Advisor Business Controls

Great Southern Bank; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study leave

Professional development opportunities

Customer-owned structure

Job summary

Great Southern Bank is seeking an Advisor, Business Controls in Melbourne to support risk and compliance across Operations. You will partner with the business to identify risks, test controls and provide insights that strengthen the risk environment.

You will also monitor risk appetite, support incident management, and coach stakeholders to improve risk awareness and capability across the organisation.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years' experience in financial services with understanding of operational risk and compliance.
• Experience in risk governance, controls and reporting requirements within a financial institution.
• Experience in controls testing and assurance activities will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to identify and assess risks, obligations and controls.
• Monitor and test control environment for effectiveness.
• Support incident and issue management including root cause analysis.
• Monitor risk appetite, KRIs, thresholds and triggers; flag emerging risks.
• Provide meaningful risk insights from risk, control and GRC data.
• Support risk oversight of business and change initiatives.
• Leverage AI tools to improve processes and awareness.
• Coach stakeholders to strengthen risk culture.

Skills

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Governance & compliance

Risk capability building

Tools

SQL

Databricks

AI tools

Job description

As our highly valued Advisor, Business Controls, your role will be working in Line 1, supporting the Operations division and business to effectively manage operational risk and compliance, helping strengthen our risk and control environment while building greater risk awareness and capability across the organisation.

your role will support the business to effectively manage operational risk and compliance, helping strengthen our risk and control environment while building greater risk awareness and capability across the organisation.

Supporting our purpose of helping every Australian own their own home.

You'll make an impact by:

• Partnering with stakeholders to identify and assess risks, obligations and controls, supporting risk assessments, risk acceptances and divisional risk profiling.
• Monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of the control environment through control testing, quality assurance and ongoing oversight.
• Supporting incident and issue management, including root cause analysis, remediation and monitoring risks outside appetite.
• Monitoring risk appetite, key risk indicators, thresholds and triggers, while identifying emerging risks and regulatory changes.
• Providing meaningful risk insights through analysis of risk, control and GRC data to support informed decision-making.
• Supporting risk oversight of business and change initiatives, ensuring obligations, regulatory requirements and delivered risks are appropriately considered.
• Leveraging AI tools to improve processes, efficiency and ways of working across risk and controls.
• Coaching and supporting stakeholders to strengthen risk awareness, capability and culture across the business.

Do things differently with us

This is an opportunity to build your career in risk and controls while working closely with stakeholders across the business and the Chief Risk Office. You'll be part of the Enterprise Business Controls team, helping strengthen frontline accountability and ensuring risk is considered in the decisions we make for our customers.

To succeed in this role, you'll have:

• 1-3 years' experience in financial services, with a sound understanding of operational risk and compliance.
• Experience working within a risk, business controls or similar function.
• An understanding of risk governance, controls and reporting requirements within a financial institution.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate risk information into practical insights and recommendations.
• A collaborative approach and confidence partnering with stakeholders to build risk capability and awareness.
• Knowledge of relevant financial services standards, legislation, regulatory requirements and industry codes.
• Experience in controls testing and assurance activities will be highly regarded.
• Experience with data analysis using SQL or Databricks, and exposure to AI risk or AI tools, will also be advantageous.

Why Great Southern Bank?

Whatever your role with us, you'll be part of a force for good. We're owned by our customers right here in Australia, so our success benefits everyday people and families. Working at Great Southern Bank, you'll also enjoy a range of fantastic benefits, some examples include:

Helping you unlock a brighter future by investing in your development and wellbeing, offering you study leave and professional development opportunities.

Our customer-owned structure means we can focus on doing what's right for our customers and communities, while our collaborative and inclusive culture gives you the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution.

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