Take hold of a monster opportunity and join our Investment Operations & Performance team as either an Investment Operations Specialist or Investment Operations Officer. If you’re a good fit for this role and live in Brisbane, we’d love you to apply.

Why join us?

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

About the roles

As an Investment Operations Specialist, you will assist in conducting investment operations functions of the Fund including cashflow and liquidity management, liaising with and instructing the Fund’s Custodian, maintaining the integrity of unit pricing, monitoring of internal and external investment transactions and providing support to the Investment Operations and Performance and Investment Strategy teams.

Day to day, you'll:

• Assist and monitor internal trading processes, cashflow and liquidity management and internal query management.
• Oversee the unit pricing integrity, validating valuation of assets and maintaining unit prices policies / process.
• Assist with instructing transitions of listed equity and fixed income securities as well as manage changes to the unit pricing structure.
• Participate in the end-to-end implementation process for approved unlisted investments and ensuring that investment decisions are implemented efficiently and accurately.
• Participation in Operational Due Diligence reviews on Investment Managers and Third Parties where required.

This role is available as a permanent opportunity.

As an Investment Operations Officer, you will be responsible for liaising with and preparing instructions to the Fund’s Custodians, supporting the integrity of unit pricing; assisting in internal and external investment transactions, liquidity and cashflow support and providing support to the Investment Operations and Performance team and other teams as needed.

Day to day, you'll:

• The implementation of new Investments and Investment Managers.
• Preparation of instructions to the custodian and external managers; and
• Preparing investment documentation in accordance with internal protocols and guidelines.

• Participate in:
• Assist with the liquidity and cashflow management process.
• Assist with investment operations and administration services relating to the Investment Managers.
• Support the unit pricing integrity and unit pricing policies / process, including daily review of unit prices.

We have multiple opportunities available - one as a permanent opportunity and one as a max-term opportunity until December 2025.

About you

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

• Relevant university degree (e.g., Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business with a relevant finance and/or accounting major).
• Strong numerical reasoning ability and a high level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Theoretical knowledge of investment concepts including unit pricing and accounting concepts.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Investment operations, custodian or investment manager experience.

About us

Our 2.3 million members trust us to take care of almost $300 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Apply online now

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now. Applications close Sunday, 9 March 2025.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.