Manager, Business Resilience

**Manager Business Resilience - 38392**

**Full-time Permanent Opportunity**

**Location - Kent Street Sydney**

**Hybrid Working Model**

**How will I Help?**

The Group Business Resilience (BR) team assist the Westpac (Group) in preparing for and guiding the organisational response to a disruptive and significant event which could have a material impact to the Group. The team is responsible for ensuring the Group meets the requirements of APRA regulatory standards CPS / SPS 232 and embedding business continuity and operational resilience into the culture of the organisation. In the event of a disruption, the BR team also support the business in response and invocation. The Manager role is responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of business resilience program within Westpac in accordance with CPS / SPS 232 requirements and the Group Policy. Building strong relationships is critical in this role as you will need to work with many different stakeholders across the organisation. With the publication of CPS 230: Operational Risk Management, this role will support the implementation of CPS 230 requirements across the organisation, and establish strategies to appropriately embed uplift into operational BAU.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Support the implementation of CPS 230 by engaging with key stakeholders across critical resilience domains at Westpac including Operational Risk, IT Disaster Recovery, Procurement and Business Resilience.
- Assisting the Group to manage disruption risks to enhance their ability to meet business objectives, stakeholder expectations and compliance obligations through detailed risk assessments and business continuity planning.
- Facilitation of Business Impact Assessment (BIA) workshops and documentation of BIA and Business Continuity Plan (BCPs) within the Business Continuity (BC) system.
- Testing and assurance of BC plans through scenario exercises and training sessions with senior business stakeholders.
- Integrating Resilience domains together with BC.
- Ensuring that all requirements of CPS / SPS 232 requirements are met and escalating any non-compliance to senior management as required.
- Assisting the Group to manage third-party risks as related to business continuity, including supplier onboarding and ongoing review.

**What’s in it for me?**

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

**What do I need?**
- Tertiary qualifications in a business, risk, or finance related discipline and relevant resilience and risk experience in a similar level.
- Proven ability in situation management and disruption response.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of APRA standards and expectations for operational resilience, industry best practice (domestic and international), and maintaining / developing external networks with key BC practitioners external to Westpac to monitor industry trends and movements.
- Detailed understanding of policies, procedures, and proficient use of tools (BC system functionality / capability and MS Office).
- Understanding of risks, controls, testing and requirements in the Operational Risk Management Framework, including reporting obligations.
- Proven experience in analysis and reporting and advanced user of analytical tools in Excel; Excellent proficiency in translating and analysing data.
- Communication, presentation and coaching skills to high quality and speed.
- Proven experience liaising with senior executives.
- Ability to think through hypothetical situations and concepts and to identify risks and weaknesses in various business processes.

**What’s it like to work there?**

We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. Working with us you'll discover new ways of working, and an exciting range of roles to showcase your skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re proud to have created a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values diversity and flexibility. And one where everyone belongs.

**How do I Apply?**

The health and wellbeing of our employees is our top priority. We’ve developed clear standards to ensure our people are confident, safe and healthy whether they’re working from a Westpac Group site or working from home. These are based on expert medical advice and Safe Wor