Head of Credit Risk

**Work type**: Permanent Full time
**Location**: NSW- Sydney CBD, NSW- Sydney inner, VIC- Melbourne CBD, VIC- Melbourne inner
- **Use your expertise to drive positive outcomes for our customers**:

- **A senior leadership role where you’ll inspire and energise your team while driving strategic outcomes**:

- **Be supported to grow your career at NAB**

**It’s more than a career at NAB. It’s about more opportunity, more moments to make a difference and more focus on you.**

Your job is just one part of your life. When you bring your ideas, energy, and hunger for growth to us, you’ll be recognised and rewarded for your contribution in return. You’ll have our support to excel for our customers, deliver positive change for our communities and grow your career.

It’s a good time to see what more you can find at NAB as Head of Credit Risk - Portfolio and Sustainability.

**The role and Day to day will include**:

- Work closely with other functions in the organisation, such as Resilience Risk, Chief Climate Risk Officer, Credit and Line 1 teams to integrate sustainability considerations into credit risk frameworks and management processes.
- Review and monitor credit portfolio risk from a Material Risk Owner (MRO) perspective. Collaborate with Line 1, RP&A and DD&A teams to embed dynamic portfolio management balancing risk, reward and strategic ambition.
- Provide regular credit risk profile reports to senior management, committees and the board on credit portfolio and sustainability risk performance and trends.
- Monitor and assess emerging credit portfolio and sustainability risks and trends and provide recommendations to senior management for appropriate action. Ensure MRO and teams have the suitability level of reporting and insights for managing credit risk from a Line 2 perspective.

**What you will bring**:

- Strong leadership and management capability leading multi-functional teams.
- Deep understanding of credit risk management and sustainability risk management principles, practices and regulatory requirements.
- Proven transformation execution experience.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
- Strong engagement, communication and interpersonal skills - strong presence with proven ability to interact, challenge and influence effectively across senior levels of the organisation, regulators and industry bodies (e.g. APRA, ABA).
- Resilient - remains calm under pressure and ability to effectively manage requests that have short turnaround times.
- Superior communication skills both written and oral and a track record in producing papers for Executive and Board levels.
- Strong business acumen - business judgement, problem solving skills and the ability to distil complex information.
- Delivery skills - able to digest and coordinate multiple disparate pieces of work concurrently and drive timely delivery of priority actions.

**A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone.**

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their true authentic selves at NAB. With our focus on inclusion and diversity, and in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups, NAB is a place where First Nations colleagues, colleagues of all genders, sexualities and ages, carers and colleagues with disability, and colleagues from all cultures, races and religions have the opportunity to thrive, connect and grow.

We are intent on providing an environment where you can work your way. Ask about our many flexible work options and please let us know if we can provide any adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

**More focus on you**
We are committed to delivering a positive experience for our colleagues and a workplace you can be proud of. We support our colleagues to balance their careers and personal life through flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and job sharing and competitive financial and lifestyle benefits. We invest in our colleagues through world class development programs (Distinctive Leadership and Career Qualified in Banking), and empower you to learn, grow and pursue exciting career opportunities. To learn more, visit the Benefits of Working at NAB page on our website.

**Join NAB**

Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

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