Full-Time
Risk and Compliance Analyst
Updated on 8/17/2026
Pitcher Partners
1,001-5,000 employees
Independent firms providing tax, wealth advisory
No salary listed
Melbourne VIC, Australia
In Person
Bachelor's
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- One to three years of experience in law, compliance, risk management, and/or internal or external audit is sought, although recent graduates and people newer to or returning to the workforce will also be considered.
- A commerce and/or law degree, or experience in internal or external audit, accounting, compliance, risk management, legal services, and/or financial services, is required or accepted.
- Ability to interpret and apply legal and technical knowledge and prepare accurate, practical written communications or advice.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage competing deadlines.
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively, influence stakeholders, and develop trusted working relationships.
- Ability to use relevant systems and act with integrity.
- Maintain and monitor Australian Financial Services Licence obligations, including assisting with reporting obligations to the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, and Internal Revenue Service as needed.
- Assist the Privacy Officer, Complaints Officer, and Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Officer in applying and maintaining associated policies and laws.
- Support the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing program, including risk assessments, customer onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and due diligence.
- Maintain registers including the Australian Financial Services Licence breach register, data breach register, complaints register, and Register of Benefits and Gifts.
- Maintain compliance and business templates to accommodate legislative and policy changes and risks, including Financial Services Guides, Target Market Determinations, Representative Manuals, Client Questionnaires, advice templates, and engagement letters.
- Assist with varying Australian Financial Services Licence licenses when applicable.
- Develop and maintain representative training plans in line with the Financial Advisers and Planners Code of Ethics and Regulatory Guide 146 requirements, and monitor completion against those plans.
- Conduct internal reviews, including file, banking, and advisory reviews of investment advisory files, portfolios, processes, and compliance with policies and procedures.
- Assist with external independent audits, including GS007, APES 310, Australian Financial Services Licence audits, and the end-of-financial-year audit of investment prices.
- Perform general compliance and administrative functions, including assisting with Investment Committee and Board packs and taking minutes when required.
- Identify and interpret legislative and policy changes, assess their impacts on the business, and develop related strategies, training, policies, and business templates under a manager’s direction.
- Communicate the impacts of legislative and policy changes to relevant stakeholders, including the Brisbane office.
- Perform additional compliance tasks as directed by the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer.
- Commercially minded and strategic approach to risk and compliance work.
Pitcher Partners is a national association of independent financial services firms offering tax advisory, compliance, wealth management, and succession planning for businesses, families, and individuals. It delivers personalized financial advice through a network of local firms and leverages the Baker Tilly International network to support global operations, with revenue coming from consulting fees, memberships, and specialized services. The firm differentiates itself through close client relationships, customized guidance, and a network of like-minded professionals who maintain local expertise with international reach. Its goal is to help clients frame their goals and maximize their potential by providing tailored financial strategies and access to a worldwide professional network.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$20K
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
Founded
1991
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Pitcher launched its Sustainability Reporting and Assurance service on 27 April 2026.
- The Melbourne 2025 Sustainability Review highlighted $1.26 million in community contributions.
- Consultancy.com.au reported six partner promotions on 3 July 2026 across tax, assurance, and corporate finance.
What critics are saying
- Hall & Wilcox sued Pitcher Partners in 2025 over alleged superannuation advice failures.
- On 13 April 2026, Pitcher Partners sued a novated leasing business over a $1.3M fee.
- Eric Eekhof left Pitcher Partners for KordaMentha after building its cybersecurity consulting practice.
What makes Pitcher Partners unique
- On 3 July 2026, Pitcher promoted six partners across five cities, signaling deep succession bench.
- Sydney remains differentiated by in-house US tax specialist Terry Hoban and Baker Tilly mobility depth.
- Jack Mackintosh's mandatory sustainability reporting expertise spans audit, assurance, and technical accounting.
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↑ 1%Pitcher Partners adds six new partners across offices and practices. 03 July 2026 Consultancy.com.au Accounting and consulting firm Pitcher Partners has added six new partners across the country, including two in Sydney and one each in Newcastle, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Tax advisors Elizabeth Jools and Juliana Kee have both been promoted in Sydney after roughly a decade each at the firm, having earlier spent time at KPMG and Moore Stephens, while Newcastle-based private client adviser Bruce Grieve joined from Bentleys in 2024. In addition, Levi Holdsworth (private business & family advisory), Jack Mackintosh (business advisory & assurance), and Alex Pollock (corporate finance), have been bumped up in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Brisbane, also after around a decade apiece at Pitcher Partners. The firm stated: "Across five practices and five cities, these appointments reflect our commitment to developing professionals who understand that the most valuable thing an advisor can offer goes well beyond technical expertise, extending to a genuine and personal engagement with the challenges, opportunities and concerns that matter most to the people and businesses they serve." Elizabeth Jools Macquarie and UNSW commerce & accounting graduates, Jools, who also earned a law degree, joined Pitcher Partners in 2015 after spending an earlier eight years at KPMG. while Kee, who has since gained a taxation masters from the University of Sydney, likewise joined the firm's local tax practice in the same year after close to five years at merger partner Moore Stephens. Jools took the opportunity of her ascension to partner to throw some shade at her former employer; "When I came across it was like I found my home and my purpose," she said. "People were genuine, there was a real personal touch, and you felt it immediately. At a big firm the focus can shift very quickly to revenue, and you lose that culture, but at Pitcher you simply do not." Juliana Kee A per the firm, Jools, who specialises in corporate tax with a particular focus on cross-border advisory and compliance, was drawn to tax precisely because it sat at the intersection of the two disciplines she wanted to pursue, with Kee meanwhile specialising in financial services taxation and M&A advisory after having actively pursued the discipline at the firm upon graduation. "I was one of the very few cadets who specifically requested a tax role," Kee said. "I don't think they were necessarily looking at the time, but they interviewed me and here I am, and I have a client who has marked every milestone with me since I started, from graduating my bachelor's degree through to my CA, my master's, getting engaged, getting married, and having a baby." Jack Mackintosh An internal subject matter expert for mandatory sustainability reporting, newly-appointed business advisory & assurance partner Jack Mackintosh is another to have joined Pitcher Partners upon graduation, in 2014 following a commerce degree from the University of Melbourne. He later spent eighteen months checking out RSM in Canada, before boomeranging back to Pitcher in 2023. As per the firm: "Jack is an experienced generalist with specialist depth across audit and assurance, financial reporting, technical accounting, sustainability reporting and taxation services. He has supported private businesses, public companies and not-for-profit organisations with a broad range of audit and advisory services throughout his career in Australia and North America." Bruce Grieve Grieve's path to private client advisory partner in Pitcher's Newcastle & Hunter branch is notably different from his fellow promotees, having only joined the firm in mid-2024 after six years between Bentleys and a pair of local financial services boutiques and an earlier decade-and-a-half in financial planning in South Africa, where he graduated with a commerce degree in 2001. Pitcher Partners: "With deep knowledge in wealth management and behavioural finance, Bruce crafts financial plans that leverage key factors to help clients meet their goals. His clientele is diverse, encompassing professionals, business owners, and successful families, all benefiting from his comprehensive financial planning and wealth management services tailored to their unique needs." Levi Holdsworth Meanwhile, Levi Holdsworth, now a private business & family advisory principal in Adelaide (differing corporate structures among the mid-tiers in different states often means varying titles with the same level of seniority), and newly-promoted Brisbane corporate finance partner Alex Pollock have both spent the majority of their careers at Pitcher partners, after earlier spells elsewhere. Holdsworth discussed his experience growing up in an SMB environment; "My father did not experience too many lows, but I understood from watching him that business does not stop at five o'clock. The clients I work with are not clocking off with their employees. They are going home thinking about what tomorrow looks like, and whether they can fulfil the next contract." Alex Pollock Holdsworth, who works with HNWIs, family offices, entrepreneurial start-ups, and SMBs in industries such as property and hospitality joined in 2017 following an earlier commerce degree at La Trobe, while due diligence, valuations, and deals specialist Pollock completed his commerce degree at the University of Queensland and joined the firm's Brisbane branch in the same year. On Pollock, Pitcher Partners stated: "Alex began his career in audit, spending eight years in that discipline before transitioning to corporate finance. He now advises clients across the full spectrum of buy- and sell-side activity, from ASX-listed and private equity-backed corporates conducting diligence on acquisition targets through to founder-led businesses preparing for or managing a sale."
Pitcher Partners has been accused of breaching its contractual obligations during the six years it provided tax services to a national law firm.
Pitcher Partners promotes US tax specialist Terry Hoban to partner.
Pitcher Partners has featured strongly in a prestigious ranking of financial advisers, with four partners named in the top 25 of Barron's Top 100 Australian Financial Advisers 2023 list.
Pitcher Partners has released its 9th edition of their Deal Pulse report "Building Tomorrow", which focuses on the M&A activity in Queensland for the year 2022.