Executive Manager, Risk Management

Create your best future and join Westpac as an Executive Manager, Risk Management, Divisional Business Controls & Monitoring (BCM)

What’s the role?

As Executive Manager, Risk Management, you'll play a key role in helping Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) strengthen how risk is identified, managed and improved across the division. You'll lead a team of risk professionals and work closely with senior leaders to ensure risk management practices are practical, consistent and effective.

Reporting to the Head of Conduct Risk and Governance, you'll be accountable for divisional and Line of Business risk reviews, support audit and assurance activities, and drive innovative technological improvements that strengthen risk practices and reduce future risk. The role is highly collaborative, giving you the opportunity to partner with senior leaders across WIB and Westpac Group. You'll also lead important programs as required by Westpac’s Risk and Compliance Framework, , while coaching and developing a high-performing team that delivers meaningful outcomes for WIB.

Based in Sydney, permanent role with working arrangements of 4 days in the office.

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What do I need?

We're looking for someone who can bring strong people leadership, sound judgement and the ability to effectively influence and challenge senior stakeholders to a complex and fast-moving environment. 

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a strong sense of ownership, accountability and execution. The successful candidate will be expected to lead from the front, roll up their sleeves and personally contribute to the delivery of key outcomes, while coaching and developing others to succeed.

• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams to deliver strategic, risk and operational outcomes. 
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, with the ability to build trusted relationships and drive outcomes across all levels of the organisation. 
• Demonstrated commitment to Westpac's decision-making principles, applying both "Should We?" and "Can We?" to support sound judgement, effective challenge and high standards of risk management. 
• Strong operational excellence mindset, driving efficiency, simplification and quality outcomes through innovation, continuous improvement and the adoption of technology and AI-enabled solutions. 
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex and high-priority deliverables, balancing competing demands in fast-paced and high-pressure environments. 
• Extensive experience embedding and strengthening risk management frameworks, policies, controls and governance practices across business operations. 
• Strong capability in leading risk reviews, root cause analysis, thematic assessments and read-across activities to identify systemic issues and drive sustainable risk uplift. 
• Ability to foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning and innovation while leveraging emerging technologies, automation and AI to improve risk management and business outcomes.

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives

Create your future today

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