Executive Assistant To The Chief Risk Officer

Company Description
Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders
Closing date: 9th February 2024 *
Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies
Job Description

• C level role within leading industry fund
• Hybrid environment - combining work from home and in the office
• Support the CRO and their Leadership team

About Us
Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.
We support nearly two million members, with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.
Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.
About the Job

• Provide exceptional assistance to the Chief Risk Officer and their Leadership team ensuring efficient office operations, email, and diary management.
• Complex presentations, reports, spreadsheets, and graphs; transcribeing information of a technical, confidential and or sensitive nature.
• Screen mail and callers, respond to and route inquiries to appropriate as necessary; determine importance and priority of various issues and determine what major issues should be brought to the attention of the Chief Risk Officer.
• Research, compile, summarise, and analyse information to respond to various inquiries from internal and external sources.
• Work in conjunction with the Risk and Governance Leadership team to ensure the smooth running of the function.
• Manage the organisation of critical Risk and Governance Forums and meetings including scheduling and invitations, booking rooms, setting up agendas, minute taking, organising catering and distribution of meeting documentation and minutes.
• Circulation of reminders of outstanding action items, project reports and documentatio
• Maintain all team documentation and information
• Assist the Chief Risk Officer in preparation and submission of reports and presentations to Rest Committees and Board
• Complete expense reporting and track budget expenditures for the team.

Qualifications
About You:

• Experience providing executive support services at a senior level
• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, prioritise and organise
• Self-motivated, responsible, trustworthy, and committed
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• High degree of confidentiality and interpersonal sensitivity
• Proven experience with both internal and external stakeholder management at all business levels
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage competing demands under pressure
• Commercial awareness

Additional Information
Benefits
Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Flexible, hybrid working – work to suit your lifestyle (must be based in Australia)
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave
• Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops)
• Income Protection Insurance
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours)

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.
Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.
We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.
Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
*Funds under management as at 30 June 2023. Rest is recognised as a by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.
Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier