Compliance Manager

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Part-time arrangements

Job sharing

Job summary

CommBank in Sydney is seeking a Manager Compliance to provide oversight of the Compliance Management Framework across support functions, ensuring activities align with regulatory standards.

You will design, implement and monitor processes, assess laws and codes, advise Line 1 teams, and train staff on key obligations while partnering with Group functions.

Flexible work options available with in-office time and other arrangements; strong stakeholder engagement is essential to success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance within financial services.
• Ability to analyse regulatory changes and assess impact on business units.
• Experience advising on compliance issues and incidents.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to design, implementation and ongoing improvement of GSU Compliance processes and procedures.
• Identify legal and regulatory obligations for support functions and review controls and compliance levels.
• Advise Line 1 teams on a range of compliance matters and develop training on key obligations.
• Provide reporting on compliance exposures for compliance committees and other reports as needed.
• Support planning and performance of compliance monitoring to agreed schedules.

Skills

Compliance knowledge

Regulatory understanding

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication skills

Job description

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 Unit 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 their 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.