Own the balance sheet. Lead with purpose.
You’ll drive strategy across liquidity, capital allocation, and collateral optimisation—delivering investment outcomes that support one of Australia’s largest super funds and serve the best financial interests of our members.

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 role

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As part of the Defensive and Liquid Assets and Portfolio Intelligence team, you’ll oversee the strategic management of liquidity buffers, capital allocation, enhanced cash investments, and collateral optimisation. You’ll lead initiatives that maximise return on capital, manage counterparty risk, and ensure operational readiness across investment portfolios.

Day to day, you'll:

• Lead the Fund’s Balance Sheet strategy across the investments team.
• Manage liquidity buffers and forecasts liquidity needs to ensure sufficient funding across all investment horizons.
• Oversee capital allocation across investment portfolios optimising for cost of capital.
• Enhance returns from cash investments, securities lending and collateral optimisation.
• Oversee analysis of counterparty credit and assessment of counterparty capabilities.

This role is a permanent opportunity. 

📍 Location: Sydney or Brisbane.

About you

You’re a strategic, people-focused leader with deep treasury management and investments expertise. You’ve led high-performing teams, managed HQLA investment portfolios and continuously innovate to deliver strong risk adjusted returns. 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.

About us

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 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 COB Wednesday, 6 August 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.