COE Lead Controls Assurance

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Technology is responsible for the world leading application of technology across every aspect of CommBank, from innovative product platforms for our customers to essential tools within our business.

The Chief Controls Officer (CCO) is responsible for ensuring that the business effectively manages non-financial risks, is aligned with fair outcomes for customers and, in particular, responds to changing Board and regulatory expectations.

Do work that matters:

Technology CCO (TCCO)'s purpose is to ensure our technologists have the capabilities to effectively manage non-financial risks and provide secure and always available technology products and services to our customers.

The TCCO Controls Assurance team works closely with control stewards, SMEs, engineers, and product owners to assure the effectiveness of technology controls through evidence, data, and stakeholder engagement. The team is leading the way in automating controls testing—moving from manual to automated, data-driven processes. This is in parallel to ensuring the current control environment is being effectively managed, risks (current and emerging) are transparent and have robust treatment plans, and enable the delivery of key strategic objectives through simple and proactive risk advice and assessment.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead and develop a team of controls assurance specialists with deep technical and regulatory expertise to set new benchmarks in controls.
• Set and execute the strategy for controls assurance, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory expectations.
• Proactively challenge legacy practices, driving the adoption of innovative, automated, and data-driven assurance solutions.
• Lead the transformation from manual to automated controls testing, championing the use of technology, data, and AI to modernise assurance processes.
• Collaborate across Technology and the Group to embed a culture of continuous improvement, risk awareness, and customer focus.
• Foster a culture of innovation, encouraging the team to experiment, learn, and implement new ways of working.
• Role model CommBank's values, fostering a high-performance, inclusive, and learning-oriented team culture.

We're interested in hearing from people who have:

• Demonstrated senior leadership in controls assurance within complex, highly regulated environments.
• Proven ability to drive transformation, challenge the status quo, and deliver innovative solutions.
• Hands-on experience in the automation of controls assurance processes, including designing and implementing data-driven and technology-enabled solutions.
• Deep knowledge across cyber security, technology, data, fraud, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at all levels.
• Product or tooling knowledge across cyber security and technology as well as CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, COBIT, ITIL, CISSP or other IT risk related certifications (e.g. ISO200x, PCI/DSS) is favourable.
• Experience or exposure to AI and cloud-based controls is highly valued.
• A track record as an innovative thinker who can identify opportunities to modernise, automate, and continuously improve controls assurance.

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you're interested in.

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