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.

About the Role

As the Senior Manager, Risk CoE you will be accountable for leading the Risk COE activities for Corporate Enablement’s 1LOD NFR team. Corporate Enablement comprises Enterprise Finance (including Treasury and Finance Systems and M&A) as well as Internal Audit, Communications & Public Affairs, Legal and Strategy.

In this role, you will uplift Risk Theme management and capabilities for Corporate Enablement, drive compliance and adherence to enterprise risk management standards, and monitor and report on risk theme specific risks and controls end-to-end across the Corporate Enablement functions. Additionally, you will be accountable for assisting in the development and maintenance of risk policies, risk documentation and controls, and supports the Division in strengthening its risk culture, simplifying governance, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations and Group Risk policies.

Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008
Work Hours: Full-Time

What will your day look like?

Divisional risk interpretation and application

• Cascade the Group Risk Appetite Statement (RAS) for risk themes, including enterprise indicators for the relevant risk areas applicable to the Corporate Enablement functions and where appropriate, supplement functional RAS aligned with the Enterprise / Group RAS and divisional objectives.
  Advise or recommend on Risk theme applicability and materiality assessments for Corporate Enablement

Divisional risk assessment and integration:

• Undertake top-down risk identification across the Corporate Enablement functions, for Risk themes within the scope of this role.
• Coordinate and oversee impact assessments and change delivery for regulatory and policy updates related to the risk themes across Corporate Enablement.
• Partner with the business to facilitate process changes, control uplift, and exit of high-risk segments where necessary.

Governance and Escalation:

• Own escalations to RTOs where there are concerns that risk policies, frameworks or processes are not effectively supporting divisional / functional risk management.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with Group Risk, Line 2, and frontline leaders to ensure end-to-end ownership of Risk themes within the scope of this role.
• Co-ordinate with peers across divisions/functions to ensure risk management is efficient and consistent, without being affected by divisional boundaries.

Risk culture & accountability

• Champion a strong Line 1 accountability mindset, ensuring risk management and controls testing activities and responsibilities are understood and executed by BU and function leaders in accordance with the NFR Framework.

People Leadership: 

• Manage a team of specialists, setting clear outcomes and fostering high engagement and capability development to deliver sustained uplift.

What will you bring?

• Deep expertise in risk management frameworks and regulatory obligations for Risk NFR themes within scope of the role – particularly Operational Resilience, Data, Information Security and Technology.
• Strong ability to drive practical application of risk expertise into a business context.
• Deep expertise 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.

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 110591 .