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Associate, Risk Management | Macquarie Asset Management

Additional office locations
Sydney
Job ID
23170
Date
23-Jul-2026
Permanent - Full time, Mid-level
Job category
Risk Management
Join a dynamic global team within Macquarie Asset Management’s Line 1 Risk function, partnering with stakeholders across the business to deliver key assurance outcomes.
We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

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Forming part of a global operating model, working across multiple locations and groups, you will partner with a wide range of internal stakeholders and external assurance providers to coordinate audited controls report programs and other key engagement activity, ensuring delivery is well managed and outputs are high quality. 

You will support walkthrough discussions, coordinate evidence and inputs, and enable effective review and iteration of deliverables, as well as keeping relevant risk and control information up to date in internal systems and helping to support a scalable and repeatable control environment. 

Lastly, you will play a key role in the continuous uplift and governance of our control environment, helping to add discipline and structure, supporting the processing and oversight of changes, and ensuring changes are standardised and aligned to internal requirements. 

What you offer

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  • Relevant experience in operational risk, audit (SOC/ISAE3402 and/or SOX), controls assurance or compliance within financial services, ideally within asset management 
  • Advanced risk and control identification skills, including the ability to understand processes, identify key risks, assess control design, and recognise where control gaps or weaknesses may exist
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and synthesise clear messages for stakeholders
  • Sound judgement, organisation and project management skills, capable of adding discipline and structure to processes and making them scalable and repeatable 
  • A self-motivated, energetic and proactive self-starter, with high standards and great attention to detail 

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

What we offer

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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 employment type, include:

  • 1 wellbeing leave day per year
  • Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
  • Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
  • 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
  • Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
  • Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
  • 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

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Macquarie Asset Management is a leading global asset manager, trusted by institutions, individuals and communities to responsibly manage $A720 billion in assets. MAM provides clients with a diverse range of investment solutions that seek to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.

All figures as at 30 September 2025, excluding assets acquired by Nomura on 1 December 2025.

Inclusion at Macquarie

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We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other characteristic or circumstance. 


We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.