Executive Manager

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Bank) is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services. They are committed to continuously improving governance practices and ensuring that they are aligned with business, stakeholders and customers’ needs.

In Financial Services, we support the Group’s strategy of building tomorrow’s bank today for our customers, through a focus on three key priorities of trust, resilience and capital generation. Financial Services partner with all areas of CommBank to specialist advice, support and services in finance, audit, treasury, property, procurement, climate strategy and investor relations.

**Do work that matters**

As the Executive Manager, AI, Data and Emerging Tech Audit, you will lead and oversee the delivery of a professional and highly valued audit service to the business and the Group’s Audit & Risk Committees, including relevant subsidiary boards and committees.

Some of the key areas you will be providing support and leadership across include:

- Delivery of audits across Technology and supporting ‘Integrated’ Audits with our business audit colleagues.
- Board reporting across key technology risk areas.
- Maintaining a high performing team by supporting the development of team members

**See yourself in our team
**Our Group Audit and Assurance (GA&A) team are the internal audit function for the Group. Their primary purpose is to provide independent and objective assurance of the effectiveness of the Groups risk management, controls and governance processes.

As digital technology disrupts and transforms entire industries and ways of working, GA&A is committed to keeping pace and continually reimagining themselves with the latest global best technology and innovation. Evolving customer expectations and pace of change require GA&A to support the business with new insights and risk coverage that puts customers first and to to continue to provide insightful assurance to the Board.

GA&A has increasingly embedded digital assurance into audit activities, injecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) into routine control testing and using digital tools to improve the overall experience for employees. The next phase of our transformation is enabling continuous, data driven assurance across the 3LoA.

**We’re interested in hearing from people who will aspire to**
- Be accountable for auditing AI, Data and areas of Emerging Technology across the Group.
- Build a dynamic, risk-based audit plan and refresh this at least quarterly to appropriately capture key and emerging technology risks.
- In line with the CBA Internal Audit Methodology, oversee effective and efficient assurance to enable complete and collaborative delivery of the audit plan, and overall CBA GA&A Plan.
- Effectively resource audits, using specialists and professional services, where required.
- Supervise audit delivery and approve key audit stage-gates in the audit electronic workflow system.
- Administer audits within our audit tool, including documentation, key date fields, audit status.
- Prepare and deliver simple, pragmatic and easy to read reporting 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.
- Support and drive appropriate use of analytics and AI, to drive audit efficiency and deeper insights.
- Support and deliver thematic Group-wide audits, including benchmarking and trends across the Group.
- Support the team in managing difficult customer conversations concerning any adverse reports, and influence the business to resolve control weaknesses.

**Other qualities you may possess include**
- Relevant industry-based knowledge and experience either in Financial Services or Technology organisations.
- Experience in providing assurance over AI, Data and areas of Emerging Technology.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of analytics/AI on audits.
- Demonstrated ability in leading teams, and building strong customer relationships based on credibility and trust.
- Demonstrated ability in deriving commercial insights.
- Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Commerce or related fields.
- Professional qualifications in auditing Information Technology (e.g. CISA) and Professional qualifications in Information Technology (e.g. CISM, ITIL).
- Professional qualifications in Cloud, or Cybersecurity (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, AWS Solutions Architecture) are highly desirable

**Working with us means**

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you. At CommBank, we advocate and facilitate a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating all cultures, abilities, genders, expressions of gender and sex