Senior Associate, Vendor Relationships, Investment Services

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues.​ We know work and life are intertwined. That’s why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members.

Your New Role

The Senior Associate, Vendor Relationships is a key member of AustralianSuper’s Investment Operations team and is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective management of third-party service providers, and system and data vendors. In particular:

- The oversight and management of Investments’ strategic and data relationships;
- Implementation and management of third-party governance frameworks;
- Ongoing management and negotiation of contract & commercial arrangements; and
- Facilitating the provision of fit for purpose third party service into various teams at the Fund.

Key duties include but are not limited to:

- Partnering with internal stakeholders to understand their data needs and helping deliver the right vendor solutions;
- Establishing and managing on-going third-party governance & service management forums with key market data vendors;
- Tracking and, where required, establishing SLAs, vendor data quality metrics, monitor vendor costs, and resolving relationship issues through working closely with business owners to ensure services and deliverables are fit for purpose, met and services performant;
- Performing payment administration lifecycle activities, in line with the procure to pay (P2P) standard;
- Performing validation and receipting invoices against purchase orders for third parties;
- Coordinating new and renewing market data services with stakeholders and transactional & tactical third parties. Performing contract renewal and execution activities;
- Updating and maintaining vendor market data information in Optimise Spend (financial inventory tracking system);
- Working closely with finance partners to support financial analysis on third party vendor budgets /costs, including supporting the annual budget process.

This is a permanent role preferably based in Sydney.

What You’ll Need

- A tertiary qualification in Business, Finance, or related discipline;
- Broad third-party management experience from within the investment operations/ superannuation/ investment banking vendor or custodian sectors;
- Understanding of/experience with the Superannuation Industry and the regulatory environment in which it operates;
- Previous experience in Relationship Management; Commercial Management &/or Service Management teams highly regarded;
- Familiarity with market data platforms and providers highly regarded;
- Exposure to data governance and licensing compliance highly regarded;
- Ability to engage and build relationships as well as influence people at all levels and functions; can work through difficult problems and situations;
- Ability to clearly articulate a position both verbally and in writing.

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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Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper’s Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you.