About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

As a Director, Head of Non-Financial Risk - GCC, you will be accountable for leading the Institutional Non-Financial Risk team in the Global Capability Centre (GCC), based in Bengaluru, and building a strong, outcome-oriented front-office NFR function that manages non-financial risks in a proactive, practical and effective manner. The role supports the Institutional business globally by strengthening NFR capability across Markets, Transaction Banking and Corporate Finance, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, managed and reported with strong discipline, clear ownership and a focus on sustainable business outcomes. 
  
The role is also responsible for building Risk Centre of Excellence capabilities for the Institutional business across resilience risk, financial crime risk, regulatory compliance, and governance and reporting. The incumbent will partner closely with business leaders, control functions and enterprise stakeholders to uplift risk capability, embed consistent and scalable practices, and create a high-performing team with deep Institutional knowledge. 

A key focus of the role is to attract, develop and retain talented NFR professionals, building a strong pipeline of capability and leadership while fostering a culture of accountability, excellence and continuous improvement. 

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location:  Bengaluru
Work Hours: 7 AM to 4 PM

What will your day look like?

As a Director, Non-Financial Risk - GCC, you will be accountable for:

• Lead the Institutional NFR team in the Global Capability Center, providing clear direction, strong governance, and effective execution aligned to Institutional business outcomes
• Act as a trusted partner to Institutional stakeholders, applying strong judgement, business understanding, and practical risk advice to support decision-making and sustainable growth
• Build non-financial risk capability across Markets, Transaction Banking, and Corporate Finance, ensuring strong understanding of product, process, risk, and control environments
• Strengthen the team’s Institutional business knowledge and front-office risk partnering capability to ensure support is practical, credible, and aligned to business priorities
• Establish and grow Risk Centre of Excellence capabilities across resilience risk, financial crime risk, regulatory compliance, governance, and reporting
• Support the effective management of risk in change by embedding new capabilities, processes, and governance arrangements in a practical and sustainable way
• Build, lead, and retain a high-performing Institutional NFR team in Bengaluru with strong front-office credibility, technical depth, and execution capability
• Develop strong and trusted relationships with Institutional NFR, business leaders, 2LOD, control functions, and enterprise stakeholders to drive aligned and effective risk outcomes
• Drive capability uplift through coaching, structured development, and strengthening risk partnering practices across the team
• Attract, develop, and retain talent through coaching, capability building, succession planning, and a focus on engagement and career growth

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Strong experience in Institutional banking and non-financial risk, with a solid understanding of Markets, Transaction Banking, and Corporate Finance products, processes, and operating environments
• Deep expertise in non-financial risk management, governance, reporting, and control environments within a large and complex financial services organisation 
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, front-office aligned NFR teams with strong business understanding and practical risk partnering capability
• Proven experience in building risk capabilities and scalable operating models to improve consistency and quality
• Strong knowledge of key risk areas including resilience, financial crime, compliance, and governance
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex risk issues and influence decision-making
• Experience using data, management information, and visualisation tools to support risk insight, governance, prioritisation, and decision-making
• Sound understanding of front-office operating models and the non-financial risk challenges associated with Institutional products and client activity
• Familiarity with enterprise risk systems, governance tools, and control frameworks, along with experience in building or scaling capability centres and working with global stakeholders
• Tertiary qualifications in risk, finance, commerce, law, business, or a related discipline, with relevant professional certifications or accreditations in risk, governance, compliance, financial crime, or finance highly regarded

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

ANZ is a place where big things happen as we work together to provide banking and financial services across more than 30 markets. With more than 7,500 people, our Bengaluru team is the bank's largest technology, data and operations centre outside Australia. In operation for over 33 years, the centre is critical in delivering the bank's strategy and making an impact for our millions of customers around the world. Our Bengaluru team not only drives the transformation initiatives of the bank, it also drives a culture that makes ANZ a great place to be. We're proud that people feel they can be themselves at ANZ and 90 percent of our people feel they belong. 

We know our people need different things to be great in their role, so we offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid work (where the role allows it). Our people also enjoy a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services.

We want to continue building a diverse workplace and welcome applications from everyone. Please talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.com/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 118511.

Job Posting End Date

05/07/2026, 11.59pm, (Indian Standard Time)