Compliance Manager

Who are we?

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries. People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Help shape compliance in a business that is growing at pace. Howden is looking for a commercially minded Compliance Manager who can turn complex regulatory obligations into practical solutions. This is a high-impact opportunity to strengthen our compliance framework, influence key stakeholders and help embed a positive, proactive compliance culture across a rapidly expanding organisation.

About Howden

We are part of the Howden Broking Group, the world's largest privately owned insurance broker, headquartered in London. Since launching in the Pacific region in March 2021, we have grown from a team of three to more than 600 employees across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji - and our growth story is only just beginning. At Howden, People First is more than a mantra - it shapes how we grow, collaborate and support one another. We believe skills can be taught, but character cannot. You will join a genuinely collegiate and highly engaged team, with the opportunity to contribute ideas, make a visible impact and build your career alongside a business with ambitious plans for the future.

About the Role

Reporting into the Regional General Counsel & Company Secretary, Legal and Compliance function, you will have the opportunity to help shape and implement practical compliance frameworks across the business. Working closely with leadership and operational teams, you will provide trusted advice, strengthen assurance and reporting, and help ensure compliance is embedded in everyday decision-making. This role will suit someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and wants to see the tangible impact of their work.

Howden has a subsidiary (ARMS) that provides risk management solutions to its client, such as discretionary mutual trusts. This role will sit wholly within the ARMS business, with potential scope to provide support for the broader business.

• Maintain and support the ARMS compliance framework, ensuring it remains current, practical and aligned to regulatory obligations and governance expectations.
• Develop and monitor compliance assurance activity, including reviews, control testing, breach management, remediation and action tracking.
• Prepare clear compliance reporting for senior management, committees and governance forums.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify compliance risks and implement practical, risk-based solutions.
• Support the uplift of compliance documentation, policies, procedures, registers and business processes.
• Monitor regulatory change and assess the impact on operations, documentation and controls.
• Provide practical guidance and education to support compliance awareness and ownership across the business.

About you

You are a confident and practical compliance professional who builds trusted relationships and brings clarity to complex issues. You will be comfortable constructively challenging stakeholders, working through detail and driving actions through to resolution.

• Compliance experience within a regulated environment, ideally within insurance, financial services, funds management, trustee, superannuation or a similar environment.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks, assurance planning, governance reporting, breach management and control testing.
• Experience and knowledge of AFSL obligations and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Experience or the ability to prepare compliance reports, issue summaries, action plans and recommendations.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical business processes and controls.
• Commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused, while maintaining strong professional judgement and independence.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence, educate and constructively challenge stakeholders.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working in an environment where frameworks, processes and documentation are being uplifted.

Remuneration and Benefits

Alongside competitive remuneration, you will receive salary continuance insurance, access to Learning & Development opportunities and our bonus leave benefit, with the opportunity to qualify for up to two additional weeks of paid leave each year. Most importantly, you will be joining a growing organisation where your expertise, ideas and contribution will be valued.

What's Next?

If you are ready to take ownership of a meaningful compliance portfolio and grow your career with a people-first business, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a short summary through the Apply button. To learn more about Howden, visit our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our HR Team, at hraustralia@howdengroup.com

Equal opportunity statement

We wish to provide a supportive and welcoming workplace environment that represents the communities and cultures within which we live and work. We have a huge diversity of talent from all walks of life, each with unique experiences and perspectives, all of whom can make a difference. Howden Pacific strives to build an inclusive workplace where our people feel welcome to bring their whole and true self to work, where differences are accepted and where our words and actions are inclusive.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Reasonable adjustments

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*. If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Type: Permanent