Manager, Business Controls

Manager, Business Controls & Monitoring
- Sydney location
- Permanent, full time
- Hybrid working environment

**How will I help?**

You will be part of Technology Business Control and Monitoring, a central team responsible for enabling business success in keeping the Bank safe. We drive a risk mindset in Technology so everyone has the capability to make informed decisions. We are responsible for evaluating, directing and monitoring 1st line risk activities to ensure risk across Technology is kept within the risk appetite established for the Westpac Group. You will be enabling this by providing risk leadership to Westpac's Technology division.

Some of your responsibilities include:

- You will be developing risk management strategies, evaluate potential risks and exposures in Technology, and determine how to effectively minimise those risks and develop procedures that can be implemented.
- Working closely with business and/or project owners to influence a strong risk culture e.g. conducting risk workshops, providing guidance on risk assessments and strategies, overseeing risk remediation activities against appropriate timelines.
- Drafting management reports for formal governance forums, making sure risks are articulated clearly and the right information gets to the right people for the right decisions to be made.
- Working closely with project and operational teams to ensure projects with technology solutions are appropriately designed to minimise delivered risk.
- Understanding issues and their proposed solutions, developing test plans, and executing testing and artefact review of those solutions
- Contribute to strategic initiatives to further improve our risk service offering and mature risk and compliance management for the Group.
- Proactively share knowledge and experience with others in your team.
- Continuous learning to deepen your understanding of the business, risk management practices and industry developments.

**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 of 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 grow, 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?**
- 3+ years' experience in a large and complex organisation, primarily in the financial services industry
- An understanding and experience of assurance testing over IT General Controls
- Knowledge and experience in risk and regulatory landscape, operational IT, business knowledge and operational risk and compliance frameworks
- Ability to build successful relationships across senior executives and peers
- Excellent problem solving and evaluative judgement skills
- Strong skills in planning, project management and attention to detail
- A tertiary qualification, preferably in a business, finance, accounting, or commerce related discipline

**What is it like to work there?**

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

**How do I apply?**

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Job ID 300001064029270