Service Provider Manager, Investments

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

The Service Provider Manager, Investments, is part of a small high performing service provider team covering vendor relationship management, commercial renewals, renegotiations and invoicing, procurement & project team vendor support, and regulatory compliance. The role works for Rest members and achieves outstanding internal and external relationships with Rest colleagues and service providers, and achieves world class vendor management, including cost savings in members best financial interests.

Reporting to the Head of Service Provider Management, Investments, this role takes an active approach to managing the relationships across the investment team service providers and vendors. The role supports the Investments function’s service provider and vendor management capability, to enable Rest Investments to become world class. Critically, this role will ensure compliance to Rest’s centrally developed service provider management policies and guides.

• Build effective relationships with Rest’s material service providers, non material service providers, and other vendors to ensure services are meeting the required standards and Rest is achieving value for money.
• Build effective relationships and communicate well with the Investment team Business Owners, Business,Technology and Data Leads, and other key subject matter experts and users to ensure ongoing services are maintained and the investments function is ready to undergo contract renewals, and re-negotiations.
• Determine service levels for the Service providers within the remit, working with the Business owners to agree the key performance indicators and run governance to review and report on service providers adherence
• Work closely with the Rest Procurement and Supplier Governance team, supporting the implementation of the Rest Supplier Governance policies, and guidelines across vendors, including those related to CPS230 regulatory compliance.
• Drive both healthy vendor relationships and cost savings on behalf of Rest’s members, tracking spend, being across invoicing, user licences, and work closely with the Investment Finance Partnering team to ensure costs and cost savings are budgeted for and forecasted.
• Apply innovative solutions to the overall management of investment service providers, working with the Service Provider team and outside of the team to achieve results, this includes service provider due diligence.
• Lead or participate in any other tasks which help support the Investments function better manager service providers and other vendors.