Event Manager

Westpac Bank; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee banking discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Community volunteering

Job summary

Westpac Bank is seeking an experienced Event Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of all events, ensuring high standards for internal and external clients. The role is based in Sydney with hybrid working after training, with travel required as needed.

You will partner with business units to shape event strategy, manage multi-day conferences, and oversee budgets exceeding $1M. Strong stakeholder engagement and tech-savviness with platforms like Aventri are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven corporate events experience, ideally within financial services or a large corporate environment.
• Track record delivering large-scale, multi-day conferences and managing event budgets exceeding $1M.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, across multiple business units.
• Creative and commercially minded, turning ideas into high-impact event outcomes.
• Highly organised and tech-savvy, with strong communication skills and experience with digital event platforms.
• Advanced proficiency across Microsoft Office and modern event technologies, including webcasting and social media.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end management of all events in your portfolio, ensuring high standards of quality and service.
• Develop close working relationships with business divisions and marketing representatives to discuss strategies and requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify priorities and shape event execution plans.

Skills

Corporate events experience

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Budget management

Digital event platforms

Aventri

Strong communication

Tools

Aventri

Microsoft Office

Webcasting platforms

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as anEvent Manager

What's the role?

Our Events Marketing team provide first class marketing solutions to the Westpac Group, including advice on event marketing strategy and high quality delivery.Our team are focussed on bringing to life the multi-brand strategy, putting the customer at the centre of everything we do and supporting the group’s sustainability agenda. You will consistently re-evaluate working practices in terms of efficiency and innovation and seek out and implement new practices where required.

As the Event Manager you will be accountable for the end-to-end management of all events in your portfolio to ensure consistent high standards are maintained in terms of quality and service to internal and external clients. You will develop close working relationships with business divisions, communication and marketing representatives from the specific business units and work with them to discuss strategies, identify priorities and determine their requirements in relation to events.

12-month opportunity based at Kent Street, Sydney, with hybrid working available following training, requiring flexibility to travel regularly and at short notice.

What do I need?

• Proven corporate events experience, ideally within financial services or a large corporate environment.
• Track record delivering large-scale, multi-day conferences and managing event budgets exceeding $1M.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to drive event strategies across multiple business units.
• Creative and commercially minded, with the ability to turn ideas into high-impact event outcomes.
• Highly organised and tech-savvy, with strong communication skills and experience leveraging digital event platforms and technologies.
• Advanced proficiency across Microsoft Office and modern event technologies, including digital engagement platforms, webcasting, streaming, webinars, social media and event management systems such as Aventri.

Please note: your flexibility will be required with regular and ad hoc travel for this role including weekends and evenings.

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the"People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements"page on ourwebsite.