Program Lead

Req ID: 106697

Department: Insto SP&E Data & PMO

Division: Institutional

Location: Melbourne

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

This role is accountable for leading the Conduct & Compliance Risk COE for Institutional Division’s 1LOD NFR by uplifting Risk Theme management and capabilities for the business area, driving compliance and adherence to enterprise risk management standards, and monitoring and reporting on risk theme specific risks and controls end-to-end across the business area.

The role is pivotal in enabling proactive identification, monitoring, and reporting of conduct-related risks through advanced analytics, automation, and thematic insights. It supports the Division in strengthening its risk culture, simplifying governance, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations and Group Risk policies.

Department: Institutional - NFR
Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne or Sydney
Work Hours: Full-Time

What will your day look like?

Translate and apply Group Risk Appetite Statement and policies within the division, ensuring alignment with regulatory obligations and divisional objectives.
Provide expert guidance to business units on Conduct & Compliance risk requirements, including applicability and materiality assessments.
Lead top-down risk identification, assessment, and integration activities across the division, and oversee regulatory and policy impact assessments and change delivery.
Partner with the business to drive process and control improvements, including the remediation or exit of high-risk activities.
Manage governance and escalation processes, raising issues where risk frameworks or practices are not operating effectively.
Collaborate with Group Risk, Line 2, and divisional peers to ensure consistent, end-to-end Conduct & Compliance risk management.
Promote strong Line 1 risk ownership and accountability, ensuring leaders understand and execute their risk and control responsibilities.
Lead a team of specialists, setting clear expectations and developing capability to deliver sustained uplift in risk management.

What will you bring?

Deep expertise in risk management frameworks and regulatory obligations for Conduct & Compliance Risk NFR themes.

Institutional banking experience.

Strong ability to drive practical application of risk expertise into a business context, including being able to simply communicate the complex.
Deep expertise in risk analytics, tooling and automation.
Proven ability to evolve and embed risk frameworks in financial services environments.
Proven ability to translate data and insights into practical risk mitigation strategies, incl. uplift initiatives.
Deep understanding of controls design, assurance and testing.
Proven ability to think strategically and take pragmatic approaches to accelerate effective and efficient execution of initiatives.
Experience in advising senior leaders and risk committees on operational and regulatory issues.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional collaboration.
Ability to lead and develop high-performing teams through change and transformation.

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 106697 .

Job Posting End Date

20/01/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)