Third-Party Management Specialist

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #CareersWithImpact At HESTA, we’re passionate about improving the financial futures of more than one million Australians. As we continue to strengthen our Critical Operations and Business Resilience capability, we’re looking for an experienced Third-Party Management Specialist to help shape and mature our enterprise-wide third-party risk capability. Reporting to the Senior Third Party Management Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in embedding HESTA’s Third-Party Management Framework, strengthening operational resilience and ensuring compliance with CPS 230. Partnering with business leaders, relationship owners, risk teams and service providers, you’ll influence best practice governance. What You’ll Do Embed and continuously enhance HESTA’s Third-Party Management Framework, policies and processes. Drive compliance with CPS 230, including management of the Material Service Provider Register and regulatory notifications. Lead and facilitate third-party due diligence, risk assessments and ongoing monitoring across the supplier lifecycle. Deliver meaningful risk reporting and insights to senior leaders, Executive Risk Forum and Board Risk Committee. Partner with business stakeholders to strengthen vendor governance, operational resilience and risk management practices. Provide trusted advice on third-party risk, outsourcing and CPS 230 obligations, particularly across Investment Management. Identify opportunities to improve frameworks, controls, reporting and governance through continuous improvement and automation. What You’ll Bring You’ll be a collaborative and commercially minded specialist with experience in third-party management, vendor governance or operational risk within superannuation or financial services. You’ll also bring: Demonstrated experience implementing or operating Third-Party Management or Vendor Risk frameworks aligned with CPS 230. Strong knowledge of operational risk, outsourcing arrangements and regulatory requirements within financial services. Experience conducting third-party due diligence, risk assessments and ongoing assurance activities. Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the credibility to partner across all levels of the organisation. Strong analytical and reporting capability, with the ability to turn complex information into clear, actionable insights. Experience preparing governance reporting for Executive and Board Committees. A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for enhancing frameworks, controls and operational effectiveness. Experience with GRC platforms such as Archer or similar (highly regarded). Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, commerce, risk or a related discipline. Bring your expertise | Strengthen resilience | Shape the future of third-party risk at HESTA - Apply now. Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees Leave for those moments that matter , an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few). Your professional development matters , up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools. Your health and wellbeing matters , free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7. Your financial wellbeing matters , up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity. We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team and we’ll call you to discuss. Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.