Executive Manager - Commercial Banking

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking an Executive Manager to energise and lead a high-performing Commercial Banking team across Australia. You will coach, mentor and engage both colleagues and clients, driving growth while upholding the bank's risk framework.

You will focus on growing quality business for mid-market clients with turnover between $30m–$150m or with $10m–$50m lending needs. The role emphasises relationship leadership, strategic origination, and strong governance in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Demonstrated people leadership and ability to coach a high-performing team.
• Strong commercial acumen with deep credit understanding.
• Proven ability to build and maintain client relationships and drive growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and energise a high-performing Commercial Banking team across Australia.
• Coach, mentor and engage both staff and clients to deliver outcomes.
• Develop strategies to identify opportunities in a changing commercial landscape.
• Build strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders to ensure sustainable results.
• Demonstrate risk awareness and ensure compliance with bank policies.
• Drive deal origination, structuring and negotiation for complex solutions.

Skills

People leadership

Credit understanding

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Commerce

Job description

• Energise and lead a high‑performing Commercial Banking team.
• Coach, inspire and make a real impact for your clients and your people.
• Grow the business in a sustainable fashion aligned with the risk appetite of the bank

See yourself in our team

Our Commercial Banking teams are proud to support a range of medium to large sized businesses across Australia. Our advanced technology solutions allow our people to provide invaluable support to our clients as we help them lead their businesses into the future.

Our team is driven by customer obsession – we deeply understand our customers, delivering insights and creative solutions to drive sustainable business growth. As a leader, you will guide a team with diverse experience, a collaborative spirit, and an unwavering commitment to putting customers at the centre of everything we do. You will have sound knowledge and understanding of risk, supported by the parameters of the banks risk appetite. The segment we focus on is businesses that turnover between $30m–$150m, or with $10m–$50m in commercial lending requirements. You will deliver on a range of needs, including transactional banking, commercial lending, working capital finance, asset finance and risk management.

Do Work That Matters

Join us as our next Executive Manager and lead a high‑performing Commercial Banking team. If you're passionate about people, thrive on building relationships, and love helping businesses grow, this is your moment. Using your ability to coach, mentor and engage both your team and our clients, you will focus on growing quality business across diversified markets, with oversight of a thriving and diverse customer base with a strong risk lense.

More specifically, you will:

• Utilise your industry expertise to understand and identify key opportunities within an ever‑changing commercial landscape, and develop strategies accordingly.
• Coach and mentor your team, building a culture where everyone feels empowered to excel.
• Build strong, lasting relationships with clients and help your team deliver outstanding service.
• Strong engagement with key stakeholders to ensure a collective and sustainable outcome.
• Develop an in‑depth understanding of complex client needs, including risk and compliance.
• Drive deal execution with proven skills in origination, structuring, and negotiation of complex solutions.

We're interested in hearing from people who:

We're looking for an inspiring leader who combines genuine people focus with deep commercial expertise, and who can empower a skilled team to deliver outstanding client outcomes.

• Demonstrate people leadership, coaching a team to develop uncommon customer focus, risk and credit skills and capabilities.
• Have a real passion to lead and further develop a skilled team.
• Bring exceptional commercial acumen and credit understanding.
• Show strong leadership capability and a robust risk management focus.
• Have a strong success orientation and are engaged and motivated.
• Hold a tertiary qualification in Business, Finance and/or Commerce, which would be highly regarded.

Working with us:

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