Chief Architect: Finance & Risk Platform Modernisation

CommBank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CommBank seeks a Chief Engineer to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards across Finance and Risk technology platforms. You will drive legacy platform modernisation, uplift engineering practices, and ensure compliance with enterprise architecture and regulatory obligations.

You will act as the senior technical authority, guiding multiple teams, aligning with risk frameworks, and delivering resilient, scalable solutions for regulatory reporting and financial risk

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering experience in enterprise-scale or banking environments.
• Proven experience leading complex Finance and/or Risk technology platforms.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong understanding of financial systems (GL, ledgering, reporting) and risk systems.
• Experience working within regulated environments (APRA, Basel frameworks).
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale transformation and modernisation programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the target architecture for Finance & Risk platforms (e.g. GL, regulatory reporting, credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk systems).
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, and platform standards.
• Drive API-first, event-driven, and modular architecture patterns.
• Establish best practices for high availability, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.
• Drive improvements in system reliability, observability, and incident management.
• Champion secure engineering practices aligned with cybersecurity standards.
• Ensure strong SDLC governance, including CI/CD, automated testing, and release controls.
• Drive data lineage, reconciliation, and controls across upstream/downstream systems.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and domains.
• Mentor principal engineers and engineering leaders.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Data platforms

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Job description

CommBank seeks a Chief Engineer to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards across Finance and Risk technology platforms. You will drive legacy platform modernisation, uplift engineering practices, and ensure compliance with enterprise architecture and regulatory obligations.

You will act as the senior technical authority, guiding multiple teams, aligning with risk frameworks, and delivering resilient, scalable solutions for regulatory reporting and financial risk