- 26 days’ annual leave, including one day for your birthday
- Apply your financial advice, compliance, governance, or learning and development expertise
- Work flexibly from home and the office each week
- Permanent full-time role based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane
Role
Kaplan Professional is seeking an experienced financial advice professional to step into a leadership role, shaping high-quality education across our Financial Advice programs.
This opportunity is well suited to someone currently working in financial advice compliance, governance, technical services, professional standards, training, capability, or learning and development within financial services.
You will bring strong industry knowledge and translate it into engaging, practical and compliant learning experiences that support adviser education and professional standards. You will lead a team of academics and content specialists, working closely with internal teams and external subject matter experts to ensure our programs remain current, relevant and aligned with regulatory expectations.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about financial advice, education and leading high-performing teams to make a meaningful impact in the professional education sector.
Responsbilities
- Lead the development, production and quality assurance of Financial Advice learning content across Kaplan Professional programs.
- Ensure course content meets academic standards, learning outcomes, regulatory requirements and Financial Adviser Standards.
- Drive continuous improvement of course materials to maintain quality, currency, compliance and industry relevance.
- Lead, coach and develop a team of academics, content specialists and contributors.
- Build and manage effective relationships with external subject matter experts and industry stakeholders.
- Review and analyse student performance data to support academic quality, governance and continuous improvement.
- Oversee student engagement activities, including discussion forums and responses to content-related queries.
- Collaborate with instructional design, multimedia, sales, operations and academic teams to deliver high-quality digital learning experiences.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or higher in Financial Planning, Financial Advice or a related discipline.
- At least five years’ experience in financial advice, financial planning or a related financial services field.
- Strong understanding of financial advice regulation, professional standards and industry expectations.
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including coaching, developing or managing a team.
- Experience in learning design, content development, training, capability or education delivery.
- Ability to translate complex technical or regulatory concepts into clear, engaging and practical learning content.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, writing and research skills.
- High attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Don't delay in submitting your application. Applications close 28th June 2026.
Kaplan Professional
Kaplan Professional is Australia’s major provider of financial planning, applied finance, real estate, mortgage broking, insurance & leadership online higher education, vocational education and corporate courses and programs. Our Sydney office, by Wynyard station, comprises around 150 people who work in a range of professional and academic roles. We also have staff in other locations around Australia, both in office environments and working remotely.
Background-Check Notice & Declaration
Kaplan and many of its major clients operate in highly regulated environments. This requires us to be proactive and diligent in relation to personnel background checks and to undertake thorough vetting of candidates for roles of this nature. To enable Kaplan to assess a candidate’s suitability for this role, each candidate will be required to answer pre-screening questions, and, if you receive a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undertake the relevant background checks (unless Kaplan determines otherwise). These checks may include one or more of the following: verification of identity, working rights, criminal history, qualifications, and working with children clearance. If you are shortlisted, Kaplan will advise you which checks are required for this role and explain how you will undertake the checks. Kaplan is committed to handling your personal information appropriately. Please see the Privacy Policy at Kaplan.edu.au for information about how Kaplan may handle your personal information in connection with this application process.
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