valuation requirements.
Contributing to the evolution of valuation processes and providing coaching and support to junior team members.
What You’ll Need
Tertiary qualifications in Commerce or a related discipline.
Significant experience within a valuation team, institutional investor or corporate advisory environment.
Strong technical valuation skills, including experience reviewing reports, analysing data and forming sound valuation conclusions.
Experience valuing unlisted assets, particularly infrastructure or infrastructure‑adjacent investments.
Well‑developed written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting to senior stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholder relationships.
Postgraduate qualifications such as CA/CPA or CFA, advanced financial modelling capability and familiarity with market data platforms will be highly regarded.
Life at AustralianSuper
AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we’re happy to discuss what this looks like for you.
We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.
What’s Next
Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.
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As a profit-to-member superannuation fund, AustralianSuper is run only for members, and is here to help members achieve their best possible retirement outcome. We don't pay profits or dividends to shareholders, so the money we make goes back into the fund.
We’re an organisation of talented, inspiring colleagues and passionate leaders. As we continue to grow in size and complexity, we need people who will challenge our thinking, deliver outstanding outcomes and most importantly, share in our purpose.
AustralianSuper Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
Sydney, Australia, 2000
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