Compliance Manager

Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is seeking a Manager Compliance to oversee compliance activities within Group Support Units, ensuring adherence to the Compliance Management Framework and effective implementation across support functions.

You will review obligations including industrial relations, taxation laws, and APRA standards, providing guidance and training to Line 1 risk teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience with risk and compliance in financial services.
• Strong stakeholder management and advisory abilities.
• Knowledge of compliance risk management frameworks, tools and techniques.
• Self-starter with adaptability to changing requirements.
• Experience in compliance monitoring/assurance activities.
• Ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders.
• Teamwork focus and delivering customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement GSU Compliance processes and procedures.
• Analyze regulatory environment and assess impact of laws and codes.
• Identify compliance obligations for support functions and review controls.
• Advise on compliance issues and incidents with cross-Business teams.
• Support reporting on compliance exposures for Non-Financial Risk Committees.
• Assist in planning and coordination of compliance monitoring activities.
• Develop and deliver compliance training to Line 1 risk teams.
• Advise Line 1 teams on various compliance matters.
• Build strong working relationships with Group functions and stakeholders.

Skills

Compliance knowledge

Legal/Privacy knowledge

Stakeholder management

Regulatory frameworks

Risk management

Communication

Job description

Do work those matters:

Risk Management (RM) is responsible for developing and communicating CBA's risk management frameworks to allow CBA to take conscious exposures to credit, market, operational, compliance and insurance risks within the approved risk appetite. RM has policy teams that specialise in the different risk types as well as business unit risk teams to provide oversight. These areas collaborate with each other and specific areas within CBA to implement the risk management frameworks.

This team provides Line 2 oversight for the Group Support Units (GSU) and provides independent review and challenge of Operational Risk and Compliance activities within GSU. GSU include Marketing, Corporate Affairs, Finance, Property, HR, Strategy, Mergers Acquisitions and Divestments, Legal, Group Secretariat, Speak-Up, Environmental and Social, Customer Advocate and Risk Management.

See yourself in the team:

This role will provide you with the opportunity to review a broad range of obligations applicable to support units including industrial relations, taxation laws, and APRA prudential standards. As Manager Compliance, you will be responsible for providing oversight to ensure business activities, are conducted in accordance with the Compliance Management Framework, and that the Compliance Management Framework is effectively implemented within the support functions.

Your day could look like but not limited to:

• Contributing to the design, implementation and on-going improvement of GSU Compliance's processes and procedures.
• Understanding the regulatory environment and analysing and performing assessments on the impact of proposed, new and amended laws, regulations and industry codes.
• Identifying legal and regulatory compliance obligations for the support functions, and reviewing the adequacy of controls and level of compliance with these obligations.
• Evaluating, assessing and advising on compliance issues and incidents, and working with compliance teams or other business areas on cross-Business compliance matters;
• Supporting reporting on compliance exposures for the support units, specifically in the preparation of reporting for Non-Financial Risk Committees or other compliance reporting as needed.
• Assisting in the planning, co-ordination and performance of compliance monitoring to agreed schedules.
• Contributing to ensuring the Compliance Risk Management Framework is implemented and operating effectively, including supporting the assessment of compliance risks.
• Developing and providing compliance training to Line 1 risk on key compliance processes and obligations as required.
• Advising Line 1 teams on a range of compliance matters.
• Building strong working relationships with Group functions, Line 1 risk and business stakeholders.

What successful candidates will look like?

We work in an outcomes driven environment, where the emphasis is on great team-work to achieve results. Ideally you will bring experience with knowledge of risk and compliance, gained within financial services. You will also be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management and the ability to advise on a broad range of obligations on any given day.

We're interested in hearing from people who have:

• Compliance/Legal/Privacy knowledge and experience within the financial services sector.
• Sound knowledge of Compliance risk management frameworks, tools and techniques.
• A demonstrated self-starter with the ability to adapt to changing business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in compliance monitoring/assurance activities.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Teamwork focus with excellence in driving results and delivering customer satisfaction.

Working at CommBank

At CommBank, we support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half the time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you're interested in.

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