Manager, Business Resilience

**How will I Help?**

The Group Business Resilience (BR) team assist the Westpac (the Group) in preparing for and guiding the organisational response to disruptive and significant events which could have a material impact to the Group. The team is responsible for ensuring the Group meets the requirements of p rudential standard requirements and APRA standards by 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 prudential standard requirements/ APRA standards and Group Policy. Building strong relationships is critical in this role as you will need to work with many different stakeholders across the organisation.

Core accountabilities of this role include:

- Assisting the Group to manage disruption risks to enhance their ability to meet business objectives, stakeholder expectations and compliance obligations.
- Facilitation of Business Impact Assessment (BIA) workshops and documentation of BIA and Business Continuity Plan (BCPs) within the Internal Resilience 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 prudential standard requirements/ APRA standards and Group BC requirements are met and escalating any non-compliance to senior management as required
- Assisting the Group to manage fourth-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 helping Australians succeed. 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.

**What do I need?**
- Tertiary qualifications in a business, risk, or finance related discipline and 4+ years relevant resilience and risk experience in a similar level.
- Proven ability in managing situation management and disruption response.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of APRA standards and expectations, industry better practice, 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.

You will be an excellent collaborator that can consult and problem-solve with, ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders to builds effective relationships and assimilate information quicky.

**What is it like to work there?**
We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people who love helping others succeed. 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.

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