Group Audit

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Bank) is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services. They are committed to continuously improving governance practices and ensuring that they are aligned with business, stakeholders and customers' needs.

In Financial Services, we support the Group's strategy of building tomorrow's bank today for our customers, through a focus on three key priorities of trust, resilience and capital generation. Financial Services partner with all areas of CommBank to specialist advice, support and services in finance, audit, treasury, property, procurement, climate strategy and investor relations.

Do work that matters

Group Audit roles within the GA&A team works closely with senior management and staff across all divisions of the CBA Group, and the external auditors, but maintains independence as part of the corporate governance role.

The department consists of nearly 250 professional audit personnel who conduct internal audit group-wide providing independent, objective assurance to the Board Audit Committee regarding the adequacy and effectiveness of the risk management and control frameworks of the Bank.

See yourself in our team

Our Group Audit and Assurance (GA&A) team are the internal audit function for the Group. Their primary purpose is to provide independent and objective assurance of the effectiveness of the Groups risk management, controls and governance processes.

As digital technology disrupts and transforms entire industries and ways of working, GA&A is committed to keeping pace and continually reimagining themselves with the latest global best technology and innovation. Evolving customer expectations and pace of change require GA&A to support the business with new insights and risk coverage that puts customers first and to to continue to provide insightful assurance to the Board.

GA&A has increasingly embedded digital assurance into audit activities, injecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) into routine control testing and using digital tools to improve the overall experience for employees. The next phase of our transformation is enabling continuous, data driven assurance across the 3LoA.

We have a number of opportunities at the Senior Auditor, Audit Manager, Senior Audit Manager and Executive Manager Level within Group Audit & Assurance (GA&A) supporting Retail/Business Banking, Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance, Non-Financial Risk, Credit Risk, Environmental and Social Risk, Financial Crime, Data Management/AI, Group Operations, Institutional Banking and Markets, Enterprise Services and Technology, Professional Practices, Operations and Projects.

We're interested in hearing from people who will aspire to

• Manage high quality, risk-focused assurance work which provides management with powerful insights and recommendations for improving the control environment in line with Group strategic objectives.
• Deliver high value advice by identifying issues, commercial insights and productivity opportunities to customers, which enable pragmatic business change and align with the strategic direction of the business.
• Proactively build and maintain strong independent and objective relationships with Senior Management and Regulators across the portfolio within GA&A, the Bank and externally, to enable effective knowledge sharing across GA&A and the Group
• Be an agent of change by sharing learnings and solve problems by applying innovative thinking. Encourage and drive processes to capture and act on innovation ideas which improve the way we work and develop leading practices.
• Positively and proactively lead change relating to all work practices, including strategy and productivity to ensure direct reports and audit teams actively implement and embeds changes into their audit activities.

Other qualities you may possess include

• Proven experience working in an Internal Audit or Assurance function.
• Experience from Top Tier accounting organisation
• Large complex multinational or Financial Services/Banking experience will be highly regarded.
• Solutions focused approach with a strategic leadership mindset.
• CA/CPA qualifications and/or other relevant audit qualifications

Working with us means

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you. At CommBank, we advocate and facilitate a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating all cultures, abilities, genders, expressions of gender and sexual orientation. Read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity on our website.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to recruit people who represent the diversity of our customers and our society. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to send in your application. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

At CommBank we will inspire you with work that makes a difference, surround you with talented people that respect and value each other, and empower you to grow professionally and personally. Most of all, making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

We're determined to make a real difference for Australia's first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including BankWest), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to build a team of people who represent the rich diversity of our customers and communities. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to apply. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

At CommBank we will inspire you with work that makes a difference, surround you with talented people that respect and value each other, and empower you to grow professionally and personally. Most of all, making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

We're determined to make a real difference for Australia's first peoples. We encourage all interested applicants to apply. If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.