Senior Manager, Practice Operations & Performance

Position Summary

The Senior Manager – Practice Management & Performance is accountable for the day‑to‑day operational performance, capacity management, and leadership of advice operations teams, ensuring the practice operates efficiently, consistently, and at scale. This role leads Team Leaders across Paraplanning and Client Services and an Operations Manager. The role translates business strategy, standards, and regulatory obligations into effective practice‑level delivery, enabling advisers to focus on client outcomes and growth. The role balances people leadership, commercial insight, and operational discipline to ensure the business is achieving its goals.

This role is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Primary Responsibilities

People Leadership & Team Performance

• Lead, coach and develop Operations Manager and Team Leads to drive accountability and consistent delivery of outcomes
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration and client-centricity
• Set clear expectations for workflow discipline, service quality, and capacity management
• Support Ops Mgr and Team Leads to:

• Allocate work effectively
• Build capability and role clarity within their teams
• Address performance, quality, or capacity issues early
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and commercial awareness

Practice Operations & BAU Excellence

• Ensure advice operations run smoothly and consistently across the business
• Monitor BAU execution, identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and operational risk
• Act as the escalation point for complex operational or resourcing issues
• Stabilise operations during periods of growth, adviser change, or increased demand

Adviser Productivity & Capacity Management

• Partner with advisers and leaders to improve utilisation and sustainable workloads
• Remove operational friction that impacts advisor productivity or client experience
• Oversee capacity planning across Paraplanning and Client Services teams
• Balance adviser demand with team capability and capacity

Operational Reporting & Commercial Insights

• Own operational and performance reporting, including:

• Workflow health and WIP
• Capacity and utilisation metrics
• Client, FUM, and revenue‑related operational indicators

• Translate reporting into clear insights and actionable recommendations for leaders

Operational Risk, Quality & Governance

• Ensure operational teams work within agreed compliance, AFSL, and governance frameworks

Technology & Systems Enablement

• Act as a senior operational owner of advice systems (e.g. Xplan and related platforms)
• Ensure tools are used consistently and effectively by operational teams
• Partner with Technology and Service Design to embed agreed changes into BAU
• Identify system or process issues impacting productivity or quality

Continuous Improvement & Change Execution

• Lead or support operational improvement initiatives impacting BAU performance
• Own implementation and adoption of agreed changes across teams
• Ensure improvements are practical, embedded, and sustained

Qualifications