Manager/Senior Manager, Business Controls & Monitoring

Westpac; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage discounts

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer/community initiatives

Job summary

Westpac Group is seeking a Manager/Senior Manager, Business Controls and Monitoring for a 12-month max-term contract. The role is based in Bedford Park, Adelaide or Sydney, with flexible working arrangements.

You will help manage risk, strengthen controls, and support senior leadership in making informed decisions that protect customers and the business. You’ll provide clear risk guidance on incidents, remediation, and regulatory obligations, and help embed robust risk practices into daily

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management roles in banking or financial services.
• Ability to translate risk issues into actionable guidance for senior leadership.
• Experience supporting change initiatives with risk considerations.
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement in risk practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear risk advice across issues, incidents, remediation and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate with leaders to strengthen controls and monitor risk across the business.
• Prepare insights for governance forums and embed risk practices into operations.
• Support risk-related decisions in transformational initiatives.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Risk reporting

Change management

Lean thinking

Influence leadership

Job description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Manager/Senior Manager, Business Controls and Monitoring (12-Month Max-Term Contract)

What’s the role?

As Manager/Senior Manager, Business Controls and Monitoring, you’ll help Customer and Business Assist manage risk in a practical and considered way. You’ll work closely with leaders and teams to understand potential risks, strengthen controls and support decisions that deliver positive outcomes for customers and the business.

You’ll provide clear advice across risk issues, incidents, remediation activities and regulatory obligations. You’ll also help teams assess the impact of business and transformation initiatives, ensuring risks are understood and appropriately managed as changes are introduced.

Through strong partnerships across the business, you’ll simplify complex risk matters, prepare meaningful insights for senior leaders and governance forums, and help embed effective risk practices into everyday operations. You’ll play an important role in building a strong risk culture where people feel confident identifying concerns, making informed decisions and continually improving how controls operate.

This is a 12-month max-term contract (parental leave cover) based in Bedford Park in Adelaide or Sydney, with flexible working arrangements available.

What do I need?

You’ll bring practical risk expertise, sound judgement and previous experience building trusted relationships across a complex organisation.

• Experience within a risk management role in either Line 1 or Line 2 Risk, ideally within banking or financial services.
• Confidence advising on risk management, incidents, controls, issues, remediation and regulatory obligations in a way that's clear and actionable.
• Demonstrated experience providing timely risk insights and reporting to senior leadership.
• Experience supporting change initiatives by identifying and mitigating associated risk.
• The ability to drive continuous improvement and lean thinking across risk practices.
• The ability to build trust and influence leadership on risk and compliance matters, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.

Why join us?

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 you 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.

We may close this job advertisement earlier than the advertised closing date if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.