Executive Manager Rbs Business Performance

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.

**See yourself in our team**

Retail Banking Services (RBS) Finance acts as a partner to the RBS business and other business units (our customers) by providing financial information, advice and support. In doing so, we help them achieve the Bank’s goals, fulfil their business unit responsibilities, build sustainable shareholder value and ultimately support our customers.

RBS Finance is part of the Financial Services (FS) support unit, whose vision is to make a difference on the things that matter.

The RBS Finance team operates as a business partner integrated with the management of the product and distribution businesses yet with a one step removed status to promote objectivity and independence of analysis and advice. Major work functions are planning, reporting and decision support to line management, which promotes operational and financial efficiency, productivity and customer service quality.

The RBS Performance Management team is responsible for providing financial support and advice to the RBS business, with the goal of being a trusted business partner by providing valuable advice that drives business performance.

The RBS Business Performance team provides business performance information and reporting, financial analysis, data and commercially driven insights, and supports the RBS business and leadership to inform operational and strategic decision making.

**Do work that matters**

The Executive Manager of Business Performance is a highly valued and engaging role within RBS Finance, which:

- Leads and inspire four diverse and critical teams - Performance Reporting, Data Analytics, Frontline Reporting and Line 1 Risk;
- Provide strategic and commercial advice to the RBS Leadership team and RBS CFO.
- Supports the RBS CFO, Performance Management GM, Group Finance and a wide range of other stakeholders;
- Provides a holistic view of financial performance across all of RBS; and
- Is supported by both direct and indirect reports with a total team size of 17 FTE.

**We’re interested in hearing from people who will aspire to**
- End-to-end oversight of the weekly, monthly, quarterly, half and full yearly performance reporting process for RBS; including Monthly Performance Reporting, Quarterly Trading Updates, Profit Announcements and Investor Relations;
- Drive RBS business outcomes by providing strategic and commercial advice to the RBS Leadership team and RBS CFO;
- Preparation of high quality presentations, supporting analysis and strategic insights for senior management (including the RBS Leadership Team, Group Finance and the Executive Leadership Team), such as the quarterly CEO results presentation, peer reporting analysis and other specific projects;
- Engaging with and building strong relationships with a broad range of Finance related stakeholders (product, distribution, treasury, risk, analytics, etc.) to understand the underlying drivers of financial and business performance;
- Acting as the key point of contact for the RBS CFO and Group Finance in relation to financial performance of the RBS business, assisting with both recurring and ad hoc requests;
- Driving implementation of the RBS Finance data analytics strategy, across key pillars of uplifting teamwide capability, strategic direction, technology and data, AI, automation, risk and data governance;
- Supporting mitigation of risk by adopting a risk mindset, contributing alongside other RBS Finance EMs to our financial risk and control framework, and overseeing key deliverables including the Directors’ Questionnaire process;
- Managing and be supported by a team of direct (5) and indirect (13) reports, maintaining a high performing and positive work culture, focused on delivery, customer engagement and skill development;
- Shaping the strategic direction for your team, by playing an active role to prioritise strategically important work, influence key stakeholders and identify areas for process improvement, simplification and uplift; and
- Undertaking any other tasks assigned by the Performance Management GM or RBS CFO that can be competently and safely performed.

**Other qualities you may possess include**
- Financial Services experience, preferably in a Retail Banking environment (10+ years);
- Excellent attention to detail, problem solving and analytical skills;
- High degree of commercial acumen;
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