Associate Director

**Work type**: Permanent Full time
**Location**: Aust - VIC Metro

**About the team**

The NAB Divisional Controls Office - Technology (DCO) consults and educates NAB divisions across risk awareness, understanding, and change to create a centre of excellence; assisting management to develop adequate systems and controls to identify, assess, quantify and manage the risks in the relevant business unit.

**About the role**

The Associate Director, Divisional Controls will report to the Head of Divisional Controls, this role will be responsible for working proactively in a team supporting a business area in its execution of risk management accountabilities. This role is a common point of expertise and provides first line controls, compliance and risk assurance support to management of their aligned business. This role is critical in driving risk and controls awareness, understanding, and change to create a centre of excellence for controls including the uplift of NAB’s controls infrastructure. The role assists management to develop adequate systems and controls to identify, assess, quantify and manage the risks in the relevant business.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Operational risk and regulatory obligation identification, impact assessment and change within the Division
- Engaging and managing senior stakeholders to implement and improve business systems and processes through the use/integration of the risk and compliance framework
- Risk profiling: assisting to identify key risks and design of indicators to monitor, input into Divisional Risk Setting Statements as relevant
- Designing controls: assisting to identify the right key controls to mitigate key risks and obligations applicable to the business in partnership with the specialist controls
- Providing guidance on risk and control items including Subject Matter Expertise for the following: Risks, Obligations Events, Change, and related Policies; Remediation action plans to address any control design or operating effectiveness gaps; Requisitions on Management attestations, ensuring evidence is consolidated at a Sub-Divisional level; Relevant Risk Management Forums and/or other risk related committees as required.
- Developing and maintaining compliance plans which are ultimately owned by the EGM in consultation with risk and compliance partners,
- Completing compliance obligations assessment
- Engaging the relevant Enterprise Controls communities for expert assistance as appropriate
- Providing business specific input and context to: Risk deep dive reviews; Internal Audit reviews; Assurance reports; Action plans for ineffective operational controls
- Uplifting risk management maturity and practices
- Supporting the Consultants within the team

**Key Skills and Experience**:

- 5+ years’ experience in operational risk management
- Comprehensive knowledge of risk management and compliance disciplines
- Proven ability to perform in a high performing team
- Practical approach to solving issues with strong commercial acumen
- Excellent time management and ability to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities
- Experience in first line supporting a line of business
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant technology/business-related discipline (or equivalent business/technology experience).
- Relevant Risk and Controls Certifications will be highly regarded (e.g. CRISC, CISM, CCSK, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor)
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards desirable (eg. ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST, ISO 31000, CPS 234/CPG 235)

**NAB, invested in you**

At NAB, we believe success comes from our people. We're committed to supporting your talent and skills through your career, as you help us build a culture that affects change for our customers - and for the community too. If you think this role is the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply.
- Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted