Executive - Control Assurance

Join our Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) Risk team as a Risk Assurance Executive, where you will work in a collaborative and dynamic environment providing risk guidance on transactions, new products, and opportunities. Our team ensures a robust risk management framework by assessing and maintaining the effective design and operation of critical business controls.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

In this role, you will deliver critical control assurance reviews to ensure MAM’s controls are effectively designed and operating, encompassing planning (walkthroughs, issue analysis, control assessments), testing (validation, execution, and documentation), and reporting (drafting findings, negotiating actions, and finalising reports). You will also manage the MAM Risk Assurance program, including monitoring control status, maintaining the assurance module in OpenPages, and overseeing assurance plans, test plans, results, risks, and controls. This position requires strong collaboration with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in risk management practices.

What You Offer

• Bachelors degree with 4+ years of experience in operational risk, audit, risk management, compliance, or assurance
• Strong analytical and lateral thinking skills, with excellent interpersonal and communication abilities to build relationships and lead discussions
• Highly organized, capable of multitasking, and able to work independently or collaboratively within a team
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Flexible, proactive, and adaptable with a can-do attitude
  
  

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if youre excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What We Offer

Benefits

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year
• 26 weeks’ paid maternity leave or 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Company-subsidised childcare services
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Benefits to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including comprehensive medical and life insurance cover, the option to join parental medical insurance plan and virtual medical consultations extended to family members
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment
  
  

About Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact. We’re trusted by institutions, pension funds, governments, and individuals to manage billions in assets globally. We provide access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including fixed income, equities, multi-asset solutions, private credit, infrastructure, green investments, natural assets, real estate, and asset finance.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.

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