Strategic Risk Management Lead

1 week ago

Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia Commonwealth Bank Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Risk Management Lead to join our team at the Commonwealth Bank. As a key member of our Group Audit and Assurance (GA&A) function, you will play a crucial role in identifying and mitigating risks across the organization.

About Us

The Commonwealth Bank is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services. We are committed to continuously improving governance practices and ensuring that they are aligned with business, stakeholders, and customers' needs. Our GA&A function provides independent and objective assurance of the effectiveness of our risk management, controls, and governance processes.

Your Responsibilities
  • Build and deliver a dynamic, risk-based audit plan for the Non-Financial Risk Finance and Support Services AuditRisk Management audit team, and support the broader GA&A plan.
  • Oversee effective and efficient assurance to enable complete and collaborative delivery of your team's audit plan, and overall GA&A plan.
  • Effectively resource audits and broader GA&A needs, using specialists and professional services, where required.
  • Supervise audit delivery, and review and approve key audit stage-gates in the audit workflow.
  • Effectively lead and direct all aspects of the audit from Planning, Fieldwork, Reporting, and through to audit closure.
  • Support and drive appropriate use of analytics, to drive audit efficiency and deeper insights (i.e. the use of analytics on lead-in reviews, and KRI monitoring to drive audit scope and targeted audit testing).
  • Work closely with stakeholders at all levels in developing audit findings and recommendations regarding internal control and compliance.
  • Prepare and deliver simple, pragmatic and easy to read audit reports for customers, including the Board Audit Committee and relevant subsidiary board and risk committees.
  • Oversee the team's participation in the QA Program, including timely and effective delivery of QA file reviews and ensure any feedback is quickly and effectively addressed.
  • Drive high performance by taking accountability and leading audit team members to achieve GA&A strategic targets and goals.
  • Maintain strong relationships with the GA&A leadership team, Regulators and External Audit to gain input and buy-in to strategic initiatives.
What You'll Need
  • Environmental & Social Risk experience including climate change, disclosures and reporting, E&S product and services and / or human rights.
  • Financial services industry based knowledge and experience
  • Demonstrated ability in building strong customer relationships based on credibility, rapport and trust
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally, navigating ambiguity while managing multiple scope areas or priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, accepting accountability of the process and delivering on commitments
  • Demonstrated experience and knowledge of risk frameworks to manage compliance, strategic and operational risk, ideally with a working knowledge of associated standards
  • Strong communication (written and verbal) and stakeholder engagement with the ability to present and influence stakeholders and senior management.
  • Strong analytical and commercial skills, with demonstrated ability to draw insights from analysis
Salary

$140,000 - $170,000 per annum, depending on experience.

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