About The Role

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 millions of customers. 

Finance Governance and Controls provides the first line business governance and controls assurance with a primary focus on Core Finance and Controls and financial and finance regulatory reporting. It is responsible for supporting Finance risk and control owners and develops and executes controls assurance program the management of risk of external statutory financial reporting.  The assurance provided supports control owners in attesting to the effectiveness of their controls and supports risk owner (CFO) in assessment and attestations on the overall control effectiveness associated with risks related to financial information and related financial and financial regulatory reporting.  integrity of ANZ’s Group financial statements.

Finance Governance and Controls forms part of broader controls assurance as part of Enterprise Finance Financial Operating Risk Governance team and control officer responsibilities the non-financial risk management lifecycle as per the ANZ Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Management Framework.

You will play a key role in:

• Testing of the design and operating effectiveness of key external statutory financial reporting controls relevant to the risk associated with external statutory financial reporting misstatement.
• Developing and maintaining control testing schedules and executing testing in line with that schedule
• Executing all aspects of control testing including leading control walkthroughs and control testing documentation
• Communicating test results to control owners to support them in their attestations on their overall control effectiveness to risk owners.
• Identify and report issues identified from controls testing and assurance.
• Proactively identifies gaps and areas for improvement in process and work with the business to develop internal controls to mitigate any operational or compliance risk.
• Manages the assessment, response, tracking, escalation and resolution of issues and matters arising from internal and external audit reports, Operational Risk assessments and other compliance programs.
• Support control owners with recommendations and insights to develop appropriate remediation plans to address control weaknesses or improve or enhance controls.
• Supporting 1st line risk and assurance (financial reporting governance, non-financial risk management and other Group Policy compliance requirements as required) for HFC, CF&C and Enterprise Finance more broadly.

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 Location: Solaris One Building, Makati City  

Role Type: Permanent, full-time

What will you bring?

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

• A bachelors’ university degree and be a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) / Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA)
• Proven experience in financial services, controls assurance or governance roles
• Deep working knowledge of financial control (relevant financial and regulatory reporting processes) within a financial services environment
• Experience in presenting finance matters, including issues and resolutions to senior stakeholders.
• Proven demonstrated relevant professional experience/exposure to risk, assurance, controls, and compliance frameworks /processes.
• Commitment to personal and professional development and continued learning – an ability and willingness to learn and then apply new Frameworks, policies etc.
• Ability to influence/manage key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in and contribute to a positive, supportive, and high performing team and proactively contribute ideas to continuously improve team performance.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in developing useful and insightful risk reporting. 
• Demonstrated track record of working to and managing competing deadlines and being efficient and organized in all operations.
• Strong organisational, forward planning and time management skills
• Strong interpersonal - people and stakeholder management skills.

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?

From the moment you join ANZ, you’ll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.  

But it’s not just our customers who’ll feel your impact. You’ll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you’ll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career. 

We’re a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That’s why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can “make work, work for them”. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.   

At ANZ you’ll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That’s because we’re committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to 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 requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. 

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 64740.