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 millions of customers.

ANZ Internal Audit’s 2030 ambition is to be the leading audit function and the Bank’s trusted independent voice. We contribute to ANZ’s Group 2030 Strategy through providing the strength and perspective required for ANZ to lead the industry in trust, safety and risk management, adhering to the highest standards of non-financial risk management.

About the Role

The Audit Director – Institutional Operations & Business Continuity is accountable for leading the delivery of independent, high-quality third line assurance across Institutional Operations and Banking Services, including Critical Operations and operational activities supporting Institutional customer value chains.

The role is also accountable for Audit Risk SME ownership of Business Continuity risk and acts as Internal Audit Risk Champion for Transaction Processing & Execution risk, shaping assurance coverage, methodology and thematic insights across these risk areas. The role works collaboratively across Internal Audit to ensure operational activities and specialist risk perspectives are appropriately reflected in assurance coverage.

Reporting to the General Manager Audit – Group Operations & Change Execution, this role plays a key leadership position within Internal Audit, shaping the delivery of operational assurance in line with Internal Audit methodology and standards, contributing to Internal Audit’s strategic priorities and continuous improvement initiatives, and role modelling the standards, behaviours and independence expected of audit leaders.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne, Brisbane
Work Hours: Full time

What could your day look like?

As the Audit Director – Institutional Operations & Business Continuity, you will be accountable for:

• Accountable for the delivery of independent audit coverage across Institutional Operations and Banking Services, including Critical Operations and operational resilience assurance aligned to CPS 230 requirements.
• Form clear, evidence-based views on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and controls supporting operational resilience, service reliability and regulatory compliance across Institutional Operations and Banking Services.
• Contribute to risk assessment and audit planning across Institutional Operations and Business Continuity assurance activity, shaping coverage priorities and supporting risk-based audit delivery.
• Provide constructive challenge and influence to operations, business and risk stakeholders to strengthen operational risk management and control environments.
• Manage audit delivery across Institutional Operations and Business Continuity assurance activity, ensuring high-quality, timely outcomes, strong audit discipline and delivery in line with Internal Audit methodology and Global Internal Audit Standards, while maintaining oversight of delivery risks including resourcing, timing and quality.
• Work collaboratively across Internal Audit, including Institutional value chain audit teams, Centres of Audit and subject matter experts, to ensure coordinated and risk-based assurance coverage.
• Act as Audit Risk SME for Business Continuity risk, informing audit planning and coverage, supporting specialised assurance activity, developing risk-specific methodology and work programs, and forming thematic insights on control effectiveness and emerging risks.
• Act as Internal Audit Risk Champion for Transaction Processing & Execution risk, maintaining stakeholder engagement, monitoring emerging risks and developments, and providing challenge across audit planning and coverage.
• Escalate material themes, emerging risks and systemic issues identified through audit activity in a timely and transparent manner.
• Lead, develop and mentor audit teams, building capability and depth in operational resilience, operational risk and execution-focused assurance, while supporting regulatory engagement, supervisory interactions, Internal Audit strategic priorities and continuous improvement initiatives.

What will you bring?

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

• Operational resilience and Business Continuity expertise: Expert understanding of operational resilience principles within regulated financial institutions, including Business Continuity risk management, service provider dependencies, tolerance to disruption and regulatory expectations such as CPS 230 Operational Risk Management.
• Business acumen: Expert knowledge of institutional banking products, services and operating models, including transaction processing, payments and settlements, lending and trade operations, onboarding and KYC, and operational service delivery across onshore, offshore and third-party environments.
• Internal Audit and assurance expertise: Extensive experience delivering complex audits or assurance engagements in large, regulated organisations, with strong expertise in Internal Audit methodology, risk-based planning, scoping, testing, reporting and issue validation.
• Data-enabled audit and analytics-informed assurance: Experience using data analytics and data-enabled assurance techniques to inform audit scoping, testing strategies and conclusions.
• Stakeholder engagement and influence: Strong capability to engage credibly with senior business, risk and operations stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and influence improvements in risk management and control environments.
• Leadership and people development: Experience leading, coaching and developing audit teams, building professional judgement, capability depth and succession through active involvement in assurance delivery.
• Institutional banking operations and regulatory engagement: Experience working within or auditing institutional banking operational environments, and exposure to regulatory reviews, supervisory interactions or remediation activities, is advantageous.
• Qualifications: Tertiary qualification and/or relevant professional certification (e.g. CPA, CA, CIA or equivalent), with postgraduate qualifications in accounting, audit, operational risk, compliance or related disciplines advantageous.

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're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

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 118579 .
 

Job Posting End Date

06/07/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)