Manager, Credit Policy

**Opportunity to join Westpac’s Business Lending Risk team**:

- **Established career path and progression opportunities**:

- **Sydney based permanent role**

**How will I help?**

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Credit Policy, to join the Business Lending Risk team.

Credit Risk is a key contributor to the Westpac Group’s goal of building a simpler, stronger bank. This Business Credit Policy role is part of a team responsible for the establishment, development, enhancement and maintenance of Business Credit Risk Policies and Procedures.

You will ensure policies and processes comply with credit risk management frameworks, approved business strategy, risk appetite and reflect regulatory requirements. You will also support and provide recommendations to other members of the Credit Policy, Credit Risk teams and key senior stakeholders.

**You will also**:

- Policy Management: Credit policy reviews and amendments in line with policy governance requirements and timeframes. Including, a focus on identifying opportunities to simplify or amend to support organisation objectives
- Reporting and Compliance: Support the Groups overall compliance with regulatory prudential standards through reporting and transparency to senior stakeholders of any material and emerging risks impacting the portfolio and policy
- Collaboration: Engage with the broader policy team, Executive Manager and Head of Risk, Business Lending to ensure that Divisional activities or targeted reviews are completed in a timely manner
- Risk Management: Work with the credit policy and risk leadership on the development and implementation of credit risk policies, operational processes and controls to support credit policy requirements. Identify potential risks, dependencies, and issues that could impact the policies or processes
- Change Management: Contribute to ongoing initiatives and projects to identify and develop opportunities to ensure organizational adoption of change in policy / business processes and systems
- A passion for customer-focused, data-driven insights will set you apart

**What’s in it for me?**

Inspiring teams and unexpected opportunities. Plus, the backing and great benefits from one of the most refreshing employers in Australia. For example, you’ll be able to have access to some of the best banking, wealth, and insurance benefits in the market, be paid well, as well as an entire suite of online learning and career planning tools so you can grow.

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?**
- Experience: Credit risk policy experience within a banking environment or banking/financial services experience across a broad range of disciplines with a sound understanding of credit risk origination, evaluation, and management across various risk classes
- Technical: preferably have experience reviewing risk frameworks or credit risk policies and understand APRA’s prudential regulation requirements
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
- Tertiary qualified in finance, accounting, or business-related discipline
- Project Management: background in Agile or hybrid methodologies
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and data governance platforms

**What’s it like to work there?**

For the past 200 years, we’ve been backing people, businesses, communities, and ideas. As Australia’s first bank, we’ve adapted and evolved, inspired by our customers and a genuine desire to create better futures.

Together, we’re creating better futures for all our people, customers, communities, and shareholders. This has been our enduring Purpose.

We make change happen in the community. It’s our shared vision of a safer, greener, and more inclusive world that sees us back new ideas, innovations and individuals who are creating better futures.

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